Masks wearing outside ?

[jezmay]

I keep seeing people wearing masks outside

Why are people walking around a big open park or field or just the streets ( they are on their own so not walking close contact with others ) wearing a mask?

Been seeing it loads lately . Loads of mask wearing outside , will this become mandatory?

I forgot to add that an unexpected additional benefit for me this summer had been minimal hayfever symptoms and no cold sores (mine are usually triggered by strong daylight.)

I sometimes wear mine outside if I am going between shops. I think it’s safer than constantly touching the mask/my face to take it on and off, particularly as not all shops offer hand sanitiser.

I was wearing mine outside the other day because it was cold and the mask made me feel warmer.

Generaly I don't see any need to wear one outside, unless you are in an enclosed space. Yesterday I was in a queue for my local post office, so I wore it then, even though we were outside.

@Darkstar4855

I sometimes wear mine outside if I am going between shops. I think it’s safer than constantly touching the mask/my face to take it on and off, particularly as not all shops offer hand sanitiser.

Yes this as well.

I have also noticed that people who wear them outside in parks etc appear to be older. If they feel it's safer for them, who am to judge hey? It might just be people who feel that they have a higher chance of dying if they catch it so they are extra cautious.

I put one on to go in the corner shop and then get home again before I realise I haven't taken it off.

I also have a 14th month old toddler. There's been no communication barrier as they can hear me fine and can tell my expressions via my eyes & eyebrows etc. Even my 3 and 5 year olds didn't question my mask wearing, they didn't even bat an eyelid! They've seen others wearing them out and about. They're really not bothered and have adjusted to the new covid rules at nursery/school seamlessly (as have other children). 🤷‍♀️

I just saw someone driving and wearing a mask. Windows closed (not that that matters) and no passengers. Just why?! World has gone mad.

@firstimemamma

I just saw someone driving and wearing a mask. Windows closed (not that that matters) and no passengers. Just why?! World has gone mad.

If you read the thread you will see at least half a dozen very sensible reasons why a person might choose not to remove their mask whilst travelling from place to place.

It’s preposterous and short sighted to suggest that “the world has gone mad”
because a person was wearing a mask in the car.

[quote starshearts]@MadameBlobby that's what worries me it's ok people saying oh let people carry on ... but it's not evidence based and government might say to wear outside just because the public like to and then we will all have to do it just because me some people going ott[/quote]
I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Evidence so far seems to be that the government have done the bear minimum on masks at every single point.

When it looked like the evidence base was starting to change in May they recommended, but didn’t require using masks, then they added hospitals& public transport, then shops but not other indoor areas, then some indoor areas.

From what I been told, from people I trust to know, best possible practice would be to always be wearing a mask if you are mixing with people outside your household, but then there’s a sort of sliding scale depending on other risk factors e.g. indoor/outdoor, SD, time etc. It’s up to governments what level of transmission between households their happy with when setting mask rules and then the public can decide whether to do the minimum or go beyond the gvt requirements .

DH puts his on before he leaves the house.
Keeps it on all day at work, 12 hours including bus travel times.
Changes it to a fresh one evey time he takes it off, lunch, drink, if it gets moist.
Takes it off after he gets home and throws it in bucket by the coat rack ready for washing.
He has loads that I made for him. Says they are very comfy. Maybe that's because they are made from soft good quality clothing fabrics, not scratchy blue stuff, sweaty polyester swimming costume fabric or scratchy and sweaty stiff cotton/cheap polycotton bed sheet mateial.

If you're going to keep taking it on and off, you may as well not bother as far a disease transmission is concerned. Touching it with potentially contaminated hands, shoving it in dirty pockets and bags before putting it back on. You are only supposed to touch them by the ear loops to put on and take off. An awful lot of people appear to have no clue, either that or they are only wearing one to avoid getting fined.

Could we not just all stop being so belligerent about masks and try it as an experiment in protecting each other, see if it makes a positive difference to the infection numbers after a few weeks.

I dispare, I really do. This isn't about personal opinion, it should be about a caring community spirit.

Family friend took his 18 year old son for testing last week. Waited in the car and when the son came out, he announced "well, if I didn't have it before, I probably have it now".

Not one person in the test centre was wearing a mask/face covering of any sort. Not the staff, including the medical staff taking the swabs. Not a single person waiting to have a swab taken. Nobody! It was packed with people waiting to be tested, all sat next to each other.

I do if I’m on my way to the shop or something, saves having to gaff about putting it on outside the shop. Maybe some people just feel more comfortable? Don’t see how it impacts you at all

I put my mask on using my hall mirror before I leave the house. Can't see the drama to be honest.

I have a Sainsbury's local at the top of the street and a Co-op at the bottom, so if popping to the shop it's easier to put it on and take it off at home rather than faffing about outside the shop. So I may be walking along the street outside on my own with a mask, but that's because I am going to the shop. Or I might be going to the post office, the supermarket and the fishmonger (or the chippy), so it's just easier to leave it on rather than taking it on and off. Probably more hygienic too.

Some people are more anxious than others and I don't judge them for that

But do you judge people like me and the several other people who have posted similar things to me, who are not particularly anxious, but just find it simpler to keep it on between shops rather than faff around taking it on and off all the time?

I dont find it so strange to wear one whilst walking where you might cross paths with others, it's those that wear it in the car by themselves I find most strange!

I find it easier to just put the mask on and then leave it on once on rather than continually moving it up/down or putting a fresh one on particularly if I've been handling items / goods in the shops.

This is where show all OPs posts comes into its own. Starts off sounding reasonable and somewhere in the middle it's all 'brainwashing' and "Enjoying it'.

I may start wearing one outside so I can watch for strangers having a tantrum over seeing someone wearing one.

Of course that may be just what the people doing the brainwashing want! (That will be Bill Gates and the Lizard people?)

OP are you actually an Australian Journalistic? Im required to wear a mask anywhere outside of my own house, due to location, but just for a laugh you guys should have a look at twitter #whatstheissuerachael