Face Masks in shops

I would have thought that those with a good medical reason to not wear a mask should avoid going into shops if at all possible!

About time too! I made myself a few during the first couple of days of 'lockdown' and got used to wearing them during my 'necessary outings for medical treatment, food shopping and exercise' - ESPECIALLY as I travel by bus or Taxi!

I've since bought a few different styles of face coverings and I wear one every time I leave the house.

I've been out for a meal on a couple of occasions with grandchildren. We get settled into our 'booths' and only THEN do I remove my whichever mask/face covering I'm wearing on.

I also carry my Hand Sanitiser PLUS a small squirty bottle of diluted Dettol - for sanitising anything that I see fit ................. including handrails / bus buzzers / tables / shopping trolley handles etc.

I'm glad that they're making face coverings compulsory, I may even dare go out now. I just worry that people won't comply . How will it be enforced, you never see a police officer in our town

Wow!
Tory party members are cutting up their membership cards and vowing never to vote Tory again - because of masks.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-activists-membership-cards-mandatory-face-mask-a9617866.html?fbclid=IwAR2d7NNHpnu4hLAd6M-R5VJDhZVeG_36FL3TbJnPf1TX_dgTWNuOUAu7HEk

FarNorth

Wow!
Tory party members are cutting up their membership cards and vowing never to vote Tory again - because of masks.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-activists-membership-cards-mandatory-face-mask-a9617866.html?fbclid=IwAR2d7NNHpnu4hLAd6M-R5VJDhZVeG_36FL3TbJnPf1TX_dgTWNuOUAu7HEk

Oh come on. That’s beyond pathetic

I already have some disposable face masks and 1 washable one, but I suspect wearing a mask will become the new normal for a few months yet, so I am ridiculously excited to have ordered a stylist leopard print washable mask, and can't wait to try it on. Crazy I know ......

"stylish" not "stylist"

Megs36 but may be exempt from wearing a mask because very bad breathing problems,

Maybe your husband could wear a visor instead?

Men don't have to wear dark colours, DH wears a plain medium blue one, please discourage them from frightening the little ones.

I had my hair done today for the first time since lockdown. My hairdresser had a visor -type of face cover and she said it can be lifted up and put down as necessary. They cost £18.00 from Amazon and she said it was more comfortable than the ones close to your face.

I’ve seen a few people in recent days wearing visors and all of them worn in the wrong way. Instead of the headpiece worn on a straight circle from the forehead round the back of the head ensuring the face visor was in a straight down vertical position on the face it was tilted back on their head.

This resulted in the face visor tilted out at an angle away from the mouth and face. Just like the masks worn with the nose protruding over the top, the visors are of no use unless worn properly.

If face coverings are going to be of any benefit we could do with a tutorial on the correct way to use them.

I haven't worn one yet but I'm happy to comply.

It's surprised me that there seem so few on sale at the moment. Unless I'm missing them I've only noticed them in a couple of shops - a garden centre and a gift shop today - none of the supermarkets I go to have them on obvious display.

I'm going to have a go at making some.

Please note if you have asthma, COPD or other breathing difficulties then you do NOT need to wear a face covering - this group of people are exempt. On the other hand, how exactly are people supposed to prove they are exempt? My husband has COPD - he tried a mask and just cannot breathe but is worried about being accosted by people because he is not wearing one so he will not go out anywhere. He has been shielded since March and this new rule means he is going to be housebound for the foreseeable future. Please remember once it becomes compulsory on the 24th July that if you see someone without a mask then they may well have a medical condition that prevents them wearing one - breathing difficulties are an invisible disability so please do not jump to conclusions or accuse people who are not wearing masks.

Claustrophobic. Can’t breathe. Steams up glasses. Hate the b@@stard things.

The trouble with getting disposable masks is that they end up in the sea - & in the stomachs of dolphins, etc. There was a news clip a couple of days ago showing thousands of these masks floating in the sea & it was very distressing. Best to wear a mask or face covering that's washable.

Shizam

Claustrophobic. Can’t breathe. Steams up glasses. Hate the b@@stard things.

How would you cope with a ventilator?

Lucca

FarNorth

Wow!
Tory party members are cutting up their membership cards and vowing never to vote Tory again - because of masks.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-activists-membership-cards-mandatory-face-mask-a9617866.html?fbclid=IwAR2d7NNHpnu4hLAd6M-R5VJDhZVeG_36FL3TbJnPf1TX_dgTWNuOUAu7HEk

Oh come on. That’s beyond pathetic

It tells you a lot about what kind of people they are.

Saetana

Please note if you have asthma, COPD or other breathing difficulties then you do NOT need to wear a face covering - this group of people are exempt. On the other hand, how exactly are people supposed to prove they are exempt? My husband has COPD - he tried a mask and just cannot breathe but is worried about being accosted by people because he is not wearing one so he will not go out anywhere. He has been shielded since March and this new rule means he is going to be housebound for the foreseeable future. Please remember once it becomes compulsory on the 24th July that if you see someone without a mask then they may well have a medical condition that prevents them wearing one - breathing difficulties are an invisible disability so please do not jump to conclusions or accuse people who are not wearing masks.

People who can't wear a mask shouldn't be in a place where they need to be within two metres of anybody else. The virus doesn't care about exemptions.

Very strangely the latest news is that it’s customers that are expected to wear a mask in shops NOT the staff I find that very strange, as you know I work in a charity shop and have been told it’s voluntary for staff, well that’s ridiculous, how can you expect customers to wear them and not staff

I would expect shop staff to be wearing masks when customers do.
Seems strange to say the least.

“Matt had now decided that masks in shops were a good idea after all. Though not such a good idea that they would be introduced immediately. Far better to wait another 10 days for that as the government had top level intelligence that the coronavirus had declared an amnesty and wouldn’t be infecting anyone before 24 July. Which will come as a huge relief to shop workers who have a mortality risk 60-75% higher than the rest of the general population. After 24 July, there would be a £100 fine for refuseniks: before then just a possible death penalty.“

John Crace

I’m sure I read somewhere that although cloth face coverings are ok, the over 65s should wear a medical mask. Or did I imagine that?

In principle no issues but introducing the rule now is a bit like asking for condoms at the baby shower....

Woodlane, that sums it up perfectly! ?

John crace as usual hits the nail on the head.