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Any anti mask people?

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waterloobaby86 · 26/06/2021 21:53

Just on the train back from London and there's a group of people on here who say they've been to a rally against wearing masks.

Ive been told I'm damaging myself by wearing my mask as I'm breathing in chemicals from the material which are harmful to me.

Just wondered - anyone been to this or feel the same way? And what are your reasons?

(Might regret this but genuinely curious) Not after a fight!!

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lljkk · 26/06/2021 21:56

it's all kicking off again about masks, isn't it? :(
I feel slightly sick about this specific debate point kicking off again.

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waterloobaby86 · 26/06/2021 21:58

@lljkk why do you feel sick?

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nomorecrumbs · 26/06/2021 22:01

I am more concerned about the environmental impact which disposable masks are having, and the additional laundry which the reusable ones are creating.

FTEngineerM · 26/06/2021 22:01

One thing I found odd today and it did surprise me because I’m not sure I can make sense of it. I went to a particular part of town and nobody wore masks in the super market, well very few anyway. Is there a demographic that refuse to wear them? I don’t get it.

Rob87 · 26/06/2021 22:02

I actually enjoy wearing a mask!

itsgettingwierd · 26/06/2021 22:03

I can't see how breathing in material is harmful.

Certainly the surgical masks aren't.

I understand why so many people feel face masks should stop or aren't useful (non surgical PPE) but the arguments they give often are unusual rather than something I think "actually ..... I wonder" about.

The use of words like muzzles and gave nappies have no scientific basis!

Itsstartingtorainout · 26/06/2021 22:06

I’m exempt but I’m also a conscientious objector. There is no good quality evidence to suggest masks make any difference at all, they are just a tool of control.

AnneLovesGilbert · 26/06/2021 22:08

Do they worry about rolling over in bed and sniffing pillowcase or duvet?

Orchidflower1 · 26/06/2021 22:09

No @waterloobaby86 they’ve all been given their meds/ returned to their place of safety so you’ll not get many on here now........ if you do they’ve escaped!

PrettyKittyCatt · 26/06/2021 22:10

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SlipperyDippery · 26/06/2021 22:10

@nomorecrumbs

I am more concerned about the environmental impact which disposable masks are having, and the additional laundry which the reusable ones are creating.
I agree about the single use ones, but I don’t think there’s much extra laundry for the cloth ones?
ollyollyoxenfree · 26/06/2021 22:11

@Itsstartingtorainout

I’m exempt but I’m also a conscientious objector. There is no good quality evidence to suggest masks make any difference at all, they are just a tool of control.
Incorrect @Itsstartingtorainout

There's plenty of evidence to show that masks reduce that amount of viral particles expelled by an infectious person. The benefit:risk ratio is high and anyone who can self-exempt themselves if they aren't comfortable. I don't understand why they've become so politicised.

How are they are "tool of control"? What do the government gain when themselves and the general public wear masks in certain situations?

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waterloobaby86 · 26/06/2021 22:13

@Itsstartingtorainout

I’m exempt but I’m also a conscientious objector. There is no good quality evidence to suggest masks make any difference at all, they are just a tool of control.
In what way are we being controlled
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RichardMarxisinnocent · 26/06/2021 22:13

@nomorecrumbs

I am more concerned about the environmental impact which disposable masks are having, and the additional laundry which the reusable ones are creating.
I agree on the plastic waste of disposable masks, but how on earth are reusable ones creating extra laundry? I just add mine to a load of laundry which I'm already doing. Surely nobody is doing a wash just for masks?
womaninatightspot · 26/06/2021 22:15

I work in a tourist town and there are groups of people who don't wear masks. Mainly from Glasgow and surrounds going by the accents. Everyone had a mask on in the supermarket though. Not sure if there is a particular demographic, day drinking beligerents, is that a demographic? However I was told that apparently well to do families are having covid parties for their teens to build up some immunity now that the parents are vaccinated, all v. middle class and outwardly conformist I'm sure. I'm hoping that is just made up nonsense but it wouldn't surprise me tbh.

thenightsky · 26/06/2021 22:15

I hate the bloody things. Mine is soaking wet within about 10 mins and feels vile. Worse now the hayfever season is upon us. I'm thinking I might make myself a lace one that I can actually breathe through, but still meet the performance rules as it would be a 'face covering'.

Bryonyshcmyony · 26/06/2021 22:16

I love my mask. I don't have to worry about my menopausal whiskers showing.

Chamonixshoopshoop · 26/06/2021 22:16

Everyone round here still wears a mask and I’m happy to wear mine.
Haven’t had a cold in 18 months now, I’m happy for social distancing, masks to stay!

ollyollyoxenfree · 26/06/2021 22:17

@PrettyKittyCatt

docilebritain.com/video/the-british-government-does-not-recommend-face-masks/

Our own government didn't recommend masks, they said there was no evidence.

ah from that very credible website "docile Britain"

As has been discussed to actually death on here, the CMO stated early in the pandemic that a cloth mask won't protect the wearer from coronavirus. This was true then and is now.

What became apparent later on in the pandemic, is that a significant amount of people with CV are asymptomatic and that it is highly transmissible - therefore when infectious they're not confined to bed and are walking around unknowingly expelling viral particles. In this context, it makes a huge difference, on a population level, for everyone to wear a mask if they care, on the chance that they are infectious.

Tailbetweenlegs · 26/06/2021 22:17

Wouldn’t go so far as to go to a rally and don’t think they’re dangerous but I won’t be sorry to see them go. I think they are not as useful in preventing transmission as people think, but because they are so visible they have become a signal so the government/companies look like they are taking steps to become covid secure. A lot of virtue signalling. And it seems a bit silly that double vaccinated people still have to wear them-either we trust the vaccine or we don’t?
I don’t like what they’ve done to society-the environmental impact, the virtue signalling and judging/policing of others who can’t or have decided not to wear them. They stop you from smiling at strangers, can make things hard for deaf and disabled people, have limited conversation/changed the vibe in many workplaces and public places. I’m not sure the arguable protection they give is worth it. I have worn one when required and will continue to do so but I don’t like them.

ollyollyoxenfree · 26/06/2021 22:17

everyone to wear a mask if they can!

(but also if they care Grin )

wasthataburp · 26/06/2021 22:19

I'd say less and less are wearing them but still the majority. I don't wear one as i don't see it as having any benefit at all

ollyollyoxenfree · 26/06/2021 22:20

And it seems a bit silly that double vaccinated people still have to wear them-either we trust the vaccine or we don’t?

@Tailbetweenlegs

Currently when waiting for lots of people to still be double vaccinated, it makes sense to not put certain restrictions on people who are yet to be vaccinated.

As many others will point out, it also generates a "two tier society", where people who can't/don't want to be vaccinated are having to wear masks and the rest aren't