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Do you think masks will still be a legal requirement

67 replies

User56666 · 31/01/2021 16:23

Come may?

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cadburyegg · 31/01/2021 21:15

Sorry! I meant social distancing from strangers, in supermarkets etc. I really hope I can hug my friends by the summer.

Spiratedaway · 31/01/2021 21:18

@RaspberryCoulis

God I hate masks. Loathe and detest the bastard things. The day where I can throw every single fucking one in the bin cannot come too soon.

(And yes, before the Covid police mask-lovers jump on the thread, I do wear one. Not because I think it makes much difference, but because I don't want a fine. I'm the person waiting until the very last second to hook the elastic over my ear, and pulling it off as I'm walking through the door.)

Me too my anxiety is severe wearing them though but I do
Spiratedaway · 31/01/2021 21:20

@cadburyegg

Yes I think masks and social distancing will go on for the rest of the year. These don’t have too much of a detrimental impact on people.
What ? Social distancing does not affect ppl wtf
Spiratedaway · 31/01/2021 21:21

@cadburyegg

Sorry! I meant social distancing from strangers, in supermarkets etc. I really hope I can hug my friends by the summer.
Ahhh ok ignore my last comment Smile
megletthesecond · 31/01/2021 21:22

Yes. I assume until spring 2022.
Who knows what delights next winter will have for us.

ParlezVousWronglais · 31/01/2021 21:22

Yes.

I’m starting to prefer them. They keep my face warm and I don’t have to care what I look like!

fluffi · 31/01/2021 22:03

Definitely mandatory in May. Some of the vulnerable groups due to receive their first dose mid Feb, won't get their 2nd dose until early May based on the 12 week gap between doses.

Similarally government is saying it will take until Sept to get rest of us our first dose, then it'll be winter season again so expect masks to remain legal requirement until Spring 2022, unless our already very speedy vaccination programme goes a lot faster.

CaptainMarvelDanvers · 31/01/2021 22:34

@WunWun

What possible reason could there be that masks wouldn't be required in may? Or am I missing something?
I’m planning to get drunk and go dancing, maybe the government has heard about my plans and want to ensure they happen.
Truelymadlydeeplysomeonesmum · 31/01/2021 22:44

Afraid we will be stuck with masks for a while. Plus some social distancing.

If it means we can start to unlock the country and get some normal back. Then even mask hating me will manage.

Catcrazy008 · 31/01/2021 22:57

I think it will be until next year at a minimum.
Derailing slightly-sorry.
Does anyone else get a runny nose when wearing their mask?
Drives me crazy!

BonnieDundee · 31/01/2021 23:05

I'd like to see them be a permanent feature in GP and hospital waiting rooms as well.

I wouldnt. Cant wait to see the back of the wretched things. Am also convinced that they dont actually do anything other than make people feel safe

BogRollBOGOF · 31/01/2021 23:07

The economy can fuck off for every second that vile face rags are mandatory.
I've now got scars on my face from trying to comply. The distress they cause is real.
No more. No more scratching my face off to bleeding. No more panic attacks. I'm done with the fucking rags and fucking visors.

I'm virtually no risk when the only indoor space I go to is a near empty supermarket late at night every 10 days or so and that's my household's only contact with society.

I've managed to exist 6 months avoiding places that are not strictly necessary since 25 July. I'm certainly not splurging a penny in the name of pleasure to be uncomfortably surrounded by expressionless, incoherent, unreadable mumbling. They are a hideous barrier and obstruction through society, and decimate communication.

I'd love them to be in landfill by May, but they probably won't be. Too easy a way to make it like you're doing something for no effort on the government's part.
Warmer weather in May/ June will affect the general appetite for complience though. The weather had generally cooled off when they came in in July.

By the summer, vaccination will be onto decreasingly at risk groups. Respiritory illness will be naturally low. Patience will be even thinner than it is now.

lunapeace · 31/01/2021 23:27

I don't think the crappy bits of poorly fitting cloth masks that people don't wash are making any difference if I'm honest. Germany have just banned them and have ruled only surgical or N95 masks from now on. You don't see anyone in Japan or China wearing novelty masks that's for sure. People walking around feeling protected by their masks make me laugh when they have nothing covering their eyes.

barbites · 01/02/2021 00:31

@RaspberryCoulis

God I hate masks. Loathe and detest the bastard things. The day where I can throw every single fucking one in the bin cannot come too soon.

(And yes, before the Covid police mask-lovers jump on the thread, I do wear one. Not because I think it makes much difference, but because I don't want a fine. I'm the person waiting until the very last second to hook the elastic over my ear, and pulling it off as I'm walking through the door.)

I am 100% with you. Fucking hate them, every single second wearing one is vile. Seeing my children wearing one boils my piss. And any maskerbators please don't feel the need to tell me what a baby I am.
LunaHeather · 01/02/2021 00:34

@AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair

I didn't know they were a legal requirement now but it seems absolutely unlikely that we won't still be under covid measures in May. Do you think otherwise?
I find that surprising. No offence, it's just I am very careful about checking law vs guidance and masks in shops and public transport is law.

I think the law might be due for review in June, a year after being passed. I don't think there's any chance of it being rescinded.

LunaHeather · 01/02/2021 00:37

[quote MrsMercedes]@RaspberryCoulis hmmm yeah right Hmm

there are no fines going on with mask enforcement!! i'm laughing so hard at that thought!!! I work in essential retail and have all the way through, police are not bothered!! anyone can simply say that masks make them feel anxious/claustrophobic or whatever they like .... they can self declare they are mask exempt

I wonder how many fines for this have been issued[/quote]
I don't know if TFL are lying but there are signs at the stations I use saying how many people have been fined. It is certainly policed on the Tube, though it is selective and resource dependent.

WanderingFruitWonderer · 01/02/2021 04:00

Yes, I do. To be honest, it's one of the rules I don't mind. In fact, if the powers that be, told us soon that we could come out of lockdown, if we all agree to wear masks 100% out of the home (indoors and outdoors) until infection rates are down to manageable levels, I'd think that a very fair compromise.
Studies now prove conclusively that universal use of masks, worn correctly, is an important part of our collective effort to deal with this pandemic. It's such a small thing for most of us, and we all need to do our bit.
I do of course acknowledge that there will always be those who can't for medical reasons, and that's a different thing.

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