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I liked masks. Privacy, warmth during winter, anecdotally had no cold infection in the past 2 years (usually have one every year, and I wasn't stuck at home in

by jotm 4y ago

I liked masks. Privacy, warmth during winter, anecdotally had no cold infection in the past 2 years (usually have one every year, and I wasn't stuck at home in the worst period of Covid), protects against each others' bad breath, everyone is quieter since it's harder to talk. Everyone complaining about masks ignored all the other, more pressing problems around restrictions/Covid. It was kind of like complaining about losing a rare banknote by getting shot in a mugging. Now we're "Covid free" and no one wears one, and it's really awkward to be the only one with a mask...

denton-scratch 4y ago
I like masks too. I wear a blue surgical mask when I'm confined indoors (e.g. a supermarket) with a bunch of maskless wonders. The blue mask may have poor protective properties (for me), but that's not why I wear it; I wear it to protect my fellow shoppers. In fact the purpose of those surgical masks is to prevent your surgeon or dentist infecting you - not vice-versa. It seems obvious that wearing a mask will reduce the number of droplets released during exhalation. I'm a vulnerable person; I have a pre-existing lung condition. I therefore try to maintain "social distance" in addition to wearing a mask. Around here, only older people are still wearing masks, even though there's a recent flare-up locally. Impatient people in supermarket checkout queues often press up behind me, as if pushing forward is going to get them through the checkout faster. Those people annoy me more than maskless wonders. I find I like social distancing more than mask-wearing. Pandemic or not, I find I like having my personal space respected. I don't want to inhale some girl's miasma of cheap perfume, not some homeless man's stink of B.O. and booze. I never wear a mask in the fresh air. And I've received hostile comments when walking into a pub with a mask on; so I don't wear a mask in pubs (I find it's hard to drink through a mask anyway).

by jotm 4y ago

denton-scratch 4y ago

I like masks too. I wear a blue surgical mask when I'm confined indoors (e.g. a supermarket) with a bunch of maskless wonders. The blue mask may have poor protective properties (for me), but that's not why I wear it; I wear it to protect my fellow shoppers. In fact the purpose of those surgical masks is to prevent your surgeon or dentist infecting you - not vice-versa. It seems obvious that wearing a mask will reduce the number of droplets released during exhalation. I'm a vulnerable person; I have a pre-existing lung condition. I therefore try to maintain "social distance" in addition to wearing a mask. Around here, only older people are still wearing masks, even though there's a recent flare-up locally. Impatient people in supermarket checkout queues often press up behind me, as if pushing forward is going to get them through the checkout faster. Those people annoy me more than maskless wonders. I find I like social distancing more than mask-wearing. Pandemic or not, I find I like having my personal space respected. I don't want to inhale some girl's miasma of cheap perfume, not some homeless man's stink of B.O. and booze. I never wear a mask in the fresh air. And I've received hostile comments when walking into a pub with a mask on; so I don't wear a mask in pubs (I find it's hard to drink through a mask anyway).