Will you continue to wear a mask in public after Jan 27th?
Poll: Will you continue to wear a mask in public after Jan 27th?
Total Members Polled: 684
Discussion
BUG4LIFE said:
Nope, I certainly won't be wearing one...it should of always been a choice, certainly after the first go at mandating them in 2020.
Surprised quite a few of you guys are saying your place of work still requires them. What kind of jobs do you do [if not working in a hospital, dentist, GP etc]?
our problem has been the need to self isolate.Surprised quite a few of you guys are saying your place of work still requires them. What kind of jobs do you do [if not working in a hospital, dentist, GP etc]?
We have a legal responsibility to maintain a certain level of staffing on shift and isolation could easily take out a crew if they all tested positive.
Once the need to isolate is gone then I suspect, any restrictions will follow.
Fascinating how social class, groups, location, regulations etc have an effect.
Went into our main large town today - was delighted, and surprised, absolutely no one masked in the coffee shop I went in. Hardly anyone masked on the street - still a few of course but very very much in the minoroty. Shop staff almost exclisively de-masked. Like someone flicked an off switch in teh whole town.
Conversely, mrs went to our near by small town - much smaller and more "country" based. Practically everyone masked. In the street as well.
nout as queer as folk!
Went into our main large town today - was delighted, and surprised, absolutely no one masked in the coffee shop I went in. Hardly anyone masked on the street - still a few of course but very very much in the minoroty. Shop staff almost exclisively de-masked. Like someone flicked an off switch in teh whole town.
Conversely, mrs went to our near by small town - much smaller and more "country" based. Practically everyone masked. In the street as well.
nout as queer as folk!
Gary C said:
BUG4LIFE said:
Nope, I certainly won't be wearing one...it should of always been a choice, certainly after the first go at mandating them in 2020.
Surprised quite a few of you guys are saying your place of work still requires them. What kind of jobs do you do [if not working in a hospital, dentist, GP etc]?
our problem has been the need to self isolate.Surprised quite a few of you guys are saying your place of work still requires them. What kind of jobs do you do [if not working in a hospital, dentist, GP etc]?
We have a legal responsibility to maintain a certain level of staffing on shift and isolation could easily take out a crew if they all tested positive.
Once the need to isolate is gone then I suspect, any restrictions will follow.
It'll be interesting to see how mask wearing changes (or doesn't) over the next few weeks; it's a little early to tell right now.
How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
Nope. Haven't worn once since they announced you had to re-wear one. I've been asked 2 or 3 times in total and I politely said no thanks, caused no fuss and got on with what I needed to do.
We all had Omi over Xmas and it wasn't even as bad as a cold. Scratchy throat for a day or two, slightly bunged up nose, that was it. Everybody who I know who has had it (about 6 max) have all said the same - it was nothing.
We all had Omi over Xmas and it wasn't even as bad as a cold. Scratchy throat for a day or two, slightly bunged up nose, that was it. Everybody who I know who has had it (about 6 max) have all said the same - it was nothing.
Brave Fart said:
It'll be interesting to see how mask wearing changes (or doesn't) over the next few weeks; it's a little early to tell right now.
How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
I suspect the height compromised one is probably asleep - he can't keep posting 24/7 without at least a cat nap.....How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
I work from home, but do customer home visits. I'll continue to wear a mask in their house if they want me to, and it'll be a few more weeks until I'll let customers inside my house.
I'll still wear a mask in big, busy, shops for the next few weeks, as well as in other places that ask me to - the communal areas of mum's apartment block for example.
I'll still wear a mask in big, busy, shops for the next few weeks, as well as in other places that ask me to - the communal areas of mum's apartment block for example.
Countdown said:
longblackcoat said:
Pretty much my take, though I'll not wear one when asked to by Sainsbury and the like - I'll put one on only where legally required to or when I think it sensible (and I can't think of those occasions, to be honest).
I want to see people's faces. I want the population as a whole not to be fearful, which is what I think they're demonstrating by continuing to wear masks when there's no longer a legal requirement. We all know that the average mask makes little/no difference as they've usually been stuck in someone's pocket for a while and/or are being badly worn and are in any event of questionable benefit even when brand new and worn in the approved manner.
If it makes someone feel better, if they believe that somehow they will be safer, then I consider it odd but their decision. In my mind there's a clear parallel to people wearing a crucifix, going to church or saying a prayer; I think it's absolutely nuts but it's their right to choose.
I don't think showing good manners is the same as being "fearful". I don't know how effective a mask is or isn't (I don't have the scientific qualifications that many other PHers appear to have). As I said above if somebody asks me to wear one whilst going into their premises I'll wear one. To me personally it seems arrogant and self-entitled to do otherwise.I want to see people's faces. I want the population as a whole not to be fearful, which is what I think they're demonstrating by continuing to wear masks when there's no longer a legal requirement. We all know that the average mask makes little/no difference as they've usually been stuck in someone's pocket for a while and/or are being badly worn and are in any event of questionable benefit even when brand new and worn in the approved manner.
If it makes someone feel better, if they believe that somehow they will be safer, then I consider it odd but their decision. In my mind there's a clear parallel to people wearing a crucifix, going to church or saying a prayer; I think it's absolutely nuts but it's their right to choose.
A brand-new, properly-worn EN149-standard FFP mask? OK, it has some benefit, but I've not seen them worn outside medical environments. A grubby bit of single-layer cloth or a should-have-been-disposed-of-days-ago paper mask is what the vast majority of people - in my experience - have been using, and that's simply not effective at anything. When you couple this with the fact that virtually no-one seems to be sanitising their hands any more (just watch as you go into the supermarkets) then you have to accept that mask-wearing has now become nothing other than symbolism.
If a shopkeeper feels that they can't sell me something because I choose not to wear a mask, absolutely fine. But then we all know where we stand - they don't want me as a customer and I don't want to shop there.
[Edited for spelling]
Edited by longblackcoat on Thursday 27th January 13:21
Biker 1 said:
Brave Fart said:
It'll be interesting to see how mask wearing changes (or doesn't) over the next few weeks; it's a little early to tell right now.
How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
I suspect the height compromised one is probably asleep - he can't keep posting 24/7 without at least a cat nap.....How nice to see everyone being sensible in this latest volume.
Perhaps that's because the likes of TDK, Nickgnome and Edinburger haven't turned up yet. That's jinxed it; oops!
I expect you could muster a grey cell or two to work it out for yourself.
Colonel Cupcake said:
As before, I won't wear one ever. They don't work. They just create more division.
What kind of division?Division between those who may choose to wear one to protect their health, and those who feel an obligation to see the mask as an invitation to voice their views or call them a sheep???
MYOB said:
The question is "will you continue to wear..." and as I havent been wearing one since the first time the mandate was dropped, I don't feel this poll isn't aimed at the likes of me!
But essentially, no and never!
Maybe I didn't word it very well, but it's this. Are you going to wear a mask now you don't have to? Yes/no.But essentially, no and never!
Just returned from my local Aldi (Edwalton, Nottingham) and none of shoppers have seen this poll as most (85ish%?) were still wearing masks.
I won't be wearing a mask now as my face is brilliant and it needs sharing with the world. It'll be good for everyone's moral.
I suspect mask wearing will drop off over the next few weeks.
I won't be wearing a mask now as my face is brilliant and it needs sharing with the world. It'll be good for everyone's moral.
I suspect mask wearing will drop off over the next few weeks.
mat205125 said:
Division between those who may choose to wear one to protect their health, and those who feel an obligation to see the mask as an invitation to voice their views or call them a sheep???
You must not be keeping up, you are supposed to wear a mask to protect others not yourself...........BBC 5 Live this morning featured a union leader called Paddy Lillis (the union is USDAW for shop workers). He was vehemently against ending the mask mandate, and feared that "this will cost lives". He seemed 100% convinced that masks work, and of course being the BBC he was not challenged on this. Nor was he challenged about the fact that many shop workers don't wear masks anyway - in my local Tesco none of the shelf stackers do, although most on the checkouts do.
What really struck me was this ingrained belief that community based face coverings work. I think many, many people share this view; they don't even question it. They're quite mistaken, of course, but I imagine it'll only be when cases drop to very low levels, and/or they stop bothering to announce numbers every day during the news, that we'll see mask wearing really fall away.
What really struck me was this ingrained belief that community based face coverings work. I think many, many people share this view; they don't even question it. They're quite mistaken, of course, but I imagine it'll only be when cases drop to very low levels, and/or they stop bothering to announce numbers every day during the news, that we'll see mask wearing really fall away.
Brave Fart said:
BBC 5 Live this morning featured a union leader called Paddy Lillis (the union is USDAW for shop workers). He was vehemently against ending the mask mandate, and feared that "this will cost lives". He seemed 100% convinced that masks work, and of course being the BBC he was not challenged on this. Nor was he challenged about the fact that many shop workers don't wear masks anyway - in my local Tesco none of the shelf stackers do, although most on the checkouts do.
What really struck me was this ingrained belief that community based face coverings work. I think many, many people share this view; they don't even question it. They're quite mistaken, of course, but I imagine it'll only be when cases drop to very low levels, and/or they stop bothering to announce numbers every day during the news, that we'll see mask wearing really fall away.
It gets stated over and over in the mainstream media with no facts or statistics and it is never challenged, so I guess you can understand why people would think it must be true.What really struck me was this ingrained belief that community based face coverings work. I think many, many people share this view; they don't even question it. They're quite mistaken, of course, but I imagine it'll only be when cases drop to very low levels, and/or they stop bothering to announce numbers every day during the news, that we'll see mask wearing really fall away.
What's interesting is when you move away from the ultra compliant MSM and you get someone like Julia Hartley Brewer repeatedly asking the Education Secretary for any evidence at all that masks work, and him squirming and unable to provide it! Even more interesting that he said 'but the evidence exists and the study will be published', but when it was published, it was clear there was no evidence.
Surprise surprise, no sign of him on the show since the report was published...
A week later, another politician, again unable to provide any evidence that masks work so he called her an antivaxxer for asking for it!
Strange times we do live in.
Brave Fart said:
What really struck me was this ingrained belief that community based face coverings work. I think many, many people share this view; they don't even question it. They're quite mistaken, of course, but I imagine it'll only be when cases drop to very low levels, and/or they stop bothering to announce numbers every day during the news, that we'll see mask wearing really fall away.
Absolutely. By the way some people go on, you'd think that there was a surfeit of solid, reliable evidence out there about the effetiveness of the mask madate in reducing transmission. But there just isn't. There's absolutely nothing that shows any signal that they make a jot of difference. And yet still we hear the same old arguments about how dropping masks now is risking lives etc. Funny how that the governments own study on schools found almost no reduction in transmission despite mask wearing and yet Dr. Hilary Jones on Radio 2 the other day was trotting out the line that masks actually reduce transmission by 35%. I mean really?It's testament to the effectiveness of the original government psy-ops campaign around masks that so many people still believe that they have an effect. For instance, wearing a mask outdoors was never even mentioned when the mandate first came in and yet 2 years on, I still regularly see people out and about outside, entirely on their own wearing masks. It's ludicrous...
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