Face Masks

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AIBU to think nearly everyone has stopped wearing them?

At the weekend we visited a local tourist attráction, went swimming, went to the pub, went for a meal out, and went shopping. During this I saw no more than a handful of people wearing a mask?

@bossyrossy

To all those who say that masks don’t work, why do surgeons and dentists wear them, pre, during and no doubt post Covid, if they are so useless? Or are you better informed than they are?

They wear them so their patient's blood etc does not get into their mouth... and to stop their own spittle getting on their patient when they talk.

I went to Costco on Saturday, still lots of us wearing them.
I went to Asda on Sunday, lots of people, barely a mask in sight.
YANBU as you are correct

I wear a mask and will continue to do so, surely my choice. ALSO I work for a GP we are still askiing patients to wear them and so far they have all agreed, we know we can't force them though

Quite a few still wearing them in East Kent, on buses, in taxis and supermarkets. They still have screens between the tills in Sainsburys but not seen them in other supermarkets.

Hardly anyone wearing them around here. I think one of the only reasons some people are wearing them now is if they’ve recently tested positive for covid.

@BronskiBeaten

Don’t understand why people have stopped wearing them. They’re no hardship and I don’t think Covid has been told the law has changed - it’s still out there!

I’ve been wearing mine this week, even though I’ve been vaccinated but I caught a chest infection from my son, who doesn’t wear a mask in his special school. I’ve been protecting anyone I’ve passed from catching the infection. You’re welcome!

because we don't want to

@BirdOnTheWire

Why does it bother the non- mask wearers that others choose to wear one? My wearing a mask doesn't hurt anyone so why does it upset so many people? I am extremely vulnerable to covid and choose to add the tiniest bit of protection when I am in a confined space.

I agree.

It’s people grumpy that someone wears a mask, that someone doesn’t wear a mask. Enough of an issue to start a thread about it too.

I mean we’ve had freedom day, right? That means we ca; di what the fuck we want. Just stop talking about ut, highlighting who is doing what etc..
And instead of following the crowd/social pressure, just do what you think is right.

I’d just say that anyone who is so against masks etc… might want to remember that the pandemic isn’t finished. There are still some new variants appearing (new one in France) and we are likely to see ‘restrictions’ coming back again.

I continue to wear one as I'm pregnant and don't want covid or other vital infections if I can avoid them. Not a single person in the school playground wears one but seen a few people wearing them in some shops and petrol stations still.

*viral infections

I'm definitely still wearing a mask, social distancing and hand washing. Covid hasn't gone just because this moronic government says it has. I don't want Covid and I don't want others to get it

@bossyrossy

To all those who say that masks don’t work, why do surgeons and dentists wear them, pre, during and no doubt post Covid, if they are so useless? Or are you better informed than they are?

Because hey work very closely to people's bodily fluids - spit, blood, semen etc and would rather not get those things in their mouths or on their faces..

Equally, because they don't want to risk their own spit going into people's faces/mouths or wounds while they're working and risk infection or general unpleasantness.

None of those issues really apply to the general public.

Surgeons and dentists also wear fresh, clean, disposable masks and change them between every patient, unlike most people who re-use the same masks (even the disposable ones) for days on end without ever putting them anywhere near a washing machine.

The pandemic is coming to an end. Why do you want to keep clinging to this awful episode in our history? Let's be done with the masks & social distancing now, and get back to normal.

North east England and I would say about 10% of people at most are wearing them in shops I've been in.

@SexyLittleNosferatu

Is this one of those fake "I don't understand why people are/aren't doing x, y and z".

Masks aren't mandatory. A lot of people have finally realised how pointless they are. A few people still want to wear them to virtue signal. What is there left to understand?

Please do elaborate how masks are pointless oh enlightened one. As you won’t be able to I recommend not posting moronic statements.

Very few round here. So few that you notice when you do see someone wearing one. I did away with mine as soon as was allowed. Not sure why we're still worrying about what other people are doing really.

@Tzimi

The pandemic is coming to an end. Why do you want to keep clinging to this awful episode in our history? Let's be done with the masks & social distancing now, and get back to normal.

But it isn't coming to an end. It's here for the foreseeable future.

While hospitals, dentists and GPs insist on masks it is far from over. Only a fool would think so.

There is no going back to how it was pre Covid yet. Or for a long time.

Learn to live with it, yes, but it is far from over. Daft to pretend it is.

@SexyLittleNosferatu

Is this one of those fake "I don't understand why people are/aren't doing x, y and z".

Masks aren't mandatory. A lot of people have finally realised how pointless they are. A few people still want to wear them to virtue signal. What is there left to understand?

Ah yes, those silly little virtue signallers.

I work in a care home for the elderly in the same small town I live in.
I've been accused many times over the last 2 years of being 'allowed' to kill the residents I care for with covid, in person and on social media as part of the industry, fielded furious relatives at the door because they've seen a care assistant in the takeaway and apparently that's irresponsible, or on the phone demanding to know which worker brought it in during an outbreak, and the phrase 'duty of care' has been worn out in the last two years the amount it's been bandied about in relation to care assistants and what we should and shouldn't be doing.

It doesn't matter much to me or them whether other people (or even me) think they work or not, people want to know the people caring for the vulnerable loved ones are trying to protect them however they can, even if that's a minimal thing that can be done.

We have also been told that our company would prefer us to wear one in the local shops and on public transport, because of the above reactions when covid has come into not just ours but other homes. It was an informal request and made clear that no concequences will come from the company by not doing it, but that if families see us out and about without them in shops and on public transport the reaction is likely to be negative, especially were we to have another outbreak.

And that's before you get to the fact I don't want to put the people I care for at risk any more than I have to, never mind my own reasons for not wanting it a 3rd time and the implications that has on me. I am ok wearing a mask, so I do, I don't understand why that should bother others so much?

I don't judge anyone not wearing one though, never have right through this, just because I can wear one doesn't mean everyone could or should.

So I'll keep wearing my virtue signal in shops and on public transport, and enclosed spaces with other people, Until we're no longer required to wear them at work.

In Scotland - still compulsory but only around half of people wearing them in shops. They will no longer be compulsory here in a few weeks. I won't be wearing them unless specifically asked to.

@EthelTheAardvark

I'm wearing them, as are most people in our local shops.

Really? Where I live is very mask compliant, but all apart from some of the elderly seem to have stopped wearing them. I am amazed there is anywhere in England where most people are wearing them.

@megletthesecond

Lots of people not wearing them. I'll be keeping mine for the foreseeable future. I haven't had covid yet and I'd like to try and keep it that way.

This 👆 To those people sneering at those wearing them. Forgive us for trying to reduce risk to ourselves and others 🤷‍♀️ You do know that the Primeminister who told us we know longer need to wear them or take any measures to protect people from Covid, us a self-serving, lying, incompetent little creep who has no history of caring about people. He’s the one who said “let the bodies pile-up”, then partied while they did and there loved ones couldn’t visit them!

Wore a mask round the shops in town today and so did quite a few people. I would hope it's obvious as I'm wearing a mask I want strangers who no longer give a shit to keep their distance still because Covid might still impact my CEV family.

I couldn't wait to get rid of the mask. I don't think it does much good anyway. Nearly every compulsive mask wearing, hand washing person I know has had covid. If people want to wear one it doesn't bother me. I won't be wearing mine.

Lots of people still wearing them in the shops around here, more so than not anyway.

Interesting topic.
Is it an intelligence test. Are those with a lower IQ not wearing masks? The scientists who have studied this, say wear them. The politicians say it’s not compulsory. Surely we must follow the advice from scientists.
I’m with the scientists. It would be madness to bin our masks.
Why listen to the madness of politicians!!

Not true! Why are you spreading fake news