Here in Picksburgh we have to wear masks at work or when going to a grocery store. I had to wear a mask when I (finally) got my hair cut the other day.

What about your areas... are you masked, or are you mask-free? ???

Stores have signs up to comply with GOVT but most do not enforce it.........

We have to wear masks on public transport and when visiting any kind of healthcare facility. The advice is to wear them when social distancing of 2metres can’t be guaranteed. Some people wear them in the supermarkets, but not the majority.

Where companies have reopened they have to provide masks or visors if it has not been possible to rearrange the work areas to keep sufficient distance between people.

Everywhere I go whether it be entering a store or going on public transportation, you must comply to wear a mask.

Yep, even with the "Green Phase" that's about to happen in my county on Friday. Every business is open to 50%-75% capacity, but we all are required to wear masks.

Nope

No, some businesses might require it though. It's required at my grocery store.

No, some businesses might require it though. It's required at my grocery store.

That grocery store will probably be out of business real soon then lol

Everywhere I go whether it be entering a store or going on public transportation, you must comply to wear a mask.


Same here in Providence. And if we don't wear them, we get fined or get prison time.

Yep, even with the "Green Phase" that's about to happen in my county on Friday. Every business is open to 50%-75% capacity, but we all are required to wear masks.



I'm going to have to wear a mask when I get my haircut next week.

That grocery store will probably be out of business real soon then lol


It's Costco lol

It's Costco lol

Hm interesting I didn't hear they are doing that. Is it just certain locations or store-wide?

That grocery store will probably be out of business real soon then lol

Ya i know many people who wont go into a place that demands it!!

Ya i know many people who wont go into a place that demands it!!

I know I wouldn't. People should have their freedoms.

I know I wouldn't. People should have their freedoms.


I'm not thrilled with this "wearing a mask takes away my personal freedom" crowd. Frankly, it doesn't.

1) It's selfish. It shows that one is only thinking of oneself and one's fallacious "freedoms" and not of one's fellow human beings.

2) I subscribe to the rule that "your personal freedom ends where mine begins". Hence, if the lack of wearing a mask causes the spray from your mouth to potentially reach me, it is not a "personal freedom" to not wear one. It's just a lack of consideration. In the same way that smoking is not a "personal freedom". Smoking affects too many people around the smoker.

This is what things have come to. Thinking wearing or not wearing masks is somehow a political statement about these so-called "freedoms" instead of a means to help the human race. Even if it turns out wearing masks did absolutely nothing, at least we were team players as far as potentially helping our fellow man and woman, by wearing them. Everybody is so into their own little fiefdoms and tribes now that nobody thinks of the family of humanity. I guess my hippie roots are showing.

Hm interesting I didn't hear they are doing that. Is it just certain locations or store-wide?


I'm not sure. Might just be mine. Maybe it's advisory but I live in a very Asian town (everyone wears a mask regardless) so I don't notice the difference lol.

I know for a fact they're mandatory at Longo's though. There was a story of a middle aged woman making a scene asking how she's going to feed her children if she has to pay for the $3 mask to get in. Sis, if you're shopping at Longo's you are NOT having trouble feeding your kids, get outta here.  ;D

Ya i know many people who wont go into a place that demands it!!


It's an option but it's actually a requirement to wear one when entering a store.

We have to wear masks on public transport and when visiting any kind of healthcare facility. The advice is to wear them when social distancing of 2metres can’t be guaranteed. Some people wear them in the supermarkets, but not the majority.

Where companies have reopened they have to provide masks or visors if it has not been possible to rearrange the work areas to keep sufficient distance between people.
I heard as wear a mask when in enclosed places.

In Vt it is not mandatory but most people wear them, as they should

In Vt it is not mandatory but most people wear them, as they should

Masks are for sick people, not healthy people. Only place I would wear it now is on an airplane but it's easy to catch anything on an airplane if you're not careful.

IMHO Masks are for sick people, not healthy people. Only place I would wear it now is on an airplane but it's easy to catch anything on an airplane if you're not careful.


I really hate it when people  express opinions as facts

Masks are for sick people, not healthy people. Only place I would wear it now is on an airplane but it's easy to catch anything on an airplane if you're not careful.
Masks are there to protect people, medical staff, etc, from catching any form of virus.

Masks are for sick people, not healthy people. Only place I would wear it now is on an airplane but it's easy to catch anything on an airplane if you're not careful.


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Only on public transport. I have a reusable mask that I wear on the bus or in the supermarket. Most people don’t wear one though and even on public transport it isn’t strictly enforced. As a healthy 25 year old I don’t really care if I get it but I wouldn’t want to inadvertently give it to someone else.

I got a pack of 3 from ASOS and gave the other two to my friends.

https://www.asos.com/prd/20684767?acquisitionsource=pasteboard

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It doesn't matter. Making anything like that mandatory is not acceptable.

Here in Germany masks have to be worn inside shops, banks, schools and public transportation.


It doesn't matter. Making anything like that mandatory is not acceptable.
I don't get it. We're talking about killing people with a virus that has already taken more than 120,000 American lives here and all it takes is wearing those masks to significantly reduce spreading it. Why is that too much to ask?  ???

Here in Germany masks have to be worn inside shops, banks, schools and public transportation.
I don't get it. We're talking about killing people with a virus that has already taken more than 120,000 American lives here and all it takes is wearing those masks to significantly reduce spreading it. Why is that too much to ask?  ???

Because it takes away rights and freedoms. Making something mandatory "for the common good" is socialist and dangerous.

Because it takes away rights and freedoms. Making something mandatory "for the common good" is socialist and dangerous.


Show me where in the constitution it gives you the right to infect other people.  In fact, people have been arrested for projecting bodily fluids onto others.  Seems to me that would also apply to micro fluids.  Your "freedom" ends where my personal space begins.  And there are many things for the  common good that are mandatory, so that concept is neither "socialist" (you need to learn what that word means) nor "dangerous".  you're talking like an anarchist

Show me where in the constitution it gives you the right to infect other people.  In fact, people have been arrested for projecting bodily fluids onto others.  Seems to me that would also apply to micro fluids.  Your "freedom" ends where my personal space begins.  And there are many things for the  common good that are mandatory, so that concept is neither "socialist" (you need to learn what that word means) nor "dangerous".  you're talking like an anarchist

Wow ok keep letting the government take away your freedom then if you think that's alright.

Wow ok keep letting the government take away your freedom then if you think that's alright.


Do you wear a seatbelt in a car? How about a helmet on a bike? How about going into a store without shoes?

You think that masks are only for sick people but there are many people who are asymptomatic-meaning they have the virus but don't have any symptoms and are contagious. Someone who isn't wearing a mask because they THINK they are not sick, can give the virus to someone else who also isn't wearing a mask because they are not sick. That person, in turn will give it to their family and who knows how many of them will die from it. Unlike not wearing a seatbelt that only will harm you, not wearing a mask can harm others-and some WILL DIE! Someone who doesn't wear a mask shows the world that they are selfish and could care less about their fellow human beings. 

No shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service.


Cat

I heard as wear a mask when in enclosed places.



Especially in supermarkets.

Masks are for sick people, not healthy people. Only place I would wear it now is on an airplane but it's easy to catch anything on an airplane if you're not careful.


Also in supermarkets too.

Masks are there to protect people, medical staff, etc, from catching any form of virus.


You must wear one that can protect you from the virus.

Only on public transport. I have a reusable mask that I wear on the bus or in the supermarket. Most people don’t wear one though and even on public transport it isn’t strictly enforced. As a healthy 25 year old I don’t really care if I get it but I wouldn’t want to inadvertently give it to someone else.

I got a pack of 3 from ASOS and gave the other two to my friends.

https://www.asos.com/prd/20684767?acquisitionsource=pasteboard


I wear one on my buses coming and going to/from work.

All stores have signs saying masks are required by law but it’s never enforced and maybe half the people comply. I always put one on. If not for myself then out of respect for the workers.

But I’ve seen several workers that don’t bother either. At a local gas station, none of them were wearing masks, and one even took down the plastic shield that all businesses are supposed to be using. Then at the gas station next to my work, not only was the worker not wearing a mask, but to open the bag he took a deep breath and blew inside it.

Michigan’s numbers are actually the lowest in the country as of last week. Big festivals are still cancelled and public transit is practically nonexistent which helps things up north. The tourists have been here, but the numbers will probably change in July as they are just starting to open up bars and clubs where people are in close proximity. There are a lot of things that can be done safely but being in a crowded bar isn’t one of them. All a total lockdown does is keep honest people honest.

Because it takes away rights and freedoms. Making something mandatory "for the common good" is socialist and dangerous.
Wow. Just wow. :o

Only on public transport. I have a reusable mask that I wear on the bus or in the supermarket. Most people don’t wear one though and even on public transport it isn’t strictly enforced. As a healthy 25 year old I don’t really care if I get it but I wouldn’t want to inadvertently give it to someone else.

I got a pack of 3 from ASOS and gave the other two to my friends.

https://www.asos.com/prd/20684767?acquisitionsource=pasteboard


I have a lot of surgical masks at home, those are the ones I use. But I've thought about getting...

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Wow ok keep letting the government take away your freedom then if you think that's alright.


Everybody keeps talking about these "freedoms" that are being taken away, but they never say what they are. I might add that people think it's the right-wing "Trump supporters" that are the main proponents of this, but I have a friend who would swear up and down he's a liberal and can't stand Trump and he keeps saying his "personal freedoms" are being taken away too. Wearing a mask during a pandemic is just common sense. The government shouldn't even have to say it. In fact it's probably common sense to wear one when there's NOT a pandemic, but we'll leave that for another time. Anybody who doesn't  wear one is just selfish, there are no "freedoms" involved. And it's worse than selfish, it's SMUG.

In this day and age it's not "personal freedoms" we have lost, it's PRIVACY, and that, my friend, is not the fault of the government. It's the fault of the people who have willingly sacrificed their privacy on the altar of social media. Mark Zuckerberg once boldly proclaimed "the age of privacy is over" and people fell in lockstep behind him with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok and the rest.

You must wear one that can protect you from the virus.


Technically speaking, a mask doesn't really prevent you from getting it, it prevents you from spreading it. So you better hope other people are wearing them too.

I have a lot of surgical masks at home, those are the ones I use. But I've thought about getting...

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Is there a psyduck version by any chance?  ;D

Technically speaking, a mask doesn't really prevent you from getting it, it prevents you from spreading it. So you better hope other people are wearing them too.


I always make sure they do.

Wow ok keep letting the government take away your freedom then if you think that's alright.


VERY clever response

In Oregon it’s not required, some people do but many don’t. We also suck at social distancing, people always get close to me in grocery stores and it makes me mad!
People are pretty lax on the rules unless they absolutely have to be strict. I even had to run an errand and when I got to my deatination there was a sign that said face mask required and the guy working there said “don’t worry you don’t need it if you’re just coming and going”.

I wear a mask when shopping, so that I don't come home coughing.

It is mandatory for us to wear one when riding on public transportation or the city bus. If we don't wear a mask while riding on the bus then we can't ride on it AND we get a fine or prison time. That's here in Rhode Island.

AND we get a fine or prison time.


Would hate to end up with a roommate named Bubba just because I forgot to wear a mask.  :o

Would hate to end up with a roommate named Bubba just because I forgot to wear a mask.  :o


Lol exactly! I always wear my mask I don't care how hot it is...my mask stays on. I ain't paying no 1000 dollars or ruin my background with prison time. It's not hard to wear a mask.

In Oregon it’s not required, some people do but many don’t. We also suck at social distancing, people always get close to me in grocery stores and it makes me mad!
People are pretty lax on the rules unless they absolutely have to be strict. I even had to run an errand and when I got to my deatination there was a sign that said face mask required and the guy working there said “don’t worry you don’t need it if you’re just coming and going”.


That happens to me too.

I wear a mask when shopping, so that I don't come home coughing.


I wear a mask while bringing up carts.

It is mandatory for us to wear one when riding on public transportation or the city bus. If we don't wear a mask while riding on the bus then we can't ride on it AND we get a fine or prison time. That's here in Rhode Island.


It's something we all have to live with.

The much awaited Culver’s opened yesterday here. Drive thru only. But they were so busy they had 2 lanes, 1 normal with speaker and pickup window, and 1 with order takers standing outside and people bringing the food. The order takers were right up against your car and reaching in your car with the credit card machine and were not wearing masks.

I had to wear a mask while getting my haircut.

I had to wear a mask while getting my haircut.


Same here.

It’s a law here. People are getting sick/respiratory issues from wearing them so often here.

Apparently staring today we have to always wear them in public.

I had to wear a mask while getting my haircut.



Same here.


Would you rather not? I don't like the person cutting my hair being so close to me even when there isn't a pandemic.

It’s a law here. People are getting sick/respiratory issues from wearing them so often here.


I know if I have mine on too long my eyes start to burn from the air that leaks above it.

What I'm more worried about tha masks are the long term effects of what we might be doing to ourselves with all this use of hand sanitizer and wipes and disinfectants with all their harsh chemicals. Before the pandemic I NEVER used hand sanitizer. EVER. There was no real need for it. Overuse of anti-bacterials create a strain of bacteria (the "superbug") that is immune to them. In normal times some exposure to bacteria is helpful to keep us immune to them.

I know if I have mine on too long my eyes start to burn from the air that leaks above it.


Yeah that happens to me too, it’s definitely not healthy. I can never fully breathe in them either.

What I'm more worried about tha masks are the long term effects of what we might be doing to ourselves with all this use of hand sanitizer and wipes and disinfectants with all their harsh chemicals. Before the pandemic I NEVER used hand sanitizer. EVER. There was no real need for it. Overuse of anti-bacterials create a strain of bacteria (the "superbug") that is immune to them. In normal times some exposure to bacteria is helpful to keep us immune to them.


I think a combination of sanitizing and hand washing will prevent super bugs from forming. If you're only using sanitizer and not washing your hand, then I could see the superbugs evolving. But soap and water will wash away everything, superbug or not.

I think a combination of sanitizing and hand washing will prevent super bugs from forming. If you're only using sanitizer and not washing your hand, then I could see the superbugs evolving. But soap and water will wash away everything, superbug or not.
...with hot or cold water, as long as it is flowing.

...with hot or cold water, as long as it is flowing.


Where I work we had those automatic water faucets in the bathrooms where you just wave your hand in front and the water flowed.

Our dumbass boss said that this was “unsanitary” because the water was cold, and replaced them with hand-operated faucets so you could crank up the hot water.

Now I have to first grab a paper towel to turn the faucet on, because basically it has been touched by dozens of people who just got finished handling their junk. Then I wash my hands. Grab another towel to turn off the water. Then grab another Towel to dry my hands.

Frickin’ lunacy.

Apparently staring today we have to always wear them in public.


And you can't argue that you don't want to wear a mask, it's a law or else you'll get fined.

I know if I have mine on too long my eyes start to burn from the air that leaks above it.


I start to sweat.

What I'm more worried about tha masks are the long term effects of what we might be doing to ourselves with all this use of hand sanitizer and wipes and disinfectants with all their harsh chemicals. Before the pandemic I NEVER used hand sanitizer. EVER. There was no real need for it. Overuse of anti-bacterials create a strain of bacteria (the "superbug") that is immune to them. In normal times some exposure to bacteria is helpful to keep us immune to them.


I still use hand sanitizers but not so much like people are doing lately.

Where I work we had those automatic water faucets in the bathrooms where you just wave your hand in front and the water flowed.

Our dumbass boss said that this was “unsanitary” because the water was cold, and replaced them with hand-operated faucets so you could crank up the hot water.

Now I have to first grab a paper towel to turn the faucet on, because basically it has been touched by dozens of people who just got finished handling their junk. Then I wash my hands. Grab another towel to turn off the water. Then grab another Towel to dry my hands.

Frickin’ lunacy.


How do you flush the toilet, LB?

Where I work we had those automatic water faucets in the bathrooms where you just wave your hand in front and the water flowed.

Our dumbass boss said that this was “unsanitary” because the water was cold, and replaced them with hand-operated faucets so you could crank up the hot water.

Now I have to first grab a paper towel to turn the faucet on, because basically it has been touched by dozens of people who just got finished handling their junk. Then I wash my hands. Grab another towel to turn off the water. Then grab another Towel to dry my hands.

Frickin’ lunacy.

Do you wait to see if anyone else opens the door and comes in?

Only in businesses that require it. Some of the mall shops do. I wear one anyway, safe than sorry I guess.

Do you wait to see if anyone else opens the door and comes in?


I don't, I just walk out the bathroom right away.

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I don't, I just walk out the bathroom right away.
If the door can be nudged open by the elbow I do just that.

How do you flush the toilet, LB?


With my foot, of course.

With my foot, of course.


They have the motion-detecting flushers at my workplace. It's not very accurate, though. Even when you're sitting on it still, it flushes. Huge waste of water, and also the act of flushing throws germs from the bowl into the air, or into your bunghole in this case.  :-\\

They have the motion-detecting flushers at my workplace. It's not very accurate, though. Even when you're sitting on it still, it flushes. Huge waste of water, and also the act of flushing throws germs from the bowl into the air, or into your bunghole in this case.  :-\\


I DETEST those auto-flush commodes.  8-P

With my foot, of course.


The toilet in Stop N Shop flushes itself.

They have the motion-detecting flushers at my workplace. It's not very accurate, though. Even when you're sitting on it still, it flushes. Huge waste of water, and also the act of flushing throws germs from the bowl into the air, or into your bunghole in this case.  :-\\


Ours does the very same thing when you walk away from finishing your number 1 and number 2, it flushes itself.

Where I work we had those automatic water faucets in the bathrooms where you just wave your hand in front and the water flowed.

Our dumbass boss said that this was “unsanitary” because the water was cold, and replaced them with hand-operated faucets so you could crank up the hot water.

Now I have to first grab a paper towel to turn the faucet on, because basically it has been touched by dozens of people who just got finished handling their junk. Then I wash my hands. Grab another towel to turn off the water. Then grab another Towel to dry my hands.

Frickin’ lunacy.

Sounds like the condition Howard Hughes had?

I think we are all suppose to but it is not being enforced. 

My province hasn't enforced wearing a mask, but my city just might. They are mulling it today.

90-95% of the people in my city wear masks anyway from what I've seen, but I could see that coming down as the virus retreats, so I would like to see it become mandatory. Those 10% that don't wear one will complain to high hell but those are exactly the people I don't want to get near anyway.

So what will happen a year from now when and or if they get a cure for this do we still have to wear a mask?  ???

So what will happen a year from now when and or if they get a cure for this do we still have to wear a mask?  ???


If they come up with a vaccine that is shown to work, people will no longer have to wear masks, but my prediction is a percentage of people will continue wearing masks, as is customary anyway in some Asian countries. Honestly it's not such a bad idea.

I have an implant I have to wear around my ear so I cant just wear a mask.  I think it would be an excellent idea to keep some distance from each other

I have an implant I have to wear around my ear so I cant just wear a mask.  I think it would be an excellent idea to keep some distance from each other


Maybe a mask that ties around the head rather than loops around the ears might work? Even if you have to make one or have someone make it.

Maybe something here helps:

www.healthyhearing.com/report/53084-Face-masks-and-hearing-aids

If they come up with a vaccine that is shown to work, people will no longer have to wear masks, but my prediction is a percentage of people will continue wearing masks, as is customary anyway in some Asian countries. Honestly it's not such a bad idea.


I don't mind wearing one but after a while it does get a bit stuffy.

Maybe a mask that ties around the head rather than loops around the ears might work? Even if you have to make one or have someone make it.

Maybe something here helps:

www.healthyhearing.com/report/53084-Face-masks-and-hearing-aids


Something that ties behind would be good for me because my ears don’t retain mask straps very well.

If over the winter people take proper measures to help prevent covid, we might have the lightest flu season in ages. That would be a good thing.

At a local nail salon in my city, the owner and several workers tested positive for Covid-19 and since re-opening, they've had hundreds of clients come in.  last I heard, the Covid case count was at 18 from that, and starting yesterday, it is now a requirement here to wear a mask when going into any public indoor place

Something that ties behind would be good for me because my ears don’t retain mask straps very well.

If over the winter people take proper measures to help prevent covid, we might have the lightest flu season in ages. That would be a good thing.


Would I have to wear it in the heart of the cold winter?  ???

Would I have to wear it in the heart of the cold winter?  ???


Id just wear the ski mask I use when I’m out snowblowing.

Id just wear the ski mask I use when I’m out snowblowing.


Does the ski mask cover your nose and mouth? Those are the two areas that it is vital to cover.

Does the ski mask cover your nose and mouth? Those are the two areas that it is vital to cover.


Yes everything but my eyes. Don’t need frozen lips and nose. When the wind changes and the snow stream gets blown back at you it’s wicked and feels way colder than it actually is outside.

I feel more healthier wearing a masking when I go out.

READ THIS. A piece by commentator Bob Lefsetz on why musicians, the most influential people on Earth, need to wear masks.

https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2020/06/28/country-masks/

Id just wear the ski mask I use when I’m out snowblowing.


Does it seem funny when you have to wear them in the bank?

I feel more healthier wearing a masking when I go out.


When I wear mine, it feels very stuffy when it's very hot outside.

Does it seem funny when you have to wear them in the bank?


Lately it seems no different than putting on safety glasses when going into the shop. Which is cumbersome, uncomfortable, and restricts vision. Just becoming second nature.

When I wear mine, it feels very stuffy when it's very hot outside.
With London having the R-Rate around 1 and the shutdown announced for Leicester for the next two weeks, I will be wearing my mask when I do go out, and simply putting it, I will go out less often now.

You can't make this s*** up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433b5RJ9BME


Cat

You can't make this s*** up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433b5RJ9BME


Cat


...and currently in Florida...


The Florida Department of Health reported 5,266 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the state's total to 146,341 infections. It comes amid a massive upsurge in new cases in Florida and only two days after the state set its newest record for single-day cases at 9,585. Another 28 coronavirus-related deaths were also reported on Monday, bringing the state's total to 3,447. The median age for new cases reported on Monday was 37 years old, significantly lower than in the earlier days of the pandemic. Meanwhile, beaches throughout southern Florida have been closed for the 4 July Independence Day weekend in an effort to keep transmission rates down.

I work with an anti masker. In the cube next to me. He was going on today about how masks do nothing. True the covid particle size is smaller than a mask passage. But it works like a labyrinth seal, and being a fellow engineer he should know this. Also say a grain of sand might pass through a window screen, but if you toss a handful of sand against the same screen I bet a lot of it will bounce off. Nothing is 100% effective aside from staying holed up and having every delivery quarantined for 3 days with all deliveries over 3 days apart. Yes some particles travel more than 6 feet but it’s a balance of reducing a lot of spread vs maintaining society function. Sure it would be safer to stay at least a football field away from others but that’s not possible in most cases. You could also cut auto accident deaths down to near zero if you drop the speed limit to 5 mph but it’s not practical. It’s a balance. Masks and distancing help society maintain a lot of function while reducing a lot of virus spread.

Sure you can go without a mask. As long as you stay away from other people. Just like smoking.  Or requiring shoes and shirt to enter a store.

I believe a lot can be done while staying safe. Total lockdowns only keep honest people honest and take away their livelihood and kill businesses. I can do a lot around here without being close to anybody. I’ll take masks and distancing any day vs having the majority of businesses shut down. The businesses agree too. They’re doing what they can to stay open and help protect their customers and employees.

masks do something, they make my nose run and soon there would be snot everywhere

Lately it seems no different than putting on safety glasses when going into the shop. Which is cumbersome, uncomfortable, and restricts vision. Just becoming second nature.


I was referring to when robbers wear a mask.

With London having the R-Rate around 1 and the shutdown announced for Leicester for the next two weeks, I will be wearing my mask when I do go out, and simply putting it, I will go out less often now.


That's a good idea.

That's a good idea.
Now that a report states that three boroughs of London has the R-Rate of 0.9 with an error of + or - 0.2 or so. So for me I feel it best to stay at home as much as I can.

Now that a report states that three boroughs of London has the R-Rate of 0.9 with an error of + or - 0.2 or so. So for me I feel it best to stay at home as much as I can.


And don't go out as much.

And don't go out as much.
Exactly, in my case for shopping at an early hour, before the shop gets busy.

Our governor just declared that everyone should be wearing masks in public.
This changed nothing, I see just about as many people wearing them as I did before!
I love my state but people here don’t seem to believe the pandemic is real. No one at my work ever wears a mask!

Our governor just declared that everyone should be wearing masks in public.
This changed nothing, I see just about as many people wearing them as I did before!
I love my state but people here don’t seem to believe the pandemic is real. No one at my work ever wears a mask!


Maybe they should.

Which town will wear his mask in?

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...and wash your hands when you arrive home.

Always remember to bring protection wherever you go. You never know when you may need it.

Always remember to bring protection wherever you go. You never know when you may need it.
Wearing disposable gloves does help. like the masks, must be disposable off properly after use.

It is a large ask to wear a mask!

...and wash your hands when you arrive home.


I always carry hand sanitizers with me.

Wearing disposable gloves does help. like the masks, must be disposable off properly after use.


And they don't belong on the ground! 🤢

And they don't belong on the ground! 🤢
Being on the ground can still spread the virus.

Wearing disposable gloves does help. like the masks, must be disposable off properly after use.


Yeah, it is disgusting when people just throw their used protection out on the ground or anywhere other than a trash can.  8-P

Yeah, it is disgusting when people just throw their used protection out on the ground or anywhere other than a trash can.  8-P
I see this a lot too!

Being on the ground can still spread the virus.


Yes it can.

Tom Hanks, who recovered from Covid-19 earlier this year, has said he "has no respect" for people who decline to wear a mask in public during the pandemic.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53318653

https://i.insider.com/5e8f6608dcd88c5fb0567915?width=1100&format=jpeg&auto=webp

Even city bus drivers have to wear one too.

Finally been seen!!!!!

https://images.foxtv.com/static.ktvu.com/www.ktvu.com/content/uploads/2020/07/764/432/US-President-Donald-Trump-wears-a-mask-as-he-visits-Walter-Reed-National-Military-Medical-Center.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

https://i.insider.com/5e8f6608dcd88c5fb0567915?width=1100&format=jpeg&auto=webp

Even city bus drivers have to wear one too.


Do they always wear them? I live on a main bus route and see buses going past when I am out doing my daily walk. More often than not the driver doesn’t appear to be wearing a mask. On Saturday I saw one driver wearing it round his neck.

Do they always wear them? I live on a main bus route and see buses going past when I am out doing my daily walk. More often than not the driver doesn’t appear to be wearing a mask. On Saturday I saw one driver wearing it round his neck.
Same here in London, it seems not many of the drivers wearing masks, were the passengers should be wearing them.

Finally been seen!!!!!

https://images.foxtv.com/static.ktvu.com/www.ktvu.com/content/uploads/2020/07/764/432/US-President-Donald-Trump-wears-a-mask-as-he-visits-Walter-Reed-National-Military-Medical-Center.jpg?ve=1&tl=1


O0 Good for him!

Do they always wear them? I live on a main bus route and see buses going past when I am out doing my daily walk. More often than not the driver doesn’t appear to be wearing a mask. On Saturday I saw one driver wearing it round his neck.


Sometimes they do but not all the time.

O0 Good for him!
...and it is the right time to now.

Same here in London, it seems not many of the drivers wearing masks, were the passengers should be wearing them.


A lot of passengers on my way and coming home from work wear them.

I am trying to work out does a chronic asthma sufferer have to wear a face mask, for recently reported on the BBC a sufferer was thrown off an airplane for not wearing a mask for it would restrict his breathing.

I am trying to work out does a chronic asthma sufferer have to wear a face mask, for recently reported on the BBC a sufferer was thrown off an airplane for not wearing a mask for it would restrict his breathing.


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own#when-you-do-not-need-to-wear-a-face-covering

This specifically says “people who cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability” are not required to wear a mask. I think chronic asthma could be covered by this.

Also, from the same publication, “ where putting on, wearing or removing a face covering will cause you severe distress”. Again this might apply to an asthma sufferer.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own#when-you-do-not-need-to-wear-a-face-covering

This specifically says “people who cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability” are not required to wear a mask. I think chronic asthma could be covered by this.

Also, from the same publication, “ where putting on, wearing or removing a face covering will cause you severe distress”. Again this might apply to an asthma sufferer.
Probably the air crew not realising the true circumstances?

It is now required to wear masks on public transportation or risk a $50 fine.

Now in the UK, face masks are compulsory for bar staff and non-seated customers, shop workers, waiters , taxi drivers and on public transport. Fines for not wearing masks or following rules increased to £200 for first offence

Now in the UK, face masks are compulsory for bar staff and non-seated customers, shop workers, waiters , taxi drivers and on public transport. Fines for not wearing masks or following rules increased to £200 for first offence



And mask wearing won't go away anytime soon.

And mask wearing won't go away anytime soon.
I has become the norm, and is the way of life now.

I has become the norm, and is the way of life now.


"Don't leave home without it".

"Don't leave home without it".
At one time it was "don't leave home"!

At one time it was "don't leave home"!


This is what Howie was referring to though he may not even remember as such. (Or maybe he does).  These old advertising slogans become part of the lexicon, divorced from their original meaning.


www.thedrum.com/news/2016/07/03/marketing-moments-11-american-express-dont-leave-home-without-it

At one time it was "don't leave home"!


Now the new slogan is "Wear A Mask".

This is what Howie was referring to though he may not even remember as such. (Or maybe he does).  These old advertising slogans become part of the lexicon, divorced from their original meaning.


www.thedrum.com/news/2016/07/03/marketing-moments-11-american-express-dont-leave-home-without-it


Yes Voice, I do remember that slogan.

Yes Voice, I do remember that slogan.


I remember that too.

Masks aren’t gold like they were earlier this year. I keep a box in the car so not a big deal if I forget mine at home.

I remember that too.

Masks aren’t gold like they were earlier this year. I keep a box in the car so not a big deal if I forget mine at home.


I keep a bunch of them in a bag.

Yes Voice, I do remember that slogan.


You are a font of incidental knowledge. I am too!  ;D

Here in Picksburgh we have to wear masks at work or when going to a grocery store. I had to wear a mask when I (finally) got my hair cut the other day.

What about your areas... are you masked, or are you mask-free? ???
Yes, and please do!

Yes, we're still wearing masks in our town.

Its stupid.... Masks dont really do anything but make people look stupid...

The more ppl who fight this and dont wear them,the better!!

Its stupid.... Masks dont really do anything but make people look stupid...

The more ppl who fight this and dont wear them,the better!!


I know, I feel like I stepped into a Science Fiction film.

Its stupid.... Masks dont really do anything but make people look stupid...

The more ppl who fight this and dont wear them,the better!!


Not according to the experts.  Masks and social distancing STOP THE SPREAD, so wear THE DAMN MASK

Its stupid.... Masks dont really do anything but make people look stupid...

The more ppl who fight this and dont wear them,the better!!


That statement can be construed as lacking in maturity. Of course, it could be coming from a political viewpoint, the mysterious and unexpected  "wearing masks takes away our freedom" theory which has sprung up during this pandemic, and which nobody can get to the bottom of. Show me these "freedoms" being taken away.

That statement can be construed as lacking in maturity. Of course, it could be coming from a political viewpoint, the mysterious and unexpected  "wearing masks takes away our freedom" theory which has sprung up during this pandemic, and which nobody can get to the bottom of. Show me these "freedoms" being taken away.


The freedom to be stupid

Its stupid.... Masks dont really do anything but make people look stupid...

The more ppl who fight this and dont wear them,the better!!





https://images.app.goo.gl/epUpzK1VqgV9jjrC9


Fairly sure I also linked to an article from Cambridge University researchers explaining it in much more detail

https://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/07/08/aa884fc8-7752-4c86-bff8-55da2d93a713/thumbnail/1200x630/cd1a877728044d4b0c45e07859dee16c/gettyimages-1225396097.jpg

Do you think this looks stupid?  ???

We are up to around 6000 cases a day now. This spring when they shut everything down we had around 1000 a day. The health department decided to mandate masks in workplaces. They posted signs at my work but everyone except me thinks it’s a big joke. People still packing into offices just like it was last year and saying the virus is nothing but Democrats talking. One person in particular keeps posting stories and sending emails like “take that pissy diaper off your face”. Someone came in to make sure we were masking and she left otherwise she said she would have hurt somebody. This is the kind of thing I have a problem with. We are all free to do what we believe is best. I just come to work to do my job, not to start trouble.

https://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/07/08/aa884fc8-7752-4c86-bff8-55da2d93a713/thumbnail/1200x630/cd1a877728044d4b0c45e07859dee16c/gettyimages-1225396097.jpg

Do you think this looks stupid?  ???
Looks very healthy, but with the cloth mask particles of the virus can still seep in while breathing.

Looks very healthy, but with the cloth mask particles of the virus can still seep in while breathing.


But it keeps you from sneezing all over the place.

But it keeps you from sneezing all over the place.
Best effective when worn in enclosed spaces.

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/09/23/sneeze

The mask is a fake fake covid prevention...  I've posted so much around here already.....on this issue

The fools who pushed this agenda, are just that fools, and didn't do thinking thru it all...they all panicked and Locked down  most of the world.....that they could.

Yes, masks are necessary in CA in a LOT of places and not so in many. 

I  have NEVER had a mask on and hope I can escape it all....if not, I'll wear a bandana or something light to get thru a doc's appt. 

And when is the last time anyone sneezed in anyone's face or space????geeeezzzzz

The mask is a fake fake covid prevention...  I've posted so much around here already.....on this issue

The fools who pushed this agenda, are just that fools, and didn't do thinking thru it all...they all panicked and Locked down  most of the world.....that they could.

Yes, masks are necessary in CA in a LOT of places and not so in many. 

I  have NEVER had a mask on and hope I can escape it all....if not, I'll wear a bandana or something light to get thru a doc's appt. 

And when is the last time anyone sneezed in anyone's face or space????geeeezzzzz


I can't recall the last time that ever happened.

The mask is a fake fake covid prevention...  I've posted so much around here already.....on this issue

The fools who pushed this agenda, are just that fools, and didn't do thinking thru it all...they all panicked and Locked down  most of the world.....that they could.

Yes, masks are necessary in CA in a LOT of places and not so in many. 

I  have NEVER had a mask on and hope I can escape it all....if not, I'll wear a bandana or something light to get thru a doc's appt. 

And when is the last time anyone sneezed in anyone's face or space????geeeezzzzz


Yes, you have.  But all the science - you remember science right? - all the science suggests you are wrong.  there are a number of videos out there demonstrating how micro-drops stay in the air for hours, how a sneeze spreads etc.  So hold on to your factless opinions if you like.  I  hope they don't come back to bite you on the ass derriere

Yes, you have.  But all the science - you remember science right? - all the science suggests you are wrong.  there are a number of videos out there demonstrating how micro-drops stay in the air for hours, how a sneeze spreads etc.  So hold on to your factless opinions if you like.  I  hope they don't come back to bite you on the ass derriere
What I hate about these people is how they ignore all logic and evidence but then have the guts to call everyone not buying into their stuff gullible.

Yes, you have.  But all the science - you remember science right? - all the science suggests you are wrong.  there are a number of videos out there demonstrating how micro-drops stay in the air for hours, how a sneeze spreads etc.  So hold on to your factless opinions if you like.  I  hope they don't come back to bite you on the ass derriere


There are a lot of videos stating the contrary as well.  Do a google...

Oh I have this link handy:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/group-of-doctors-masks-are-completely-irrelevant-to-blocking-covid-19?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com&utm_campaign=23ddb26b97-Freedom_10_29_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_12387f0e3e-23ddb26b97-407285626

Let's see what Wikipedia has to say on lifesitesnews (highlight by me)

LifeSiteNews

Campaign Life Coalition founded LifeSiteNews in 1997. The website was founded with the intent to promote anti-abortion views.

According to Snopes, LifeSiteNews is "a known purveyor of misleading information." The Associated Press described the website as "ultraconservative." In May 2019, Philip Pullela, in a Reuters article, wrote that the website "often is a platform for attacks on ." The LGBT magazine The Advocate has described LifeSiteNews as an anti-LGBT outlet, and criticised it for articles blaming clerical sex abuse, including that of children, on homosexuality. Research has shown no evidence that sexual orientation affects the likelihood of a person's abusing children.

A Catholic priest, Raymond Gravel, filed a lawsuit in Quebec against the website in 2011 for defamation. Subsequently, Gravel died of lung cancer on August 11, 2014. In 2013, the lawsuit was allowed to advance to trial by a Quebec court.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Life_Coalition

Yep, totally trustworthy site.  ;D