Will you continue using a face mask after 19 July?

[Aladdin]

Insignificant? Remember that next time you race to the toilet with explosive diarrhoea, only to discover that all you have is an empty cardboard tube to clean up with.

There's always a facecloth.....


Or facemask.

 

[Riklet]

Right now I get the bus for short trips and go in local shops and takeaways.. some have the door open and good ventilation and some don't. I think they should be forced to keep doors and windows open personally, probably more effective than masks even.

I always wear a mask indoors now (ffp2 decent one) and I dont intend to change that. Feels like some protection. And post-covid I'll wear one if I feel ill like they do in Asian countries (as a result of the 1918 pandemic apparently). Cant really imagine going to the doctors, dentists, hospital and not wearing a mask in the future either...

A very important thing to note is that no one really knows which individual is at risk or highly at risk beyond a point. 90 somethings have been asymptomatic, 30 somethings have died and 20 somethings have got long covid.

 

[kalidarkone]

It happened at my son's hospital and remained true until there was a supply of official masks available. 'Infection control' made up the rules as they went along, in line with government diktat.

Same at my hospital....and a nurse tried to discipline me for wearing hospital scrubs rather than my own scrub uniform (I didn't want to take it home).

 

[killer b]

I don't remember any fights. I'm not saying there weren't a couple of videos on Twitter, I'm saying there wasn't any actual violence or even much shouting.

The shelves were totally empty of bog roll - partly that was because of those videos on twitter creating further panic. Either way, you can understand trying to prevent a similar run on facemasks when they were necessary to keep medical staff safe, not just used to wipe your arse.

 

[Aladdin]

Same at my hospital....and a nurse tried to discipline me for wearing hospital scrubs rather than my own scrub uniform (I didn't want to take it home).

My brother still goes to work in one set of clothes and changes into scrubs for work.

 

[Aladdin]

The shelves were totally empty of bog roll - partly that was because of those videos on twitter creating further panic. Either way, you can understand trying to prevent a similar run on facemasks when they were necessary to keep medical staff safe, not just used to wipe your arse.

Just goes to show how people dont know their arse from their nose...

 

[maomao]

The shelves were totally empty of bog roll - partly that was because of those videos on twitter creating further panic. Either way, you can understand trying to prevent a similar run on facemasks when they were necessary to keep medical staff safe, not just used to wipe your arse.

I'm not disputing that panic buying happened. I'm disputing the idea that there widespread fights over it.

 

[kalidarkone]

My brother still goes to work in one set of clothes and changes into scrubs for work.

Yes I've always done that, it's good practice from an infection control point of view and I like the boundary between my time and work time signified by what clothes I'm wearing.

Hospital staff wear "smart scrubs" they are our personal uniform and we bring them in and take them home, where as the docs and theatre staff use the hospital scrubs that go to the laundry at the end of the day.

We now have special scrub bags to transport our uniforms and they go straight into the washing machine, bag and all.

Apologies for the fucking boring details

 

[two sheds]

Have just bought some new masks from here Face masks and face mask filters for your protection | AirPop - the best in Which? tests - as am determined to carry on using public transport because avoiding it earlier in the pandemic had a huge impact on my quality of life, so want to protect myself the best I can. Otherwise though, I will carry on wearing mask in the few shops I go to and otherwise will keep outside, until case rates drop to a level I'm comfortable with.

Ordered a couple - ta for that

 

[killer b]

I'm not disputing that panic buying happened. I'm disputing the idea that there widespread fights over it.

I didn't say there was widespread fights. There only needed to be a couple to turbo charge to panic buying

 

[scalyboy]

Isn’t it a shocking state of affairs that those of us who intend to continue wearing masks are anticipating having to deal with abuse from random strangers?
This scenario hadn’t occurred to me until now but I think it’s quite likely to happen; I don’t know how I’ll react, but probably not well, going by one or two previous interactions I’ve had with strangers not wearing masks on public transport.

I think my reaction will be along the lines of “why the f*** is it any of your business what I wear on my face you f***ing weirdo c*nt?”
Probably not ideal

But why should it be anyone’s business? How does it harm them if a stranger is wearing a mask? So weird.

 

[killer b]

It happened at my son's hospital and remained true until there was a supply of official masks available. 'Infection control' made up the rules as they went along, in line with government diktat.

Ah, I didn't realise you meant in hospitals. It was a mess, no mistake - but ensuring the PPE was available for frontline medical staff was always going to be their priority.

 

[two sheds]

Yes I've always done that, it's good practice from an infection control point of view and I like the boundary between my time and work time signified by what clothes I'm wearing.

Hospital staff wear "smart scrubs" they are our personal uniform and we bring them in and take them home, where as the docs and theatre staff use the hospital scrubs that go to the laundry at the end of the day.

We now have special scrub bags to transport our uniforms and they go straight into the washing machine, bag and all.

Apologies for the fucking boring details

Nah, fucking interesting details

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Isn’t it a shocking state of affairs that those of us who intend to continue wearing masks are anticipating having to deal with abuse from random strangers?
This scenario hadn’t occurred to me until now but I think it’s quite likely to happen; I don’t know how I’ll react, but probably not well, going by one or two previous interactions I’ve had with strangers not wearing masks on public transport.

I think my reaction will be along the lines of “why the f*** is it any of your business what I wear on my face you f***ing weirdo c*nt?”
Probably not ideal

But why should it be anyone’s business? How does it harm them if a stranger is wearing a mask? So weird.

It’s because of a carefully engineered culture war, where these dickheads view masks as a step towards pinko commie marxist liberals from London taking away their right to be racist.

 

[Riklet]

Loads of people will be wearing masks, don't get worried about what a few dickheads say and think. Who cares, life goes on.

 

[quimcunx]

Yes I will, but I might get one of those masks that protects me, rather than a mask that mostly only protects others from me, so if I'm somewhere others are masked up I'll wear the social one and if most others aren't bothering wear the N95/99/whatever one.

Whether I'll actually do that or just find myself wearing masks less and less because no one else is I don't know. I wore a mask on the tube the last week we were in the office last year and people looked at me with alarm. I felt very conspicuous. It is not easy for social animals like us to go against the grain.

I think I'll start up my grocery deliveries again so to reduce shop visits and time in shops.

 

[sojourner]

One of the reasons for the politicians and medics saying early on that there was little benefit to the public of wearing masks was that there was a massive mask shortage, which meant even medics working with covid patients struggled to get hold of the correct PPE - the additional strain of the general public rushing to buy up whatever stocks of masks were available would have collapsed the supply lines completely.

The change in advice happened not just because of the emergence of evidence showing there was a benefit, but because production had caught up and the masks had actually become available. So there was a political aspect to the change in advice - just in the opposite direction to the one Mr Retro imagines.

I have taken one of the gammons in work through this, step by step, every time he bellows on about masks not working to prevent spread. Every single time. And he continues to repeat the same line. Christ but it's tiresome.

 

[killer b]

I have taken one of the gammons in work through this, step by step, every time he bellows on about masks not working to prevent spread. Every single time. And he continues to repeat the same line. Christ but it's tiresome.

I think a lot of this stuff just gets wiped - it was only when I was thinking carefully about what actually happened last spring that I even remembered all that hoo-ha about PPE procurement and facemask stuff. If you're actually ideologically committed to forgetting it I'd imagine it's pretty much impossible to dial it back up.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Ah, I didn't realise you meant in hospitals. It was a mess, no mistake - but ensuring the PPE was available for frontline medical staff was always going to be their priority.

My point was that they were actively preventing other staff from taking preventative measures. They also lied about what PPE was advisable for various grades of porters until there was an abundance of the stuff. So NHS authorities cannot always be trusted, which is a sad state of affairs, even if not totally unexpected.

 

[David Clapson]

I've not found a N95/99 mask which works well with my large specs.

 

[8ball]

I think in any places where squidged up near people, or very squidged if outdoors, I might keep using a mask.

Or if feeling poorly. No need to pass on colds/flu etc.

 

[mr steev]

Isn’t it a shocking state of affairs that those of us who intend to continue wearing masks are anticipating having to deal with abuse from random strangers?
This scenario hadn’t occurred to me until now but I think it’s quite likely to happen;

Yeah, I think it is going to become quite divisive.
I was in Aldi the other day and some maskless alpha male swaggered past me, knocking his shoulder against mine. Maybe he couldn't help walking like a twat and maybe he didn't realise the size of his steroid pumped arms, but it felt to me like the sort of thing cocky pricks do in pubs and quite confrontational

 

[miss direct]

Isn’t it a shocking state of affairs that those of us who intend to continue wearing masks are anticipating having to deal with abuse from random strangers?
This scenario hadn’t occurred to me until now but I think it’s quite likely to happen; I don’t know how I’ll react, but probably not well, going by one or two previous interactions I’ve had with strangers not wearing masks on public transport.

I think my reaction will be along the lines of “why the f*** is it any of your business what I wear on my face you f***ing weirdo c*nt?”
Probably not ideal

But why should it be anyone’s business? How does it harm them if a stranger is wearing a mask? So weird.

If it happens to me, I intend to tell them I have a terminal illness. I may vary which illness. Just to shut them up and hopefully make them think about reasons why people may continue to use masks.

 

[8ball]

Yeah, I think it is going to become quite divisive.
I was in Aldi the other day and some maskless alpha male swaggered past me, knocking his shoulder against mine. Maybe he couldn't help walking like a twat and maybe he didn't realise the size of his steroid pumped arms, but it felt to me like the sort of thing cocky pricks do in pubs and quite confrontational

I’ve noticed these people on public transport already, though they are not getting radgey with anyone, just refusing to wear the things and emanating an air of mild arseyness.

 

[8ball]

If it happens to me, I intend to tell them I have a terminal illness. I may vary which illness. Just to shut them up and hopefully make them think about reasons why people may continue to use masks.

Just stand quite close and tell them you’ve got anthrax.

 

[killer b]

My point was that they were actively preventing other staff from taking preventative measures. They also lied about what PPE was advisable for various grades of porters until there was an abundance of the stuff.

Yes, I know they did. There was a lot of really grim utilitarian decisions made on the hoof which calculated some peoples lives and wellbeing were more important than others.

 

[Riklet]

If it happens to me, I intend to tell them I have a terminal illness. I may vary which illness. Just to shut them up and hopefully make them think about reasons why people may continue to use masks.

I'll just tell them I've got covid but it's not too bad and I dont believe in self isolating because it should always be a personal choice

 

[cupid_stunt]

I'll just tell them I've got covid but it's not too bad and I dont believe in self isolating because it should always be a personal choice

I think I'll start coughing, then lower my face mask, and say, 'sorry, I didn't hear you, what was you saying?'

 

[klang]

I was talking to a woman the other day who was advocating something like this. 'What's the point in keeping people with altsheimers alive while the economy crumbles! Its madness!'

yes I've heard a lot more of the right-to-live discussion recently. It's the natural continuation of 'so what if Covid kills old folks'. It's expanded into brain injury and learning disabilities.
shows how ultra right wing the denier movement is, for all their 'anti-authoritariaism' and defending 'freedom'.

 

[Badgers]

yes I've heard a lot more of the right-to-live discussion recently. It's the natural continuation of 'so what if Covid kills old folks'. It's expanded into brain injury and learning disabilities.
shows how ultra right wing the denier movement is, for all their 'anti-authoritariaism' and defending 'freedom'.

They are scum, the shit off my shoe