If masks become compulsory in shops.

[Funk]

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

[So]

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

[vixen1700]

cml24 said:

Which specific masks have people bought?

Been wearing this tabby cat one on the tube/buses the last couple of times I've used them.

Quite a nice quality feel to it.

edited for a better picture.

Edited by vixen1700 on Monday 13th July 16:49

[Cold]

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Being told "no" is not a problem. But if the reason for saying no is "because I said so" then expect some to question the command.

[anonymous-user]

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Astonishing really. A load of them were talking about it impinging on their civil liberties on another thread. First it’s masks then it’s gps trackers on your body etc.

[scottyp123]

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Because he can do what he wants I would have thought.

[anonymous-user]

Cold said:

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Being told "no" is not a problem. But if the reason for saying no is "because I said so" then expect some to question the command.

The reason for the masks is to help stop the spread of the coronavirus

[bitchstewie]

scottyp123 said:

Because he can do what he wants I would have thought.

Of course you can and I totally get that if you want to stay home and order everything online it's your prerogative to do so.

But why let a piece of cloth dictate your life especially now once there's some sense of normality returning?

Easy way and hard way so why do some people always choose what seems to be the hard way

[scottyp123]

El stovey said:

The reason for the masks is to help stop the spread of the coronavirus

Shopping on-line helps too, probably a lot better than wearing a mask.

[anonymous-user]

Will go out more if its compulsory, Thankfully work have sent us a bunch of masks even though I am 100% work at home, which is handy as the only other ones I have were sent to me by a mate and they are branded IDF which will most likely trigger some folks.

[JagLover]

Funk said:

Oxford Uni: "Face masks work - wear one now."

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-08-oxford-covid-...

Reuters: "Widespread mask-wearing could prevent a second wave."

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavir...

Whining about how it's 'uncomfortable' or '..but I don't like it.." is absurd; you're being asked to put a bit of fabric over your face for a short time, not blackout all your windows, shop with a ration booklet and shelter in Underground stations overnight while bombs fall. Deal with it.

And arguing against it causing 'respiratory problems in people' - if they're that much at risk then they shouldn't be out at all and about mingling without a mask anyway - shop online, get a friend or family member to get it for you.

Just wear a bloody mask for a bit, eh?

For how long exactly?, as the youngest of the existing four coronaviruses that make up a subset of the common cold is 130 years old

Maybe a vaccine will come along, but if it doesn't most of us will no doubt catch it at some point, though for many it will have so little effect you wont even know it.

I supported an initial lockdown to "protect the NHS". I haven't supported any further continuation after May and certainly dont agree with further restrictions on our lives as a comfort blanket when the virus has basically died out with summer.

Count me out of your ever more crazy rules and restrictions.

[xjay1337]

If masks become compulsory then I will not be going out!

More power to Amazon in that case.

[Funk]

El stovey said:

Cold said:

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Being told "no" is not a problem. But if the reason for saying no is "because I said so" then expect some to question the command.

The reason for the masks is to help stop the spread of the coronavirus

..and backed by academic research and evidence as to its effectiveness.

JagLover said:

For how long exactly?, as the youngest of the existing four coronaviruses that make up a subset of the common cold is 130 years old

Maybe a vaccine will come along, but if it doesn't most of us will no doubt catch it at some point, though for many it will have so little effect you wont even know it.

I supported an initial lockdown to "protect the NHS". I haven't supported any further continuation after May and certainly dont agree with further restrictions on our lives as a comfort blanket when the virus has basically died out with summer.

Count me out of your ever more crazy rules and restrictions.

For as long as it takes for us to prevent an escalation of a pandemic. It hasn't gone away yet - look at the clusterfk in the US right now.

'Further restrictions'...? JFC, it's a piece of fabric.

And if you have objections to covering bits of your body when out in public, try whipping your knickers off next time you're queueing in Asda and see what the outcome is. Just as we don't want to see your dick in public, we don't want to breathe the droplets from your lungs - at least not during the time where they could be infectious (and you're not even aware of it).

Good job none of you are Spiderman, you'd be royally fked.

Edited by Funk on Monday 13th July 16:57

[scottyp123]

bhstewie said:

scottyp123 said:

Because he can do what he wants I would have thought.

Of course you can and I totally get that if you want to stay home and order everything online it's your prerogative to do so.

But why let a piece of cloth dictate your life especially now once there's some sense of normality returning?

Easy way and hard way so why do some people always choose what seems to be the hard way

Get in the car, risk an accident or speeding fine, try to find a parking space, mess about with a parking machine or one of those pay to park apps, queue outside a store, get wet, wear an uncomfortable mask, mix with the great unwashed, find the thing you wan't isn't in stock or lug shopping back to car, get wet again, sit in traffic and a whole host of other possible problems, or...

Click a few buttons whilst lay in bed and within 24 hrs whatever you have ordered turns up on your doorstep no matter how weird or wonderful it may be.

Tell me again which is the easy or hard way. The mask isn't the sole reason no-one will go shopping anymore its just the final straw that broke the camels back.

[anonymous-user]

The wearing of face masks I believe should be a personal choice. Compulsory use is a bad idea because of the following reasons:

1. They could make people either overly blase or more afraid depending an their existing bias.

2. Face masks are bloody uncomfortable so many people just will not wear them, me included. If they then can't go out, business will suffer.

3. There is very contradictory medical evidence whether they actually are needed or not.

4. If we were going to introduce masks then why did we not do this back in February/March. Why do this now when cases have fallen drastically with little sign of a second wave? 'After the horse has bolted' springs to mind.

5. We were starting to do so well in our fight against single use plastic. Discarded masks and other PPE are currently polluting our natural environment, our rivers and our oceans. Each discarded mask = more dead marine life.

6. We really should not be dictated to by the government what we should or shouldn't be wearing. This is a very backward step in personal liberty.

7. It gives those turgid Facebook virtue signalers, the Karen's and the 'curtain twitchers' who like to shame others even more power and ammunition going forward.

[bitchstewie]

scottyp123 said:

Get in the car, risk an accident or speeding fine, try to find a parking space, mess about with a parking machine or one of those pay to park apps, queue outside a store, get wet, wear an uncomfortable mask, mix with the great unwashed, find the thing you wan't isn't in stock or lug shopping back to car, get wet again, sit in traffic and a whole host of other possible problems, or...

Click a few buttons whilst lay in bed and within 24 hrs whatever you have ordered turns up on your doorstep no matter how weird or wonderful it may be.

Tell me again which is the easy or hard way. The mask isn't the sole reason no-one will go shopping anymore its just the final straw that broke the camels back.

Oh trust me I won't be rushing back to the shops for all those reasons but I wasn't doing so before all this.

I'm fully onboard with the idea of online v the average town centre even though I know what that sadly means for a lot of those businesses in those town centres.

But the mask thing seems to be being overblown purely IMHO.

[anonymous-user]

Hopefully in a few weeks time we can have those full body de-lousing antibacterial booths outside shops manned by People in hazmat suits wielding pressure washers...

You know to be even safer...

If it saves just one life wouldn’t it be worth it etc etc

[Brave Fart]

ollyprice87 said:

Genuine question - why?
Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

My reasons:

1. I find them damp and sweaty, really unpleasant.
2. I think it is important to see people's facial expressions, and most importantly, smiles. It's part of being human.
3. Once implemented, there's a danger they'll become permanent.
4. I object to being told what to do by the state for something so marginal; I dislike the nanny state I suppose.
5. There's something dystopian about masks; to me they convey danger and fear, slightly sinister.

[pip t]

El stovey said:

Cold said:

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Being told "no" is not a problem. But if the reason for saying no is "because I said so" then expect some to question the command.

The reason for the masks is to help stop the spread of the coronavirus

It's not a macho thing for me, I've never been particularly worried about whether something looks silly. I just hate the feeling of them - anything that covers my face really. Don't know what it is - it always feels to me like my breathing is sort of inhibited, even though in reality it isn't. Same with a motorbike helmet - it's ok while I'm riding, but the moment I get off the bike, first thing that happens is the helmet comes off - I certainly couldn't contemplate walking around in it. It's that feeling of your breath coming back at you.

There's also the element of where does it end. I don't really want to have to wear a mask forever more when in enclosed spaces - what's the exit from them? At what point does it become 'safe' not to - bearing in mind our spiky virus friend is unlikely to disappear any time soon.

If it becomes mandatory in shops, I will of course wear one for any shopping I have to do. I'll just minimise that as far as I humanly can.

Edited to add also this reason:

Brave Fart said:

1. I think it is important to see people's facial expressions, and most importantly, smiles. It's part of being human.

Edited by pip t on Monday 13th July 17:01

[Vanden Saab]

El stovey said:

So said:

Funk said:

ollyprice87 said:

V8 Stang said:

If they become mandatory i simply wont go in any shops. Will have to get groceries delivered even though i can see my local Tesco superstore from my front door....


Wonder if will apply to petrol stations, as this would make filling up more complicated, and i visit them regularly......

Genuine question - why?

Is it a macho thing? Do you think you'll look silly? I honestly can't comprehend it but eager to know why.

Clearly we're seeing which PHers were never told 'no' as children.

Astonishing really. A load of them were talking about it impinging on their civil liberties on another thread. First it’s masks then it’s gps trackers on your body etc.

*cough* https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53216450

BBC said:

Singapore has started to hand out Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing devices as part of its measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus