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Will you continue to wear a mask when they’re no longer compulsory?

661 replies

AngeloMysterioso · 05/07/2021 13:00

I can’t really decide how I feel about it- as a pregnant woman with a tendency to get a bit sweaty in the face on warm days, I would like not to have to wear one whenever I’m inside a building that isn’t my own home. And I’m double jabbed so not at much risk. But then you’ve got people from SAGE and the BMA saying we should keep wearing them, and I’d imagine they know a bit better than Sajid Javid whose background is in finance.

What do you think?

YABU- I’ll continue to wear a mask
YANBU - I won’t be wearing a mask anymore.

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TeddingtonTrashbag · 15/07/2021 03:59

Was pleased to see that today in the supermarket where they have always recently had someone on the door to police masking that was no-one today -hurray!!!!

essexgirl58 · 15/07/2021 23:30

My neighbout said Boris allowed schools to go back and as soon as they did her granddaughter got covid off one of the kids. My neighbour said Boris just does not care and I agree

Twoforthree · 15/07/2021 23:37

@Topseyt

It is looking more likely that retailers will make their own policies so that you will have to abide by their policies if you wish to shop in their stores.

So far Sainsbury's has said that mask wearing will be personal choice of it's customers. Other supermarkets have yet to clarify which way they will go.

Waterstones book sellers have said that they hope customers will follow government guidance but staff won't enforce it (so seeing what will work best for business).

I dislike masks and wish they had never been made mandatory. However, they were. Now retailers and others will feel their way and start by seeing what will work best for their business.

I would be going to the supermarket that does enforce the masks.
AnnieSnap · 15/07/2021 23:49

Me too @Twoforthree

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/07/2021 23:53

essexgirl58

My neighbout said Boris allowed schools to go back and as soon as they did her granddaughter got covid off one of the kids. My neighbour said Boris just does not care and I agree“

Your neighbour is correct.

Biker47 · 15/07/2021 23:56

I'm already not wearing it anymore.

Maggiesfarm · 16/07/2021 01:04

I'll wear a mask when required to do so but not generally.

MissTrip82 · 16/07/2021 06:13

We’ll still be wearing them at work for 12.5 hours at a time for the foreseeable future.

As we did during H1N1 and whenever caring for other patients with contagious respiratory illnesses for as long as I can remember.

At least over the last year I treated nobody - literally not one person - with influenza due to the measures introduced for covid, and in my PICU we had no RSV or picornavirus either. It made an incredible difference.

We’ll be in a much better position every year if people learn from this and decide to stay at home or at least wear a mask when they have respiratory symptoms. The hand washing makes a big difference too.

But of course everybody who’s ever done a degree in a junk science, or who simply has a hunch about masks, knows better.

Marmitemarinaded · 16/07/2021 08:13

@MissTrip82

We’ll still be wearing them at work for 12.5 hours at a time for the foreseeable future.

As we did during H1N1 and whenever caring for other patients with contagious respiratory illnesses for as long as I can remember.

At least over the last year I treated nobody - literally not one person - with influenza due to the measures introduced for covid, and in my PICU we had no RSV or picornavirus either. It made an incredible difference.

We’ll be in a much better position every year if people learn from this and decide to stay at home or at least wear a mask when they have respiratory symptoms. The hand washing makes a big difference too.

But of course everybody who’s ever done a degree in a junk science, or who simply has a hunch about masks, knows better.

I have had flu Ghastly But i would have it very year if it meant that that I didn’t need to wear a mask and stay inside if I was showing respiratory symptoms!
tintodeverano2 · 16/07/2021 08:16

Yes

essexgirl58 · 17/07/2021 07:13

I am NOT looking forward to Monay. I might boycot the supermarket and do online shopping an get it delivered because I do not relish the thought of people not wearing a mask in the supermarket an if we no longer have to social distance it will be awful

This was announced earlier

Covid: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January

Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 09:08

@essexgirl58

I am NOT looking forward to Monay. I might boycot the supermarket and do online shopping an get it delivered because I do not relish the thought of people not wearing a mask in the supermarket an if we no longer have to social distance it will be awful

This was announced earlier

Covid: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January

You won’t be “boycotting” the supermarket!

You’ll just be using a different service provider by the supermarket of buying their goods!

Doodlebug71 · 17/07/2021 10:59

@PineappleMojito The implication is that masks are psychological props, NOT effective barrier methods

They would be effective if people used them correctly. Sadly, there are far too many people who apparently cannot follow simple instructions. Also far too many people refusing to.

@essexgirl58 I'm not looking forward to it, either. MN is full of people who refute the evidence, and absolutely refuse to have a bit of humility. So many CV people are going to be stuck, and faced with confining themselves to their house, or risk going out and playing russian roulette with their lives every damned time.

Doodlebug71 · 17/07/2021 11:05

@TeddingtonTrashbag

Was pleased to see that today in the supermarket where they have always recently had someone on the door to police masking that was no-one today -hurray!!!!
Why "hurray!!!"? You think CV has gone, just because JOhnson has washed his hands of responsibility? It hasn't. I don't like wearing masks. They're not comfy, and I wish there was another way to protect myself and others around me. There isn't, so I wear one.

You walk in there without a mask, and you're breathing in whatever any other unmasked person has breathed out. So yes, I'll continue to carry and wear a mask.

Theworldisfullofgs · 17/07/2021 11:10

Yes

GivingItUp · 17/07/2021 11:15

Yes, I think my discomfort is insignificant compared to the safety of others

zingally · 17/07/2021 11:25

I plan to wear one until I've had my second jab in mid-August. After that... I will probably stop.

Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 12:12

* You walk in there without a mask, and you're breathing in whatever any other unmasked person has breathed out. So yes, I'll continue to carry and wear a mask.*

Is this a new thing? Prior to covid were you somehow avoiding this? Impressive!

I “breathed in” other people’s breath before covid and perfectly happy to do it post covid.

And as for “protecting the vulnerable”

Yeah I’ve been doing that for 2 years now. Bored of it. They can sort do online shopping now if they’re so anxious

thebabessavedme · 17/07/2021 12:33

I will continue to wear a mask in shops, it's ok for me, I'm only in there for a very short while and can take it off as soon as i'm outside, I'm pretty sure the poor buggers working in the shops don't fancy being coughed and sneezed over for 8 hours a day every day, Just have a little thought for others!, Unless you are exempt the only reason for not wearing one is because you don't want too!

Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 12:37

@thebabessavedme

I will continue to wear a mask in shops, it's ok for me, I'm only in there for a very short while and can take it off as soon as i'm outside, I'm pretty sure the poor buggers working in the shops don't fancy being coughed and sneezed over for 8 hours a day every day, Just have a little thought for others!, Unless you are exempt the only reason for not wearing one is because you don't want too!
So are you wearing the mask to protect shop workers from being sneezed and coughed on Or covid?
Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 12:38

* Unless you are exempt the only reason for not wearing one is because you don't want too!*

Well yes. And I’d it is legal then there is no problem with this whatsoever!

thebabessavedme · 17/07/2021 13:17

@Marmitemarinaded, yes flu and covid and yes, I bloody hate wearing masks, like most people I should think, but it really dosen't hurt me to wear one so I will continue to do so when I am with other people who are having to take a risk to serve me.

Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 13:19

[quote thebabessavedme]@Marmitemarinaded, yes flu and covid and yes, I bloody hate wearing masks, like most people I should think, but it really dosen't hurt me to wear one so I will continue to do so when I am with other people who are having to take a risk to serve me.[/quote]
So all shops, restaurants, on flights, days out with the kids at zoos etc, on trains, grabbing a coffee etc?

For the rest of your life I presume?

thebabessavedme · 17/07/2021 13:36

@Marmitemarinaded, Don't be silly, At some point we will not need to wear them for covid, we will be better able to control it with vaccines, in the meantime then yes, I will wear one inside where humans are huffing over each other, I think its a bloody great idea to wear one on a train, I have spent many journeys desperatly trying not to breathe in some foul buggers snotty sneezing!

Marmitemarinaded · 17/07/2021 13:39

[quote thebabessavedme]@Marmitemarinaded, Don't be silly, At some point we will not need to wear them for covid, we will be better able to control it with vaccines, in the meantime then yes, I will wear one inside where humans are huffing over each other, I think its a bloody great idea to wear one on a train, I have spent many journeys desperatly trying not to breathe in some foul buggers snotty sneezing![/quote]
But you didn’t just say covid

You said the flu

So….?