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Mask wearing where you live?

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julieca · 14/11/2021 00:22

Went to the supermarket today which was busy and only a few people were wearing masks. Nearly everyone was not. I have noticed over the last few months the amount of mask-wearing going down, and now very few people wear masks outside of the GPs surgery 9where they are still compulsory).
So are people wearing masks where you live, or have they mainly given up?

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Claudethecat · 14/11/2021 06:50

Masks are mandated in Wales and most people where I am in South Wales are still wearing them.

Augusta1 · 14/11/2021 06:52

Fewer and fewer mask wearers where I live, (S.E. England). I haven’t worn once since “the rules” changed. It’s lovely to be able to breathe freely and to see people’s happy, smiling faces again. 😀

tootyfruitypickle · 14/11/2021 06:52

I don't wear them now as me and dd recently had covid. Theatre trip recently - most not wearing them despite being rammed in. Tube most were.

I did notice in the theatre that those of us not wearing them were chatting and smiling and mask wearers weren't talking to anyone.

I'm done now but that is partly as I'm sure I'm not a risk to anyone due to having had covid

OnceUponAWhine · 14/11/2021 06:55

In Scotland, high school children are still having to wear masks all day- in classrooms and corridors.

TheGallopingGourmet · 14/11/2021 06:58

We are in Tenerife at the moment. Everybody wearing masks in supermarkets, absolutely no exceptions. Wearing masks in restaurants unless seated at table, absolutely no exceptions.

WholeClassKeptIn · 14/11/2021 07:01

Gosh we are so lucky it's not currently a rule for our children in school or out and about.

KatherineJaneway · 14/11/2021 07:05

I'm in London and mask wearing in the supermarket is very low now. I still wear one but I am starting to question why as I am one of the few who does.

Mask wearing on the tube is about 40% to 50% from what I have experienced, I travel twice a week

hopeishere · 14/11/2021 07:05

I'm in Northern Ireland and it's still compulsory here. Most people wear them in shops / on the bus. We have to wear one if we're moving about in the office. I think kids still wear them in school.

SheWoreYellow · 14/11/2021 07:07

@OnceUponAWhine

In Scotland, high school children are still having to wear masks all day- in classrooms and corridors.
Not in classrooms in our schools. Must vary by school or council.
Avarua · 14/11/2021 07:10

Mask wearing is compulsory here in public places. Zero cases in my city. New Zealand.

traka · 14/11/2021 07:10

Midlands. If I go to Tesco, Lidl, ASDA there's 2/10 wearing a mask. In M&S probably 8/10

I was driving home at midnight recently through a village and saw a guy in his early twenties walking along alone wearing a mask. I don't get it

Also shop staff wearing their mask under their nose or chin. It's not compulsory to wear a mask and hardly any shop workers do so why wear one if you clearly don't want to?

The behaviour throughout the pandemic has been absolutely bizarre

MrsJackWhicher · 14/11/2021 07:26

I agree that the mask wearers seem to be the grim -faced less friendly ones.
I was in Twickenham last night for the rugby snd the pubs were crammed packed with people dancing/singing and having a really good time, thank god. Guess the mask wearers were all at home looking for neighbours to report for putting their bins out too early as parking an inch on a yellow line.

imnotthatlucky · 14/11/2021 07:28

Very few, I'd say maybe 15% of people I see in my area wear masks. I don't.

OnceUponAWhine · 14/11/2021 07:30

Must do @SheWoreYellow
Also at my DC primary school, in Scotland, teachers wear masks outside, whilst socially distanced from colleagues to greet the kids in the morning and at pick up, when they bring children out into playground. Outside? When they’ve been inside with children all day? No smiles to greet the children in the mornings- outside- just masks🤷‍♀️
Parents who wish to stand outside in the playground to collect their child must also wear a mask. Hence why most stand outside the gates, mask free, to meet their child, although some wear masks there too. The mind boggles.

Staryflight445 · 14/11/2021 07:30

I went to a shopping centre yesterday, it was really busy and I only ever saw a few people with a mask on. Nobody was keeping their distance in queues either.

Claudethecat · 14/11/2021 07:38

I agree that the mask wearers seem to be the grim -faced less friendly ones

How do you know they are "grim-faced* if they are wearing a mask?! I

MintJulia · 14/11/2021 07:41

The same here - Hampshire. About 20% of adults wear masks, the rest seem to have given up.

Stokey · 14/11/2021 07:41

@tootyfruitypickle

I don't wear them now as me and dd recently had covid. Theatre trip recently - most not wearing them despite being rammed in. Tube most were.

I did notice in the theatre that those of us not wearing them were chatting and smiling and mask wearers weren't talking to anyone.

I'm done now but that is partly as I'm sure I'm not a risk to anyone due to having had covid

This sounds like you're saying people wearing masks are killjoys - such a ridiculous cliché!

I have also been to the theatre recently and did wear a mask despite about 70% of the people there not wearing one, other than the staff. I was laughing and talking both with my family and the elderly masked man sitting next to me. We had drinks which we took our masks off to drink. In fact the theatre staff were walking up and down before the play with a sign asking people to turn off their phones and wear masks.

Most people on the tube were wearing masks.

It's not compulsory to wear one so do what you like but to say people who are wearing them are joyless is ridiculous.

EddieVeddersfoxymop · 14/11/2021 07:47

@Finfintytint same here. I'm in Scotland and am utterly fed up of mask wearing. I could technically be exempt but I try to do my bit. However, last weekend I took DD shopping and didn't put a mask on because of the stuffy heat in the shops and it was liberating. I actually enjoyed shopping, we stayed longer, spent more.........with a mask on its literally buy what I need and sprint out. No browsing, no lingering. I wonder when we will be allowed to use our common sense and choose for ourselves.

Remmy123 · 14/11/2021 07:52

Well it's not mandatory on the U.K. so you won't see many in masks!!

Plus it's a bit pointless esp when you see people in masks pull them down for a chat to thier mates or for a coffee, etc.

I'm glad we do not have to wear one now.

redandwhite1 · 14/11/2021 07:59

@Remmy123

Well it's not mandatory on the U.K. so you won't see many in masks!!

Plus it's a bit pointless esp when you see people in masks pull them down for a chat to thier mates or for a coffee, etc.

I'm glad we do not have to wear one now.

'England not uk

Still is in wales and Scotland

Claudethecat · 14/11/2021 08:00

Well it's not mandatory on the U.K. so you won't see many in masks!!

Um, yes it is in some parts of the the UK. England does not=the UK.

Unanananana · 14/11/2021 08:04

Barely any mask wearers around here (Kent) and I'm pleased to see peoples faces and them getting on with their lives rather than cowering in their homes.

I'm fully vaccinated as is my DP and teen DC so I'm not concerned about catching it/passing it on. Covid is not dramatically 'ripping through' schools like it seems to be anywhere else on mumsnet.

Some people are still enjoying the doom and gloom no doubt. They must be devastated that the figures are not as bad as predicted.

NeverForgetYourDreams · 14/11/2021 08:09

A lot of mouth wearers where we are. I don't see the point. Either don't wear one or wear it properly

I only wear when go into medical places now

Warhertisuff · 14/11/2021 08:10

@strawberrydonuts

This is true but there obviously has to be a compromise in order to keep things running. There is more risk when people are moving around. In a supermarket you are walking around and could come within a metre or two of a few hundred people.

True, but the "contact" is fleeting, and rarely less than 2m in supermarkets. In cafes/restaurants, you're sitting in proximity for up to an hour, possibly longer.