Will you continue to wear a mask?

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rosie1959

It has been posted before but as masks wearing is likely to decrease to those who feel they may be seriously affected change your mask to a FFP2 mask, then it won't matter so much what others are doing.

I already do and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

It does seem the most helpful solution because you cannot control or change what others do
I have thought about it previously but apart from age I am not vulnerable also I have just had Covid so hoping for a few extra antibodies from that although without testing I would not even know I had got it

rosie1959

It has been posted before but as masks wearing is likely to decrease to those who feel they may be seriously affected change your mask to a FFP2 mask, then it won't matter so much what others are doing.

I already do and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

It has been posted before but as masks wearing is likely to decrease to those who feel they may be seriously affected change your mask to a FFP2 mask, then it won't matter so much what others are doing.

Sorry M the quote didn’t work - it was re your post of 16.35.

I know Marydoll, I know. It just makes me so bl**dy angry.

I use the bus a lot and will continue to wear a mask there. And in shops. One reason is old age and lowered resistance.
But really, what's the problem unless you are advised against medically? It's more "I'll do what I want" .
But what about the effect on others? We don't live in a vacuum, We're members of a society. Taking off the mask is like saying to everyone else "Tough - who cares about you?".

Not so good about your DH, Fanny, but good to hear that at last, he is getting support and hopefully some relief from his lung problems.

Some insensitive posters on here, really haven't a clue about the consequences of catching Covid for some posters and their families.
A distinct lack of humanity from a few posters , but we are all equally entitled to post our opinions on here.
Some are just harder to stomach, than others, I am afraid.

My DH is now on oxygen therapy (not all of the time).
He is of course exempt from wearing a mask, but insists on doing so to help to protect himself from those who just won’t (diddums).
It’s disgusting to be frank

Excuse my childishness, but it’s utterly maddening

It's strange, when I went out today more people seem to be wearing masks than when they were mandatory.

LilacChaser

I remember last time this restriction was eased - 19th July last year - etched in my mind. At first, it seemed as if nobody had noticed, everybody kept on wearing them, but then, very gradually, people stopped wearing them, which was lovely to see.

I think the same will happen this time (until such times as another variant appears and the panic resumes).

Ah well! You won't be experiencing the loveliness of seeing my face.

Apologies, you are right.

No other European countries, I believe.

grandMattie

Not likely unless asked to. Probably on public transport though.
I wonder what will happen in church…

Seen on our weekly church news it is still asking you to wear masks, as per CofE guidelines apparently, but no longer having to do track and trace.

England. Not the UK.

And I've already posted on another thread about Denmark getting rid of all restrictions next week.

Of course I will, in all public places (not outdoors where distances can be kept) and the UK seems to be the only country in Europe which is currently giving up on masks and other restrictions.
A massive gamble!

Germanshepherdsmum

‘It was lovely to see’. Give me strength.

You are flogging a dead horse, GSM. I suspect LilacChaser is enjoying winding us up. Not very pleasant at all and extremely insensitive, to say the least.

‘It was lovely to see’. Give me strength.

Yes, of course

I remember last time this restriction was eased - 19th July last year - etched in my mind. At first, it seemed as if nobody had noticed, everybody kept on wearing them, but then, very gradually, people stopped wearing them, which was lovely to see.

I think the same will happen this time (until such times as another variant appears and the panic resumes).

My nose runs as soon as I wear my mask. Wearing one is still mandatory in Scotland which I fully agree with, so, I always have a tissue at the ready to discreetly dab until I can take my mask off outside.

Us=bus!

I watched the us that goes via the University go past today-full of masked folk, students and others. I went to the local supermarket and everyone had a mask except for the staff on the deli counter who just wore lanyards.
I have to wear one in work and I guess I’ll wear it in shops and on transport for a while.

By the way, the letter also advised me on how to obtain one of the new Keep a safe distance lanyards.

Mask wearing is very common in Japan, where it is considered bad manners not to wear one where there are others about, indoors or outdoors.

As of the end on January, there were only 18,601 deaths from covid in Japan compared to over 155,000 covid deaths in the UK.

Like the UK, Japan is an island nation, technologically advanced and even more densely populated with a population of 125.8million - almost twice our estimated 67 million.

So our covid death rate is over 15 times that of Japan.

Mask wearing in Japan seems to have been a very good idea.

Exactly, Marydoll, it's a small price to pay to stay safe, and to help to protect other people as well. I feel that wearing a mask is a sign that we are remembering that there is a problem and that we have to watch out for each other and for ourselves. It can be so easy to forget to keep a bit of distance, but a mask helps as a reminder.

Definitely will continue mask wearing and of the FFP2 variety, which are more effective and now readily available. Not outside unless very crowded.