Quick poll: how many people are still wearing masks in your area?

[Monsterathai]

I'll start! I'm in North Yorkshire and prior to today it has been almost 100% mask compliance. It was more 70%-ish here today following the mandate being lifted. Where do you live (city or county) and what's it like where you are?

P.S: if you think this is a boring topic, irrelevant or if you're sick of talking about masks then please feel free not to read any further.... and no, I don't have anything better to do

@Monsterathai
Hasn't it just! We've had people spying on their neighbours to see whose going in and out, inspecting people's shopping to see if it was "essential." Mask policing was all they had left and now that's gone too. What will they do with their time?!

@MichelleScarn

Re your petition, *@RachC2021* That I absolutely will. Absolutely agree if people need or want to wear them they should.

Thank you!

Seems my post in this thread has been deleted — assume they think I’m spamming, though I’ve only mentioned it in mask & CEV threads. I assume this post stays long enough for you to read. About to post in the “Petitions and activism” board.

Funny how it's only self righteous when it's anticipating that people will do something for the betterment of the wider society, whether laws or guidelines.

But is absolutely fine when voiced against any if the covid restrictions. All the "I'm done" threads. Misinformation, disinformation and self congratulatory "I make my own choices based on my own research" threads that proliferate here.

I get that voicing disbelief at all of that "independent thinking" is deemed risible here. Thankfully real life behaviours seem to continue to follow the guidelines.

There will come a point, in warmer weather, when we will all discard masks. But it is also possible that next winter we will all be required to wear them again. What then?

@MichelleScarn

Sadly not *@Monsterathai*! And haven't actually answered your op. Like others living in Scotland compliance is high still here, anyone not in one will generally have on the sunflower lanyard. And everyone just seems to go about ok, no remonstrating or fire and vengeance or such like, how terribly uneventful!

Yet again, read what I did write. I said very clearly that round here the majority of people are wearing masks.

And again @SamphiretheStickerist no idea what you are going on about here. No one has said anything about people who are mask wearing where you are. It's the confusion (for me at least!) At your apparent pride in 'remonstrating' with people, then backtracking saying it wasn't you, you said and did nothing!

@SamphiretheStickerist

Funny how it's only self righteous when it's anticipating that people will do something for the betterment of the wider society, whether laws or guidelines.

But is absolutely fine when voiced against any if the covid restrictions. All the "I'm done" threads. Misinformation, disinformation and self congratulatory "I make my own choices based on my own research" threads that proliferate here.

I get that voicing disbelief at all of that "independent thinking" is deemed risible here. Thankfully real life behaviours seem to continue to follow the guidelines.

There will come a point, in warmer weather, when we will all discard masks. But it is also possible that next winter we will all be required to wear them again. What then?

Gosh, you are very cross!

Yes. I suppose I am.

All the laughing, ridiculing and sense of superiority amongst those who deem masks a useless imposition spilled over from here into real life today.

4 sneering young adults chose to ridicule and scare many pensioners because they could.

It's bad enough reading such bollocks here. But seeing it in real life, done deliberately and with such little sled awareness, or care... that was infuriating.

As are many posts like this. I should know better.

@SamphiretheStickerist

Yes. I suppose I am.

All the laughing, ridiculing and sense of superiority amongst those who deem masks a useless imposition spilled over from here into real life today.

4 sneering young adults chose to ridicule and scare many pensioners because they could.

It's bad enough reading such bollocks here. But seeing it in real life, done deliberately and with such little sled awareness, or care... that was infuriating.

As are many posts like this. I should know better.

The four 'sneering young adults' have just had two years in the prime of their lives spent under restrictions. Yes it would be great if no one was ever rude or made anyone else feel uncomfortable, but honestly cut them some slack... are you / have you always been perfect? I know I and probably most people haven't. Also, I think your portrayal of afeared pensions with terror in their eyes is somewhat patronising and definitely overdramatic. Most of the pensioners round here would be more than capable of standing up for themselves.

Most people. Wales so still a requirement to wear one unless exempt.

@SamphiretheStickerist

Yes. I suppose I am.

All the laughing, ridiculing and sense of superiority amongst those who deem masks a useless imposition spilled over from here into real life today.

4 sneering young adults chose to ridicule and scare many pensioners because they could.

It's bad enough reading such bollocks here. But seeing it in real life, done deliberately and with such little sled awareness, or care... that was infuriating.

As are many posts like this. I should know better.

Can’t say I’ve seen much of that other than those who are glad they don’t have to wear them. If there was then maybe the constant threads complaining about people who don’t wear masks whilst mandatory didn’t help. All the posts where someone wasn’t exempt because they didn’t look exempt for example.

Delighted to say here people are embracing the freedom - just hope we never get suckered again.

All the people.

Northern Ireland.

@pollygartertidywife

I haven't seen anyone in a shop without. They probably know that the decision to do away with them was against all public health recommendations and was purely a political decision made by what used to be a populist prime minister desperate to do something that makes a section of the population happy... that section that have no idea about a virus that is highly virulent.

Or...they had forgotten that masks are no longer required as of today?

I bet that a week or two from now, far fewer masks will be in evidence. That's how it was in the summer, despite all those polls suggesting that the majority wanted to 'keep masks'.

Hmm ... no... as the person in the queue before me in Tescos said
(When thanked by cashier for wearing a mask) said ... no this is not the time yet...

Why don't you look at the epidemiology websites and the ZOE app before making ridiculous choices ??

Politics won't get us out of a pandemic. !!

@JangolinaPitt

Delighted to say here people are embracing the freedom - just hope we never get suckered again.

Then you are obviously following the politics and not the science...

Not a clever decision... EVER.

@pollygartertidywife

Why are you assuming that people who choose not to wear masks are not well aware of the epidemiology?

Part of my job involves sitting on PHE Covid Webinars, I am more aware than your average person of all the trends and current and past data of the pandemic.

I still don't wear a mask.

@pollygartertidywife

Hmm ... no... as the person in the queue before me in Tescos said (When thanked by cashier for wearing a mask) said ... no this is not the time yet...

So you're telling people to consult "the epidemiology websites", whatever they are when they're at home, but base your theories on a sample size of one?

[quote SummerBluez]@pollygartertidywife

Why are you assuming that people who choose not to wear masks are not well aware of the epidemiology?

Part of my job involves sitting on PHE Covid Webinars, I am more aware than your average person of all the trends and current and past data of the pandemic.

I still don't wear a mask.[/quote]
I have to laugh at all this 'following the science' nonsense.

Since when do people live their lives according to 'science'?

Just seen that the people of Denmark will no longer be required to wear face masks from next Tuesday. I wonder if that’s political as well?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10449063/Denmark-lift-nearly-Covid-restrictions-return-life-knew-corona.html

It's amazing how many people think that wearing masks is only about them and not protecting others. I have been, and still am,very careful,not for myself but because my husband is very vulnerable. Recently I've been less worried but now that things are relaxing I'm actually more anxious. Terribly selfish to suggest that the vulnerable should just not go out. I'll continue to wear a mask to protect others.

90% on the bus, probably 1/3 in the shopping centre.

@supperlover

It's amazing how many people think that wearing masks is only about them and not protecting others. I have been, and still am,very careful,not for myself but because my husband is very vulnerable. Recently I've been less worried but now that things are relaxing I'm actually more anxious. Terribly selfish to suggest that the vulnerable should just not go out. I'll continue to wear a mask to protect others.

Would you like to answer the question or did you just come on to tell people to keep wearing masks?

North West. I work in retail and I'd say about 50% were wearing masks. Same in the supermarket and about 40% wearing them at the post office.