Are you still wearing a face mask?

PS I wear KN95 masks which protect the wearer as well as others. They are standard in Europe.

I still wear one in shops...will continue to do so. The low levels of flu last winter was put down to mask wearing and keeping distance from people.

Is ‘making people feel safer’ the same as ‘making people safer’?
Asking for a friend.

I’m still wearing one too in the same way as before

Urmstongran

We can always rely on you Alegrias! That’s a compliment by the way.
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And I accept it gracefully

Plus we were all in lockdown

I've not stopped using a mask. Don't intend to!

Yes I do. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t.

I always wear my mask and indeed forget I've got it on. I practice social distancing too. No hugging, handshakes or siting next to others on the bus.
We all do this at work too.

Mostly not wearing a mask unless a place is crowded - more as I can’t breathe properly wearing one! I am being careful in what I do and where I go and being considerate to others.
I’m doubled jabbed and have just had covid for the 2nd time!!
Far too much confusing information from the start about all things covid - especially now with the testing and the reliability of it all!
Who has an agenda and who doesn’t! Who can you trust really ?!
* Am not really happy with the way emotional blackmail is used to get younger people (or anyone) to get the vaccine - people have got to be able to make an informed decision for themselves and not be lambasted for their choice if others don’t agree. Causing division.

I always wear a mask when out and about. The quicker the government bite the bullet and make them compulsory again, the better. People should view them as a safety precaution rather than a restriction. People who don't wear masks (provided they have no medical reason that they can't) are risking the health of others not just themselves which is morally indefensible.

If masks don’t do anything to protect anyone why do medical professionals wear them? They may as well do operations and deal with Covid patients completely maskless!

I haven't stopped wearing a face mask in shops or crowded places. I have noticed that a lot of people do not bother now in Supermarkets, even the staff aren't wearing them. I would prefer to be as safe as possible especially with my son in school with rising case numbers and all of us having health issues. I am really worried about the colder winter months and will try and avoid crowds as much as possible.

Mostly it wearing a mask unless a place is crowded - more as I can’t breathe properly wearing one!

Good job you don’t live in Greece then. You’d never go into a public building from one years end to the next. It’s illegal in Greece (and some other countries) to enter a public building without a mask. How would you get on then?

Olive53

Have you thought the people catching covid are probably the ones who wear masks, clean the supermarket trolley and keep using the antibacterial gel as though it’s going out of fashion
That are ruining their immune system, which has nothing to fight a virus with.

I wonder. That was our daughter all last summer.
She caught Covid mid September and was very poorly.

No I'm not and I can breathe easier. I have a lung condition so really am genuinely exempt but did wear a mask to comply with regulations. Couldn't stay in any shops for very long as I was struggling to breathe. Don't think I will wear one again. Have spoken to practice nurse and she confirmed I'm exempt on medical grounds

A properly made surgical grade mask does offer protection to others, which is why surgeons and theatre nurses wear them.

No-one has ever claimed that they protected the wearer , so telling the public that they protected the wearer would quite frankly have been a lie.

In order to offer protection, the mask must of course cover both mouth and nose. I imagine, that like me, you have seen loads of people wearing theirs below their nose!

They should also only be used once, disposed of in a closed plastic bag and the wearer should then have disinfected hands.

I think we all know that few people bothered with all these precautions every time they wore a mask.

As yet I have never seen any statistics that prove conclusively that mask do not work in safeguarding others from Covid 19, so if anyone has an article that proves this, would they please post a link?

I wear mine on the bus and in shops.
Anyone had this awful cough cold bug.No t been out for 5 weeks.
Has left me exhausted

Speldnan

If masks don’t do anything to protect anyone why do medical professionals wear them? They may as well do operations and deal with Covid patients completely maskless!

Quite! Good post Speldnan.
We never hear anything about surgeons and medics being unable to breathe if wearing a mask either.

I like wearing masks and have continued to wear one throughout the year. I get very cold in winter and everyday is a red nose day for me. My eyes always water at the first sign of a chill in the air, but the mask helps to keep my face warm. I used to look like a cold, frozen strawberry tip top. Now I'm much warmer which is a great boon.

I've never stopped wearing a mask whilst out shopping or in a crowded place.

Yes, even in the street, much to the amusement of young people. I do work in a GP surgery so more aware perhaps. We still insist people coming into surgery wear them

I'm in the Highlands & here in Scotland masks are still compulsory, although my daughter & friends were out for the night & she said even the staff in the establishment were not wearing masks, she & her friends did, she's very strict like that due working in a supermarket & getting abused by members of the public every day. I'm sorry to say this but she has told me that it is older people who give her most abuse, I protested & she replied "I'm sorry mum but it is".

So Urmstongran are you against mask wearing or for it ??

Still wearing them in Scotland and no major difference in cases compared to England. They don't work.