Amount of people wearing masks

[Yetiyoga]

I have seen a lot of people not wearing masks in shops here, I would never say anything as there may well be a reason. But on the scenes you see abroad where masks are mandatory everywhere, including outdoors, it seems that everyone just wears one there but lots of people in the UK seem to make excuses. I get being exempt, but are we just less tolerable?

I saw the chefs at Yo Sushi today wearing masks on their chins- and no gloves! Handling food with bare hands 😱

The staff member at Asda checkout today was wearing hers underneath her nose. Until I pointed this out that is.

I’ve spent most of today on buses in SE London. The last bus I was on, there were 15 people downstairs, of whom 13 were black. Only one, an elderly lady, was wearing a mask. None of the others even had one hanging off their ear or under their chin. Pretty much the same for most of the other buses - usually one or two white or Asian people not wearing masks, but the majority complying, but the majority of black people on every bus that I took weren’t wearing a mask. Why is this?

I don’t live in London at the moment, and where I live, you’re not allowed on public transport or in a shop without a mask. No mask, no entry and no exceptions.

I'm in Cumbria and I've only seen one person not wearing a mask the whole time it's been in place, and she was in a wheelchair so very likely had an underlying condition.

where I live, you’re not allowed on public transport or in a shop without a mask. No mask, no entry and no exceptions.

Where I live we have equality law.

Id say majority of people near me are wearing masks in shops including older children. I'm happy to assume that the minority have a legitimate reason not too.
I know that there's people who say they aren't happy about it but its not the same as not complying, everyone is entitled to an opinion on the matter.

I never get why people think "no exceptions" where they live is something to be proud about. That to me says they don't care about the individual needs of their citizens.

@LangClegsInSpace

Curious to know where you live. While the law doesn’t require everyone to wear a mask, equalities law in the UK doesn’t prevent shops from banning those who don’t (or can’t) wear a mask.

@Waxonwaxoff0 I’m not saying it as something to be proud of, I’m saying it because this is the way it is. At the start of lockdown no-one over the age of 60 was allowed out, except for medical appointments. Neighbours and family rallied round and did shopping and helped out until the rules were relaxed.

I’ve seen masks are mandatory signs (no mention of exemptions) but I doubt it’s completely enforced.

@MrsSchadenfreude does no one over 60 work where you live?

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According to my gp friend, there are actually very few reasons to not wear a mask. She explained that although they dont feel very nice, there is no difference in ability to breathe.

Well @Derbygerbil it was the more well off who brought the virus into the country in the first place.

There is a lot of resentment brimming in the less well off and posts like yours wont help

@Lelophants

According to my gp friend, there are actually very few reasons to not wear a mask. She explained that although they dont feel very nice, there is no difference in ability to breathe.

I wonder what reasons your GP friend would say are acceptable?

At the start of lockdown no-one over the age of 60 was allowed out

Well that's news to all the 60 somethings I know, and who work in my local shops/NHS/schools etc.

where I live, you’re not allowed on public transport or in a shop without a mask. No mask, no entry and no exceptions

If you're in the UK that's discriminatory and illegal. You can't deny someone access to transport or shops because they're disabled. Covid has made arseholes of many but thankfully we haven't yet reached that level of arse.

Well everyone, I went to Lidl tonight (shock horror) and obviously according to some posters on here, they must all be working class. And was pleasantly surprised to see most wearing a mask. A few under the nose but overall pretty good.

@ThisCharmingPenisHaver not in UK.
@Waxonwaxoff0 yes, obviously a lot of over 60s work! They hastily brought in an exemption for them (having clearly not thought it through). At the time of lockdown, you needed to have a form from your employer to show the police, which stated that you were required to travel to and from work, so these just got extended to the over 60s.

[quote Balhammom]@LangClegsInSpace

Curious to know where you live. While the law doesn’t require everyone to wear a mask, equalities law in the UK doesn’t prevent shops from banning those who don’t (or can’t) wear a mask.[/quote]
Thankfully, many businesses respect the Equalities Act without the need for it to be enforced by law. It's a shame many people don't feel the same but prefer to breach government guidance and bully, harass and intimdate the more vulnerable members of society.

[quote Balhammom]@LangClegsInSpace

Curious to know where you live. While the law doesn’t require everyone to wear a mask, equalities law in the UK doesn’t prevent shops from banning those who don’t (or can’t) wear a mask.[/quote]
I live in SE London.

The Equality Act applies to the whole of the UK and providers of goods and services, e.g. shops, are bound by it. The EA absolutely does prevent shops from applying blanket 'no mask - no entry - no excuse' rules because that would be unlawful indirect discrimination, failure to provide reasonable adjustments and, depending on how it was communicated, probably harassment as well.

I want to know where this rumour has come from, that shops can just do what they like. Is it something going round on twitter? Can they put up 'No Blacks, No Irish' signs again now, if we are tearing up the EA?

@Lelophants

According to my gp friend, there are actually very few reasons to not wear a mask. She explained that although they dont feel very nice, there is no difference in ability to breathe.

Your GP friend is chatting shit.

[quote Yetiyoga]**@TheGreatWave* I did look back and saw about what annabel had said. But @BellaintheWychElm* said about working class and Aldi.[/quote]
I was just joking, replying to someone that said everyone in Waitrose was wearing a mask but people in Lidl weren't.

[quote MrsSchadenfreude]@Waxonwaxoff0 I’m not saying it as something to be proud of, I’m saying it because this is the way it is. At the start of lockdown no-one over the age of 60 was allowed out, except for medical appointments. Neighbours and family rallied round and did shopping and helped out until the rules were relaxed.[/quote]
Rubbish.

@HelenaDove

I was merely drawing a conclusion that from posts on here that seemed to indicate that masks are more prevalent in middle class than working class areas, and offering reasons for why that might be the case.

The reasons I gave weren’t suggesting that the middle classes were somehow morally superior - I don’t believe they are for a moment - but were, firstly, down to being less exposed to normality during lockdown and, secondly, virtue signalling. Place that middle class person a 100 miles from home in a “mask averse” area and they would be as likely not to wear a mask as the next person.

Well, large mostly working class area, and in the Lidl, the huge Asda, and actually in every other shop I have been to, there ahs been very high compliance. I can't remember seeing anyone without a mask today except a couple of small children.