about wearing face masks/coverings

I can't stop wearing a mask now. I have only just perfected my three layers, nose clip and filter pocket pattern. ?

I bought some masks online EXD but I can never seem to remember to take them with me! I certainly wouldn't feel awkward wearing one if I could remember to take them!

I had an appointment at SpecSavers and thought...must remember to take mask! Which I did, but then lost it somewhere between car and shop!!! I apologised but they said no worries WE have all got masks on!

Maybe IF it becomes compulsory for all to wear masks we will get used to it? Other than that I think you are doing just right.

I haven't been anywhere since February but have disposable masks for emergencies and today have ordered some washable cotton masks for when we start travelling around.
I think it makes sense to protect yourself even if others don't.

Supermarkets, markets, public transport and shopping malls require everyone to wear a mask here in Versailles. Make your own material one or those the local town hall gives out, which can be washed or disposable ones. They don’t stop you catching the the virus but helps to contain it if you an unaware carrier. Medical ones can be given free of charge with a certificate which help to stop the virus entering your body. Sadly those under 35 seem not to wear any in the street, as the are not worried, therefore older people like me have to cross the road to avoid them Under 11s do not wear them to school but older ones do. We are Also asked to use the gel provided at each shop / market entrance. Of course you would not wear any if there were no people nearby

I wear my mask in any enclosed space. The last thing I am going to worry about is what others are doing.
If I was lying in a hospital bed I wouldn’t be giving others one of my precious thoughts.
Man up, ( or Woman up) At 81 I would know who was more important to me, than me, and it’s ME. Life is short.

I wear mine all the time. Inlocal shops and out walking as the path I walk is communal and the runners are always huffing and puffing past and I don’t think a lot of people try and move to side either. My daughter lived in Japan for 16 years and kids had to wear them at school at first sign of sniffing, so with all my visits, got used to them.

You did right don’t defy the virus, you can never be too careful

I’m certain we are past thinking that anyone wearing a mask looks strange or out of place. You are thoughtful and it can only help. I haven’t been out to any shops as yet but plan to next week. I feel nervous to get the first time shopping out of the way and am thankful to people like you who plan ahead. Take care all x

I don’t know if people realise. Wearing a mask protects other people from you. It does not protect you from other people.
So if you cough behind your mask then the spray from the cough is contained .

I don’t think people are surprised to see anyone wearing a mask . I do when I go into a shop . It’s about what’s safe for you

Always social distance. If I have to go into PO or local shop I always wear mask and gloves. Couldn't give a toss what anyone else thinks. Safety first in my book

I wear a mask I don’t want to breath in any ones else’s germs thank you. Don’t worry about what other people are thinking. I feel better for wearing it that’s all that matters.

The UK has a very poor success rate in controlling this virus.
I follow the countries who have good success rates and wearing masks everywhere is compulsory.

I wear a mask and gloves when in shops. An M & S food store is my corner shop, so I have been there a number of times. There has been an increasing number of customers wearing masks.

DH does the weekly shop and always wears gloves and mask. I have only recently ventured out to garden centres - but always wear gloves and mask. It is surely better to reduce the risk of coming down with CV19 than to worry what others may think.

I would definitely continue to wear it in shops as we have been advised. If everyone did, it would be a lot safer. Also, it doesn't have to mean people will ridicule you or think you're a plonker. When I wear mine and smile at people, I find I get a smile back - you can still communicate with your eyes. Of course people could just be laughing at me, but then I don't care

The mask is to stop you infecting other people, not the other way around. You can be at your most infectious a day or two before you start to feel ill... So if you think you've been in contact with the virus, you absolutely should wear a mask; if you've been locked away for a week or 10 days, then you're no risk to anyone and the mask is purely decorative.

don't feel like a 'plonker' You are safeguarding your own health I will be wearing my mask when I venture out to shops or where there are people. The others are the 'plonkers'.

I almost envy the sensible folk wearing a mask, very few do where I live, it can only help in prevention. It’s also occurred to me that people wearing masks could actually be recovering from the virus !
So thank you for wearing

If it makes you comfortable wear it- it looks like we will be expected to anyway.
I wear mine in shops-I haven’t been anywhere else that might be busy. I don’t wear it outdoors because I’m never close enough to someone for more than a couple of seconds and we are always distanced even if it means walking in the road.
I was surprised to learn that, in school, if they send a child home who seems ill, even if the adult in attendance has been in the same bubble all morning, as long as they have remained at 2metres, they are not sent home and staff are not required to wear masks.

I think that would be one of the advantages of making them compulsory then it would be the folk without masks that might feel plonkers?

Just a bit off piste here, but when I wear a mask every time I exhale my specs steam up. What am I doing wrong?

There is a lot of confusion around mask-wearing. The mask doesn’t protect YOU from getting the virus - it is only effective in protecting other people if you should be unwittingly incubating the virus.
It makes sense with Covid19 only because there is a really long period when people are asymptomatic after picking it up, and so many people seem to get it without knowing at all.

Surely by now you are old enough not to worry what others think!!

Lizzies, it’s a right pain. See if you can tuck the top edge of the mask under the bottom edge of your glasses frames.