Wonderful News - No more face masks

I will still wear mine, ive had Covid and it took me a good month to feel normal again ( some will question the normal hahaha )

Seriously, i will most definitely wear my mask indoors.

I wear glasses winterwhite and the misting was so annoying in the early days. I overcame the problem by trial and error. I find what works best is to have a generous sized mask with a nose clip. I pull the centre of the mask up to the bridge of my nose, bend the clip to mould it to my nose then sit my glasses on top of the mask. It has eliminated the problem for me.

It would be interesting to know how many proponents of mask wearing go out and about every day and also wear glasses. I think that makes a big difference.
None of the devices supposed to de-fog glasses work well and the ubiquitous thin blue and white ones don't fit well and don't serve much purpose that I can see.

Masks serve a purpose in crowded places but it would be a pity if they were regarded as some some sort of charm or talisman.

I've never stopped wearing my mask in shops and will continue to do so.

here's another to check, it's no wonder there are so many conspiracy theorists. i was completely taken in by the link provided by lilacchaser, but not after checking this one.

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I’ll be going home on the bus tonight. Up to now most people are still wearing them but I wouldn’t be surprised if very few are wearing them tonight on the bus.

I haven’t decided what to do yet.

I will still be wearing mine in shops, if I have to use Public Transport or Taxis I will also wear one.

How many lives are lost through catching the ‘flu and how many lives will be saved if we carry on wearing masks, especially if we are coughing and sneezing.? I’m sure they will protect thousands of people.

I shall continue to wear mine in shops and on public transport, I love not having halitosis fumes coming my way?

I will continue to wear a mask in any indoor public setting for my sake and the sake of others. I will also side step those who don’t wear a mask and hope they have the good grace to keep away from me.

Im going to keep wearing mine too.

I shall also carry on wearing mine in public indoor spaces, to protect myself and as a courtesy to others. I also think it's too premature to drop them, we shall see how that pans out in due course.

I’m going to carry on wearing mine in shops, indoor spaces and public transport. I think it’s too soon to stop.

I'll still be wearing mask on oubluc transport. I don't just wear it because the government tells me to. I wear it to keep myself and others safe. This virus hasn't gone away.

I intend to continue to wear a mask in public while we are in the middle of a pandemic with tens of thousands of infections a day, hundreds of deaths and hospital admissions being recorded daily. I will gladly bin them when I consider it safe to do so.

I'll continue to wear mine in shops, on public transport and in crowded areas. During the winter months I find them the most efficient way to keep my nose warm and warm air going into my lungs. It's just another variation on 'scarf up in winter' for people of my age.

First it was Brexit that got BJ the vote so now he's trying Exit. Oh dear, this isn't wise either.

The mask isn't to protect you it is to stop you spreading Covid if you don't know you are positive.
After hearing in the last few weeks of quite a lot of positive people who have carried on as normal because they were not ill. Yet others who have been really poorly with the whole family affected, I hope for the safety of others the majority keep on wearing masks in public places and shops I certainly will be, until the Science matches the P.M.'s announcements.

It was going to happen sooner or later so I am not surprised. I will continue to wear my mask while shopping and on the train, but I will be glad to ditch it in the theatre and in church. I never really saw the point of wearing it to enter a restaurant when I am going to take it off during service at the table anyway.
My dilemma is now to decide sensibly whether to go back to part time teaching at school after February half term or after Easter, probably the latter.

LilacChaser

*Espee*, of course I care about the vulnerable, but wearing a facemask is not the way to protect them.

And, yes, it is a faff reporting test results, so I've given up reporting my negative results.

Re the first paragraph. Can you explain why it won’t protect other people?

Grannynannywanny

LilacChaser

Don't be silly, MayBee70. They don't work and it is socially irresponsible to perpetuate the myth that they in any way make people safer by wearing them

Yippee, I’m off to text my daughter to let her know. She’s on a 12 hour shift in a very busy hospital and needs to wear a mask throughout her shift every day. She and her colleagues will be delighted to know they can bin them as they don’t serve any purpose.

Well said, Grannynannywanny, I will also let my nurse daughter know this, and I'm sure my friend's son, who is a virologist, will also love to know this too!

LilacChaser

Petera - my sources are from the same places as everybody else - yes, the internet as well as statistical reports, scientific reports, observation, personal anecdote, news reports, etc, etc. Lucca, you obviously haven't been looking at both sides of the argument, very remiss of you.

Here are just some for a start: swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/

Yes, MerylStreep, it should be a matter of personal choice but I do wonder why people feel safer wearing them.

Ah, Swiss Propaganda Research as they are known. I believe they also, in the context of Covid, promote hydroxychloroquine.

In other areas they say that QAnon is run by the FBI.

I shall be ditching mine on the 26th. I've had my booster, am very fit and healthy and those of my colleagues who have had Omicron have not had symptoms, just picked up by routine testing at work. I have not been going into shops since masks were made mandatory again and am very much looking forward to being able to shop for clothes without fogged up glasses and a strange irritated feeling.

Lucca
Yes I have, and have reached my conclusion that masks help the spread of infection.

You never said a truer word!

lucca , you obviously haven't been looking at both sides of the argument, very remiss of you

Yes I have, and have reached my conclusion that masks help the spread of infection.

I welcome the fact that secondary school children will no longer have to wear masks. I know that many of them struggle for all kinds of reasons. I’m not happy that masks won’t be required in other places and will continue to wear mine. When I stop it will be my decision and not the Government’s.