Sharing facemask

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Would you share your partners facemask? Obvs you generally have your own but if you forgot it and needed to pop into shops would you use it?

Yes did this the other day when we walked down to vote and realised I hadn't got my mask. He went in, came out, gave me his mask then I went in. As said above we are sharing bodily fluids and a bed, so if one of us has it it's pretty certain the other one will get it anyway!

I read relationship threads on here and think, how do so many OPs even get so far gone into a relationship with such a loser? I understand now. It’s clear from this thread that there’s a significant amount of posters who have very low standards

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sharing a face mask = shitty relationship now does it? 😆😆 funny.

@MissSingerbrains

This thread is insane! Of course I would use DH’s face mask (clean or not) in an emergency - he’s my husband, we share germs anyway ffs!

This post & others like it are staggering in their ignorance.

It's nothing to do with 'sharing bodily fluids' or 'he's my husband'

Face masks should be worn once. Once the purpose of the trip is over, they should be washed (if reusable) or binned (if not).

It's incredible to think people think wearing masks is either a tick box exercise or fine to do without observing hygiene protocol.

Yes. I maintain that facemasks in the general population are a placebo as very few people wear them properly. I can't wait for them to go.

@bonbonours

Yes did this the other day when we walked down to vote and realised I hadn't got my mask. He went in, came out, gave me his mask then I went in. As said above we are sharing bodily fluids and a bed, so if one of us has it it's pretty certain the other one will get it anyway!

That's not the point tho!

You wear any mask once.

@littledrummergirl

Yes. I maintain that facemasks in the general population are a placebo as very few people wear them properly. I can't wait for them to go.

Well, they wouldn't be a placebo if people did wear them properly.

I'm in Ireland. Our vaccination programme is considerably slower than the UK. Social distancing & face mask wearing have been key to reducing case transmission during our 3rd lockdown (from late December to now, restrictions are only gradually lifting).

I don't love face masks but see their value. How depressing that others could not be bothered.

We will need to persist with face masks for some time. It is likely new variants will appear, and next Winter is likely to pose some additional challenges. Covid has not been) (and cannot be) eradicated. (At this time at least).

Clean yes.

They go straight in to the washing machine when the person gets in to the house.

@TattyDevine
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Yep I'd use his mask, clean or otherwise, if I got caught short and needed to pop into a shop.
Which sort of highlights the problem of a mask mandate really. If people do it because they are ticking a box, not because they want to and buy into the idea, then they don't do it right.^

But why would that matter? The main point of the mask is to catch the droplets coming out of your mouth when you are in the shop. A mask your partner also used will still do that. Yes, you should still wash etc as you would do with any clothing of course.

Yes if I had to.

No, nor his toothbrush.

Used my aunt’s one once for ten minutes in an emergency as my grandma was having a stroke/epileptic fit and we were waiting for the ambulance/doing everything we could to keep her safe. I’d bolted out the door and forgot I’d taken mine out the car.

Couldn’t wait to get it off though, it did feel weird.

Face masks should be worn once. Once the purpose of the trip is over, they should be washed (if reusable) or binned (if not).

I’m curious what ‘once’ means to you - as in, if you were at a retail park and took the mask off in between shops (say to have a sip of a drink), would you replace for each time it’s removed. What about going to a supermarket and then remembering you need milk whilst driving home and need to pop into a convenience store?

No judgement either way, I’m just curious.

Yes, I have sex with him, would be a bit daft not to 😂

@earringsandlipstick

So you count wearing it for less than 5 minutes a time of wearing it and it would need washing?

I wash mine each day, but I might wear it in the post office for 5 minutes and then the supermarket for 20 minutes and then on the school run for five minutes over the course of the day. My teenagers wears theirs all day long, take it off for lunch and put it back on again, then walk to the station without it, and put it back on for the train home. Same mask, then put in the wash when they get home.

Surely nobody is putting on a brand new disposable, or freshly laundered cloth mask every time they have worn a mask for a few minutes?

@EarringsandLipstick as another poster says, they are largely a placebo at this point, and this time last year, we weren’t even wearing them. I hate them, have worn them solely because I have to and can’t wait till we can bin them.

Guidance for flying last year was wear mask for 4 hours max. So we tend to wear one per day then chuck in the wash as it never usually adds up to more than 4 hours use.

We have a pile of clean ones in the hall, his and hers - but he’s worn mine and I’ve worn his. I’d wear his if I were nipping in to a shop for milk say, and didn’t have one with me, and have done. He has a very nice navy silk one (it matches his tie) for work meetings I rather covet....

As PP have said it’s about containing my droplets and minimising risk of breathing them onto someone else. So as I share saliva, breath, etc with DP I don’t think I’m at risk from using even one he’s had on briefly and as long as it’s clean that day, and not saturated with moisture, it’s not a risk to others.

I can't wear a facemask "properly"

I don't have a donning & doffing station to carry around with me, for a start.

if you were at a retail park and took the mask off in between shops (say to have a sip of a drink), would you replace for each time it’s removed.

This isn't an option in Ireland.

The mask stays on while in the retail area 🤷🏻‍♀️

Surely nobody is putting on a brand new disposable, or freshly laundered cloth mask every time they have worn a mask for a few minutes?

No you're right of course

The teenager issue is ridiculous. (Same problem here). Wearing a mask in that fashion is pointless really.

I do think there is a difference between a mask worn briefly & re-worn briefly again; to keeping the same mask & using it throughout the day.

The longer a mask is used, the more chance that if you had Covid, you would risk transmitting it via touch, contact with surfaces, saturation of the mask & so on.

I appreciate in the UK very many people are vaccinated (nowhere near that level here in Ireland). It's just a shame to see such poor knowledge of the purposes of a mask.

[quote RoseRedRoseBlue]@EarringsandLipstick as another poster says, they are largely a placebo at this point, and this time last year, we weren’t even wearing them. I hate them, have worn them solely because I have to and can’t wait till we can bin them.[/quote]
They are really not a placebo. Not if used correctly.

We weren't wearing them last year because we didn't know the science of it, as such.

The effective use of masks is important.

Yes, the vaccine situation in the UK changes things but it is highly likely that variants will continue to emerge, especially in winter. Masks should be used.

Another thing to note is that in Ireland I can count on one hand the amount of people I've seen without masks. Basically everyone wears them. There is zero talk of exemptions that I see on here a lot.

As PP have said it’s about containing my droplets and minimising risk of breathing them onto someone else. So as I share saliva, breath, etc with DP I don’t think I’m at risk from using even one he’s had on briefly and as long as it’s clean that day, and not saturated with moisture, it’s not a risk to others.

You haven't quite understood.

I agree that the likelihood that any of us are handling masks fully correctly is small.

Ideally, you carefully remove & store the mask in a proper storage bag (for example), ensuring it doesn't come into contact with surfaces,hands etc. As technically, this would allow the virus to transmit.

I get that we aren't doing all this. But sharing it with someone else is increasing the risk of transmission.

But also, yeah I think it's gross!!

I haven't had to but yes, I would share mine with my boyfriend because I've had most parts of his body and most bodily fluids in my mouth at some point during our relationship, that his germ-y breath really does not gross me out 😂

I've had most parts of his body and most bodily fluids in my mouth at some point during our relationship, that his germ-y breath really does not gross me out

Lovely.

But even so - that's part of normal interaction. Would you pick up & wear his dirty underpants or use a tissue he's just sneezed into?

I mean if you would ... that's 🤮

@Poppynit

I haven't had to but yes, I would share mine with my boyfriend because I've had most parts of his body and most bodily fluids in my mouth at some point during our relationship, that his germ-y breath really does not gross me out 😂

However, I do understand that the risk would be one of us carrying Covid and passing it onto the other who then passes it on to someone else but unfortunately there's a risk of that anyway, even without sharing masks.

I couldn't share one with him anyway, his head is much wider than mine so it'd be too big for my face.

I've worn a facemask belonging to my dh or kids when I have to go into a shop and that's all I can find in my car.

Facemasks are pointless anyway in shops. I was shopping for several people between march 2020 and june 2020. Cases were sharply falling. People weren't catching it in supermarkets.