Do you wear a mask?. 23/09

[l'Otters]

I often don't bother in supermarkets as it's not actually effective unless most people are doing it. I'm sort of slack on the train too even though I always have them on me. I did wear one at the opticians while having glasses fitted but that involved someone adjusting glasses on my face.

It does matter if you're asymptomatic and infectious.
Same goes for every other individual who isn't wearing one.

It matters if you're on the train as well, because it's aerosolised and whatever you've breathed out will be hanging around in the air after you've gotten off.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I’m wearing one now. The teller is terrified

 

[l'Otters]

Everyone who chooses whether to wear a mask or not is contributing to the overall % of mask-wearing-or-not in that space... everyone's choice matters.

 

[maomao]

It does matter if you're asymptomatic and infectious.
Same goes for every other individual who isn't wearing one.

It matters if you're on the train as well, because it's aerosolised and whatever you've breathed out will be hanging around in the air after you've gotten off.

My commute trains are both two stops, under ten minutes, reasonably ventilated and against the rush hour flow so very uncrowded. I'm also double-jabbed, have almost certainly had it and do lfts regularly. I always have masks on me in case I'm somewhere either crowded, where most people are wearing them or where I'm going to be closer to people than normal.

But if I'm in a train carriage that's got four people in it and none of them want to wear masks then I'd rather retain the ability to see (I wear glasses) and try and get rid of the rash that I've been getting round my mouth for the last year.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Privacy is in this case a refuge for rogues. And why no option for exemption?

Perhaps, but I thought it would lead to more honesty.

I didn't think of exemptions, the No option is if you choose not to wear one.

 

[sleaterkinney]

I’m wearing one now. The teller is terrified

Stop waving the gun around.

 

[l'Otters]

I find it amazing the number of people I know who wear glasses and haven't figured out how to stop them steaming up yet. (I can't see shit all without my glasses.)

 

[l'Otters]

If your mask makes your glasses steam up that indicates the mask isn't working as well as it could. The idea is to contain your breath and filter it out through the fabric of the mask. If it's fogging your glasses that means the air you breathe out is coming past your eyes instead.
I figured this meant people who wear glasses would have better functioning masks, on the whole.

 

[weltweit]

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I figured this meant people who wear glasses would have better functioning masks, on the whole.

I just use the standard medical ones, most of the time I don't notice but just sometimes my specs fog up badly. It seems mainly to do with the fit around my nose.

 

[Voley]

Anywhere public indoors, yep

 

[BillRiver]

I have barely been out since Sunday.

I wore a mask in my local shop this morning.

I wore a mask walking through the building to my shrink appointment but took it off during the appointment when we were sat quite far apart and I was by a partially open window.

I didn't wear one during yesterday or today's visits from the Home Treatment Team but I sat right by my open balcony door and they sat on the other side of the room.

I do find it harder to wear a mask when I'm going through a sticky mental patch. When I'm well it's no bother and I'm vigilant about it.

 

[Sprocket.]

Yes I wear a mask in public places indoors and outside in crowded areas.

 

[maomao]

If your mask makes your glasses steam up that indicates the mask isn't working as well as it could. The idea is to contain your breath and filter it out through the fabric of the mask. If it's fogging your glasses that means the air you breathe out is coming past your eyes instead.
I figured this meant people who wear glasses would have better functioning masks, on the whole.

I think nose shape, shape of rest of face and shape and size of glasses come into it as well. I'm not saying that it can't be done, just that it requires considerable adjustment and is prone to stopping working at any moment.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I find it amazing the number of people I know who wear glasses and haven't figured out how to stop them steaming up yet. (I can't see shit all without my glasses.)

Bit of bog roll in the top acts as a cushion and filter.

 

[l'Otters]

I just use the standard medical ones, most of the time I don't notice but just sometimes my specs fog up badly. It seems mainly to do with the fit around my nose.

I've only worn a medical one without a cloth one over it once but I did get it to work - had to - spent a full day in a&e with it.
For me it's about getting the wire over the bridge of my nose bent into the right shape, and resting the bottom edges of my glasses over the top edge of the mask.
I've done a combo of a medical one under a well fitted cloth one, when I had prior notice I was going to be in a doctor's surgery or similar.

 

[l'Otters]

I think nose shape, shape of rest of face and shape and size of glasses come into it as well. I'm not saying that it can't be done, just that it requires considerable adjustment and is prone to stopping working at any moment.

Yes, one size fits all does not work when it comes to faces. I've made masks for other people and found that what fits my face is no good for others - they come out too big or too small in different directions.

Sometimes just adjusting the elastic sorts the problem out.

The second lot of masks I made were for friends with beards and big-ish heads and glasses. I just widened and lengthened the pattern a bit and they both said it worked great for them. (Did wonder if they were just being polite, but seen them wearing them since and they looked happy enough.)

The mask sewing groups I'm on chat about fit a lot, and make more complicated shaped masks than I do. There's loads of shapes and sizes but I've mostly stuck to a couple of types.

Oh yeah, I have two pairs of glasses, different shaped frames. The prettier frames don't work so well with a mask and it turns out I don't give a shit how the frames look, once it's compared to being able to see properly.

 

[Spymaster]

Only where mandatory (public transport in London) or asked to wear one (some shops have signs requesting you wear them).

 

[moochedit]

Yes i am still wearing a mask in shops although in the last few weeks i've noticed more and more people are not wearing them in shops round here.

 

[Badgers]

Smear a little washing up liquid on your lenses glass wearers

 

[weltweit]

Smear a little washing up liquid on your lenses glass wearers

Actually a good tip, I used to do that with my visor on my bike helmet to prevent misting up.

 

[hitmouse]

Shops and public transport, mostly not when in pubs or similar although I might put them on to go to the bar. But not if I'm drinking something on the train.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yes.

 

[Steel Icarus]

In shops and in the communal areas of college. Not in class (I try to keep distance from students) or in my office (where I sit minimum 2m from the closest colleague).

 

[mx wcfc]

Very much depends what other people are doing.

Got a bus a couple of days ago, mask on - driver not wearing nor was anyone else. Took mine off. Two stops later two hospital staff got on outside the hospital, masked. I felt like a prat and put mine back on . No one else on the bus did though.

Wandered into the MOT garage today to pick up little ms mx's car. Put a mask on. Receptionist wasn't wearing one. I left mine on. It would have looked daft taking off, I guess.

Shops - yes, pubs - no.

I've given up trying to be consistent.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I've given up trying to be consistent.

Ironically, that's rather why I keep it on all the time; it's just easier.

 

[Epona]

Indoor spaces and public transport - same as all along really. I don't see any reason to stop trying to protect one another a bit.

 

[T & P]

Always indoors for me regardless of whether it’s compulsory or optional. If nothing else I think it’s right and courteous towards the employees working wherever I might be.

 

[mx wcfc]

Always indoors for me regardless of whether it’s compulsory or optional. If nothing else I think it’s right and courteous towards the employees working wherever I might be.

Absolutely, if employees are wearing, I wear.

 

[bluescreen]

I wear a mask in shops etc. And I wear glasses. Silicone anti-fog nose bridge pads are very good for filling any space between mask and face. They take a minute or two of practice the first time but once you've got the hang of it they're brilliant at stopping fogging.

 

[scifisam]

Yep, public transport and shops. Take it off when inside somewhere for a longer period. Never wear one outside. So basically the same as before because medical exemption meant I didn't have to wear it if I really couldn't, and that's still when I don't wear it now.

It really has become habit now. The masks do protect you somewhat too, from general colds etc too. Also if you look shit, at least only half your face looks shit. Honestly, my masks are prettier than my face most days.

Funny really - I do not like masks at all, they are uncomfortable, make it very hard for me to breathe, and no, I can't completely stop the glasses fogging because I have a stupid bony nose and no mask will ever actually not leave a small gap. Got told off loads on here for not liking masks. But my health reasons for disliking them were genuine, and they're also the main reason I'm still wearing one a lot of the time.