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Do wear a mask when you go to a public place?

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Do you wear a mask/face covering when you go out?

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Yes. I have an N95. (15 votes) 17%
Yes. I wear a surgical mask. (50 votes) 56%
Yes. I sewed my own! (15 votes) 17%
Sometimes. It depends how many people I'll see. (7 votes) 8%
Only when it's required by the business. (15 votes) 17%
Nope. Never. Pussies. (8 votes) 9%
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Forever wearing blk disposable face mask.

I don't see an end to this anytime soon.
gabbi
Glass half full.
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I wear a mask at work and in public.
Ensorceled
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I have been. BUT...we're fully vaccinated now, and the county has lifted mask mandates, so I've been wondering when I can quit, and getting kinda psyched about it. I haven't yet. I'm holding off until...I don't know...I guess when I feel my lack of a mask won't make people uncomfortable. It's been over a year. I can hold off a few more weeks.

We're all in this together.

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I am fully vaccinated, why should I
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Yes, I do, because I have multiple health issues and prefer to minimize my risk. Too many people only wear their mask when they know some official is watching and then remove it when it is "safe".
Scotus
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Yes, I will wear masks to protect myself when I go out.
Scotus
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Yes, I will wear masks to protect myself when I go out.
Kinley
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Yes, have gotten used to it.
There was an article on The Guardian about masks being almost like an 'invisibility cloak' - that resonates. smile
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Yes. It’s important to respect and protect others from getting sick and I hope others will think about doing the same for me.
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Face coverings are no longer legally required in England.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51205344


But I still wear a mask when I visit a shop. Not yet plucked up the courage to eat out.

From what I've seen here in the northwest of England, most people also wear their masks when out shopping.

But most shop workers no longer wear masks — which I'm not so sure is a good thing.

Yesterday the woman at the till at which I was paying for my items had to turn to the side to cough. Fair enough; coughs are involuntary. And she did turn away . . . Only to cough into her palm and immediately turn back and extract my change from the till draw with that same hand, hand it over to me.

Like the well brought up person I am, while holding my breath I took the notes and coins from her viral loaded grubby little mitt (in my mind at least) and slipped them into my pocket and rushed back to the car to sanitise my wallet, notes, coins and hands. Jeez! Some people.


The guy at our local post office has never worn a mask. He's young, slightly overweight, and Asian. Yesterday I asked him if he'd had the virus. He hadn't. And remember this: Post offices remained open throughout lockdown.

Makes you wonder. And I would have said reinforces the fact that Covid is a disease of the old, except that I asked a guy in another shop who looks to be my age and also does not wear a mask the same question. He said the same as the guy I just mentioned. Those two shops are very, very busy, the staff face to face with hundreds of people every day.

But to argue against maks wearing seems ridiculous in my mind. A person's breath is not going to travel far from the mouth of a maks wearer. It's a no brainer. We're doing it or each other.

And how bizarre that in March 2020 the Independant had the headline: "Coronavirus: Chief medical officer tells public not to wear masks"


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-news-professor-chris-whitty-no-masks-advice-a9374086.html?utm_source=pocket_mylist

Experts, eh! Jeez!
Green_Man
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Whenever I leave the house to go shopping or run errands I have my mask to don when necessary. If I am walking the dog around the neighborhood it is not needed. All of the other walkers, runners, and cyclists stay distanced. So inside all sorts of shops and such, I will be wearing my mask.


This is still essentially true. I do not wear the mask when not around other humans. Walking the dog and such. But when one approaches others consistently, like in a store, or along a crowded street, I trust my mask to help keep me safe. Having fought cancer for six years my body is immunocompromised. I am not going to waste the millions of dollars spent to keep me alive just to be stubborn about "my freedom to choose."
Squire3
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Have just started doing it again, sadly.
nichols_10
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Oh, heck yes I'm 72 and healthy and plan to stay that way.
CKC
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I've adapted ….


Unknown User
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I am strong and healthy and fully vaccinated... and i still wear it becasue i still could harm others, it's not a big deal
Dark_Apollo
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I consider it to be my civic duty in places where I might have close contact with other people to wear a mask, although I keep losing them is. forgetting which pocket I've left them in. I'm fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, but although it protects me against illness or even death, cohort studies show that the reduction in transmission after 2 doses is only about 60%, and I could easily be asymptomatic but infectious and capable of giving the virus to someone else who might die.

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WiseGinger
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Fully vaccinated but I wear it because not all people are...

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I keep one with me all the time.

When I go to a place that requires them, I put it on. It's not that big of a deal. Do I laugh when I see people wearing them while driving alone? Yes.

It's not about freedom. It's a conscious effort to make a minimal sacrifice for the benefit of society as a whole. I'm not afraid of COVID at all. But if I walk past an elderly person, I'll slip my mask on. I do the same thing with people with kids. I give a nod and give them some space. I actually have a decent background in education regarding disease transmission so I know that a lot of this is useless, but I also am able to navigate the social waters by taking the educational temperature of the situation and acting accordingly.
Phoenix181
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Yes... it is not mandatory if you are exercising but it feels safer than going without
Markiemark2610
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Depends on the situation. I always carry one with me, just in case. I do avoid large crowds though
verity100
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Never
Be nice to each other

kistinspencil
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Yes, but it has nothing to do with Covid. How else could I maintain my alluring aura of mystery?
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Current status hasn't changed much for me since my original response. In Ontario, masks are still required in most indoor spaces unless you're eating, drinking, or receiving some kind of healthcare (e.g. at the dentist). Outdoors, I go without generally since I'm not prone to hanging out with crowds. Maybe if I went to an outdoor event, but there haven't been many of those here this year again. At work, it's mandatory when I'm outside my office or interacting with other employees unless I'm eating and then distancing has to be maintained (our lunch room currently has a maximum occupation of 5).
Rick_Valley
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Masks are again required at my place of work. I also wear them in shops. This is going to keep going on forever because...

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Just_A_Guy_You_Know
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I started wearing a mask when covid started. I stopped for awhile after I and a lot of other people got vaccinate and I thought we were coming out of the woods, but I've started wearing it again with the Delta variant spreading around. I've also noticed a difference between Canadian and American attitudes towards masks:

Canadians: Sure, let me do my small part to take care of my safety and the safety of my fellow citizens. We're all in this together, eh.
Americans (at least the Americans around where I live): Fuck you! How dare you tell me what to do? Having to wear a mask is a violation of my personal rights and freedoms as an American.

Don't believe everything that you read.

samg61
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All the time. It is the least a person can do to protect others from the potential covid. One can never tell if they are a carrier
angieseroticpen
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All the time in public places. Masks go on at work when client's are around as well.

We have testing kits at home and at work. We routinely test every couple of days at home and we have them in the office too. It is voluntary for staff but they to have got into the routine of testing every two or three days - we even get the odd client doing a test as well. No positives so far!
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