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Tom Hanks says we should all be wearing masks

85 replies

jobhunter7 · 01/07/2020 17:37

www.nme.com/news/film/tom-hanks-says-shame-on-you-to-those-refusing-to-wear-coronavirus-face-masks-2699354

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lljkk · 01/07/2020 17:42

Lots of people have the same opinions.

mrsed1987 · 01/07/2020 17:44

So do I

JimMaxwellantheshippingforcast · 01/07/2020 17:45

I think so too

HeIenaDove · 01/07/2020 17:47

Ive seen the celebrities doing the #wearthedamnmask meme

I am setting them a challenge. Come the next heatwave come and stand in our local branch of Boots for a few hours with one on.

jobhunter7 · 01/07/2020 17:48

Maybe more high profile figures should be saying this and wearing them.

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lljkk · 01/07/2020 17:51

Well if they did, it would certainly tell me which Slebs I want to avoid. That's handy, fair enough.

whiteblue · 01/07/2020 17:59

Where I live we have to wear them whenever we are out in public. Personally think it's how it should be.
I agree with Mr Hanks.

Crankley · 01/07/2020 18:00

I wear a mask and disposable gloves when I leave the house. If I didn't, I would be more likely to follow the advice of the Chief Medical Officer than an actor, famous or otherwise who has zero medical knowledge.

HeresMe · 01/07/2020 18:05

Cheers Tom.

In a coronavirus crisis this is who I want to hear from celebs who know naff all.Wink

Idontlikewednesdays · 01/07/2020 18:06

@Crankley

I wear a mask and disposable gloves when I leave the house. If I didn't, I would be more likely to follow the advice of the Chief Medical Officer than an actor, famous or otherwise who has zero medical knowledge.
Gloves are pointless unless you change them after each time you touch something. Otherwise you’re just cross contaminating with the outside surface of the gloves instead of your hands. I keep seeing people shopping with gloves on, their mobile phone in one hand, car keys in the other Absolutely pointless.
AnyFucker · 01/07/2020 18:06

I don't give a shit what Tom Hanks says, tbh

Waxonwaxoff0 · 01/07/2020 18:20

Good for Tom Hanks. Frankly though I couldn't care less about the opinion of celebrities.

Spodge · 01/07/2020 18:23

Tom Hanks has spoken. Finally we all know what to do.

DisobedientHamster · 01/07/2020 18:23

@AnyFucker

I don't give a shit what Tom Hanks says, tbh
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ThisAintNoPartyThisAintNoDisco · 01/07/2020 18:24

The minute celebrities start telling me what to do I tend to glaze over.

MinesaPinot · 01/07/2020 18:25

Oh well if Tom Hanks says so....

Tlollj · 01/07/2020 18:25

Well if Tom Hanks says so I guess we better do as we’re told. 🙄

Smallsteps88 · 01/07/2020 18:30

Damnit i always liked him.

SkelingtonArgument · 01/07/2020 18:33

I can’t think of a celebrity whose views I’d be interested in. Tom Hanks should stick to acting

goldfinchfan · 01/07/2020 18:38

Him and his wife have had COvid...they caught it while in Austrailia so perhaps that is why he spoke up

Bmidreams · 01/07/2020 18:39

I disagree. I think that America is really in the shit right now and mask wearing should be encouraged to slow the spread. Tom Hanks has a large audience and maybe feels like an authority on the subject as he famously contracted the virus early on.

VenusOfWillendorf · 01/07/2020 18:52

He's right.

Aragog · 01/07/2020 18:55

Many of the celebs I've seen who have made the comments are loving in areas where you are supposed to be wearing them if in public, but where some aren't doing so.

Our rules are different to a lot of other countries in that masks aren't mandatory when it and about.

HappyHammy · 01/07/2020 18:59

Good for him. I hope more celebs follow.

ineedaholidaynow · 01/07/2020 19:04

To be fair if I lived in America I would be more likely to listen to Tom Hanks than I would Trump.