Are you still wearing a face mask?

Yes

I had a bit of a panic yesterday as I had to go to the post office and couldn’t remember sanitising my hands when I got back to the car. Then I remembered that I put sanitiser on as soon as I got home because I put some on the steering wheel. I had sanitised my hands before going in the shop but had used my credit card and had to key in my PIN number. I don’t think I touch my face as much as I used to. And I obviously wore a mask. I did buy several masks and filters last year but find myself using single use ones most if the time. I feel guilty about that but it is far easier. And I rarely go anywhere anyway.

I wear one in public spaces. It might not protect others or me but then again it might. So many double jabbed people of my acquaintance going down with covid. Nobody with more than cold symptoms, fortunately. Bit of a nuisance with my glasses but I don't mind that.

I am in Spain at the moment and wearing masks indoors is mandatory and everyone obeys. That, and their vaccination programme which is way ahead of ours has brought their cases down to just over a thousand a day.

I still wear mine when I go inside anywhere and also on the street if there are a lot of folk about. I try and keep a distance from any non-mask wearer but I notice that in the supermarket, fewer and fewer people are wearing them. I think they should be made mandatory again right now. But why should people accept it when the Conservatives seem to have ordained that their MPs don’t wear masks in the Commons chamber?!

Still wearing a mask on the odd occasion I go out. If everyone wore one and socially distanced maybe those households who have vulnerable people would be able to enjoy a bit more freedom.

Yes I still wear mine in shops and still wash my hands a lot more than I used to before covid.

I haven't even had a cold since the pandemic started so something must be working!

Yes when we are indoors in public spaces, or on public transport.

I do believe well-fitted masks, worn properly, will reduce the chance of catching or spreading covid. (Not many of the masks I've seen fit those criteria though.)

If a mask is even 50% effective then why wouldn't you want to reduce the risk by 50% ?? To me it seems barmy not to.

I don’t want to tempt fate but ditto “coolgran”.
I don’t mind wearing a mask at all and if/when I next go on an airplane I definitely will.
I have picked up many germs on flights and trains in the past. Folk really don’t mind coughing and sneezing all over you.

I'm still wearing a face mask as feel too anxious to not..and when people are coughing in shops etc, feel more protected. Wish the Gov. would listen to GPs and BMA and introduce compulsory wearing in public places?if people don't like the masks, they can wear the face visors!

We have continued to wear masks and will do so fir the foreseeable future. I can’t see a time when I will not do so.
Since the beginning of the pandemic I haven’t had my usual seasonal cold.

I’m still wearing a mask in public places. I’m just back from a supermarket, most people were wearing one.

Yes, we do wear masks, both where we have to, like the pharmacy and Dr’s and where it’s optional, shops etc.
The low incidence of colds and flu when the majority were wearing them shows they do something and medics have been wearing them forever in a clinical setting. I’m all for them being mandated, with appropriate enforcement, as they were before. Enforcement was minimal before, people were scared, a no mask, no entry instruction is clear and works well in other countries.

Yep.

So we have two choices (there may be more):

We can take heed of anecdotal stories of people who refuse to wear a mask and who say that masks don’t work to reduce infections.
OR:
We can reach an informed conclusion by researching the evidence.

I personally opt for the latter course of action.

The link below leads to quite a long read so I’ve copied and pasted the relevant para’s for you.

Conclusion

Our review of the literature offers evidence in favor of widespread mask use as source control to reduce community transmission: Nonmedical masks use materials that obstruct particles of the necessary size; people are most infectious in the initial period postinfection, where it is common to have few or no symptoms (45, 46, 141); nonmedical masks have been effective in reducing transmission of respiratory viruses; and places and time periods where mask usage is required or widespread have shown substantially lower community transmission.

The available evidence suggests that near-universal adoption of nonmedical masks when out in public, in combination with complementary public health measures, could successfully reduce Re to below 1, thereby reducing community spread if such measures are sustained. Economic analysis suggests that mask wearing mandates could add 1 trillion dollars to the US GDP (32, 34).

www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2014564118

And that, dear folks, is why I still wear a mask. ?

I have had my two AZ vaccinations, my Pfizer booster and a flu jab thrown in so that is me sorted for another year.

I would not dream of going out without a mask and I also have noticed that many no longer bother and some have the mask sitting beneath their nose. That really is a waste of time.

TwoWolves

Shelflife - the number of facemask lovers who have gone on to catch covid is remarkable. There are even some Gransnetters who have said it happened to them. I think Covid laughs in the face of facemasks.

As for being foolish, I've had two vaccinations and will go for a booster. And would stay indoors if I had symptoms - that's as far as I'm prepared to go to protect myself or others because facemasks DO NOT WORK.

By the time you have symptoms you’ve probably infected other people…which would be less likely if you wore a mask.

My husband is Extremely Clinical Vulnerable and we rarely go out but when we do we are very grateful to all the people who continue to wear masks to help protect him.
Due to Chemotherapy he may not have much immunity to Covid or any other infections and I will do anything I can to protect him. So please help protect him and everyone else.

I never stopped wearing a mask and will continue to especially through the coming winter...plus they keep my nose warm.

Ahh yes the chin seems to be a favourite for many !

I still do, when travelling on a bus or in shops and over the past few weeks, I have noticed that the number of people wearing masks has gone down over time in both places.
One thing that hasn't gone down are the number of people that still can't wear a mask correctly!

Yes I'm still wearing a mask and will continue as long as I feel it's necessary.

Yes I do and I’ve worn one from the onset, I haven’t had covid but I’m extremely vulnerable, I go out walking keep my distance, I haven’t had my usual sore throat that I tend to get once a year, I have no problem wearing one,

Here in Scotland, face masks are still mandatory in public places.

I wear a face mask almost every day, for supermarket, bus/train, church, restaurants, theatre etc, no problems.

I used my "vaccine passport", proof of my double jagged status, for the first time last week to attend a BBC Scotland live recording in our local concert hall.

With the terrible case numbers in the UK, surely it's not too much to ask?

However, I heard on the news today that the slowing of the vaccine rollout in the UK, in comparison to Europe and in comparison to our earlier, excellent efforts, is the main cause of increasing cases, as protection is now wearing off?

Well they do work on another level, I don’t get spittle on my face anymore when an unfortunate person happens to be one who produces a lot of it when they speak & gets too close.