Mask wearing post pandemic

[JM14]

Let people do as they please with masks. It it makes you feel good, go ahead and do it.

if you don't want to and want to hug your mates go ahead and do that.

If you follow the legal requirement for mask wearing then you should not be lambasted by people calling you selfish. If you continue to wear a mask you shouldn't be ridiculed either.

We are all comfortable with different levels of risk. I am not a hugger of mates so no big question there for me but I don't particularly like wearing a mask for extended periods.

It is possible to hug your mates if thats what you want to do, but also wear a mask whilst in a packed public space such as a supermarket. Its not like by wearing one you cant do anything else

The statement that were all comfortable with different levels of risk is correct, but how can it be fair to put someone else at higher risk through no fault of their own, just because you dont like wearing a mask?

 

[SmallTown]

We are all comfortable with different levels of risk. I am not a hugger of mates so no big question there for me but I don't particularly like wearing a mask for extended periods.

I think the problem here is not thinking of others. I'm comfortable with my level of risk. I'm double vaccinated, have no underlying health issue and am (albeit just) under the age groups where the disease seems particularly deadly. The problem is, (and I can barely believe we need to keep repeating this) why about others level of risk? MASK'S SLOW DOWN THE CHANCE OF YOU SPREADING THE VIRUS. Therefore you're not wearing it for yourself you are wearing it for your community. The one absolute where I think make wearing should be mandatory for now is public transport. People have to take public transport to get to work and to buy things. Regardless of how at risk they are from infection. At the very least can we all concede that wearing masks on public transport should still be maintained after the19th?

 

[the_smog_chorus]

I think the problem here is not thinking of others. I'm comfortable with my level of risk. I'm double vaccinated, have no underlying health issue and am (albeit just) under the age groups where the disease seems particularly deadly. The problem is, (and I can barely believe we need to keep repeating this) why about others level of risk? MASK'S SLOW DOWN THE CHANCE OF YOU SPREADING THE VIRUS. Therefore you're not wearing it for yourself you are wearing it for your community. The one absolute where I think make wearing should be mandatory for now is public transport. People have to take public transport to get to work and to buy things. Regardless of how at risk they are from infection. At the very least can we all concede that wearing masks on public transport should still be maintained after the19th?

"it's to protect other people" what a genius piece of propaganda.

Look at how divided and judgemental we have become.

'It doesn't protect me, it protects you' 'Then turn it inside out ya c**t and save yourself'

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[The_Tiler]

I'll be clearer for you. I said you are coming across as selfish. I also, numerous times, explained that masks help you stop spreading diseases.

The fact that you still said "masks stop you catching disease" shows that you have an inherently selfish mindset. Despite us explaining carefully to you that masks help you protect others, you still argue against them. This is almost dictionary definition selfishness: Not wanting to do something that causes you minor (if any) inconvenience, in order to protect others.

Sorry ST, but I can't see where I said "masks stop you catching disease"

 

[Muttley]

"it's to protect other people" what a genius piece of propaganda.

FFS that's the science of why you wear one at all. Has the last 18 months taught you nothing?

 

[Laughing]

It is possible to hug your mates if thats what you want to do, but also wear a mask whilst in a packed public space such as a supermarket. Its not like by wearing one you cant do anything else

The statement that were all comfortable with different levels of risk is correct, but how can it be fair to put someone else at higher risk through no fault of their own, just because you dont like wearing a mask?

It isn't fair. but how is it fair that I can afford private health care and others can't? Life isn't fair, and let's not pretend that we don't all perform selfish actions, we do.

JM wear a mask if you like, if it's not a legal requirement then you should keep your stupid selfish insults to yourself, unless you were wearing a mask 2 years ago during flu season? Unless you never drive over the speed limit, unless you never light a bbq with kids in the garden.

 

[Steer]

Can I ask you why? especially on public transport?

Why? If the government say I don't have to wear one, why would I wear one?

If they say I should wear one, I will. But as soon as the advice is out that it is no longer mandatory, you will have a split of those who will and will not, and a large ppn of people will not bother. Others will continue to have it hanging around their chin, not covering their nose, or pulling it down every 5 minutes, touching their mask and then touching handrils etc. which means that it is a waste of time anyway.

 

[JM14]

It isn't fair. but how is it fair that I can afford private health care and others can't? Life isn't fair, and let's not pretend that we don't all perform selfish actions, we do.

JM wear a mask if you like, if it's not a legal requirement then you should keep your stupid selfish insults to yourself, unless you were wearing a mask 2 years ago during flu season? Unless you never drive over the speed limit, unless you never light a bbq with kids in the garden.

So life isnt fair but lets just put others at risk for the sake of sticking a bit of cloth over your mouth?

 

[mitch_at_merseyside]

Good riddance to them, that’s all I can say.

Maybe when I can’t stop sneezing due to hayfever, or when I catch the common cold which is often as the seasons change then yes out of courtesy it would be best to put one on.

I have been a bit lazy and forgetful in recent weeks, not wearing them in and out of the gym for example, or when popping into the local Tesco Express. July 19th can’t come round soon enough!

 

[Laughing]

So life isnt fair but lets just put others at risk for the sake of sticking a bit of cloth over your mouth?

Or going to the cinema or restaraunt or pub. All these actions increase infection risks yet people still do them. It's that selfish also?

Some people just want to argue and insult.

 

[JM14]

Or going to the cinema or restaraunt or pub. All these actions increase infection risks yet people still do them. It's that selfish also?

Some people just want to argue and insult.

No one can be expected to just stay in for ever, but a mask isnt intrusive or a problem to wear in the slightest, and is probably the easiest way to slow infections without having any impact on your life. What is the problem with wearing one?

 

[mitch_at_merseyside]

People keep talking about the logistics of mask wearing, we all know how easy it is to put a mask on and keep it on there. But at what stage do you say, okay enough people are vaccinated, I’ve done everything I can, and those people around me wherever I go, to protect themselves.

This nanny state, that prohibits freedom of choice and reluctance to return to ‘normal’ and I mean ‘proper normal’ not this ‘some return of normality’ malarkey that keeps getting pandered about, needs to end. Keep wearing yours masks if you want to, but respect those that don’t, and don’t vilify them for doing so.

 

[Randy]

Not berating. Just explaining why it's a good idea to keep wearing one. Also why it could be seen as being selfish for not wearing one.

It wasn't seen as selfish for not wearing one before covid even though flus and seasonal colds were still about so why would it be selfish after this month?

Personal choice, much like the guys who crawl at 55 mph on the M1 in the middle lane.

 

[Laughing]

No one can be expected to just stay in for ever, but a mask isnt intrusive or a problem to wear in the slightest, and is probably the easiest way to slow infections without having any impact on your life. What is the problem with wearing one?

If wearing a mask works why have we got 30000 new infections a day and rising?

Continue to wear a mask if you like. Don't call people selfish for not wearing one when clearly you are also selfish but in a way you find acceptable.

The vitriol on this subject is ridiculous. You would all have a point if the r rate wasn't through the roof but given it is and makes are not helping I have to question the reason for name calling and belittling. Could it be nothing to do with masks at all.

 

[JM14]

If wearing a mask works why have we got 30000 new infections a day and rising?

Continue to wear a mask if you like. Don't call people selfish for not wearing one when clearly you are also selfish but in a way you find acceptable.

The vitriol on this subject is ridiculous. You would all have a point if the r rate wasn't through the roof but given it is and makes are not helping I have to question the reason for name calling and belittling. Could it be nothing to do with masks at all.

Its never about aiming for zero covid cases, thats just not possible apart from a permanent lockdown, but cases need to be reduced where possible and this is the easiest and least intrusive way of stopping things from rising. Its not like I am suggesting staying in our homes forever to prevent the spread. You still havent told me what the big problem wearing one causes anyone?

Care to explain how I am being selfish?

 

[dooderooni]

Colds and flu tend to have symptoms, covid doesn't.
I have a family member who has massively decreased lung capacity, is double jabbed, but Covid would be a coin toss outcome if they got it.
I've done my best to not bring it into the house and that includes working full time throughout the pandemic. If mask wearing decreases massively then my chances of avoiding catching it are increased rapidly due to the fact that the majority are asymptomatic. Hence why my approach won't change.

 

[Randy]

If wearing a mask works why have we got 30000 new infections a day and rising?

Continue to wear a mask if you like. Don't call people selfish for not wearing one when clearly you are also selfish but in a way you find acceptable.

The vitriol on this subject is ridiculous. You would all have a point if the r rate wasn't through the roof but given it is and makes are not helping I have to question the reason for name calling and belittling. Could it be nothing to do with masks at all.

I was going to say similar.

If masks and social distancing is the answer, like you say, why do cases continue to increase?

 

[Derby_Red]

I've always been quite staggered at the furore mask-wearing or not generates. Is it just an 'others' battleground to continue the divisiveness?

We have a lad of Vietnamese descent at work who has never batted an eyelid to wear one when he thinks he has a cold etc, he thought we were all mad not to wear one when in close company or in packed places when this all kicked off. it was a bit of an "oh yeah, why not?" thing, it did no harm to stick one on, whatever the likes of Johnson was advising. None of us wanted to give each other the virus, so that's how it started.

At the end of it all it's a tiny bit of cloth, no more a deal than wearing gloves on a cold day on your bike. Strange times.

 

[Laughing]

Its never about aiming for zero covid cases, thats just not possible apart from a permanent lockdown, but cases need to be reduced where possible and this is the easiest and least intrusive way of stopping things from rising. Its not like I am suggesting staying in our homes forever to prevent the spread. You still havent told me what the big problem wearing one causes anyone?

Care to explain how I am being selfish?

Care to explain how someone not wearing a mask is selfish? To be fair I don't think you actually said that St did.

 

[bear66]

Care to explain how someone not wearing a mask is selfish? To be fair I don't think you actually said that St did.

On R5 this morning
Shop workers have been telling BBC Radio 5 Live they want customers to keep on wearing masks.
The prime minister is expected to announce later that wearing face masks will become voluntary in England.
Cheryl (pictured) is a shop worker from Gloucester. She says "we'll be losing shop workers hand over fist" if the measures are relaxed.
"People can choose whether they want to go into a shop or not; the people that work in the shops can’t. They don’t have the choice and they don’t have the protection.
"Take the masks away and that’s our last line of defence."
Cheryl, in Shropshire, works in a supermarket. She's already seen a decrease in the number of people wearing masks in the store.
"People are getting closer," she says.
"When they talk to you, they have to stand very close to you and they’re not wearing masks and not respecting social distancing.
"It’s as if we don’t exist because we’re wearing that uniform," she adds.
"If we become sick, how are they going to get their bread and milk? They’re totally disrespecting us."