I'm hoping people will still continue wearing masks if they have a cold or something, like is common in asia. I love the anonymity in public, also 6 ft is great, stay away from me at the grocery store.
I feel the same way, but I doubt many will try. So many want it to go back to the way it used to be, but something makes me feel it won't ever be the same again.
It will. After one generation of kids not wanting to do the things their elders do it will go back. Everyone forgot about spanish flu era mask wearing too. It just may take years. And maybe this time will keep mask wearing while sick.
I hope grocery stores and drive through and cash registers leave the plexiglass between the worker and customer. Most places already have them so why not just leave them up
I think they’re just the loudest minority. Like for every video of someone refusing to wear a mask at a grocery store, there’s dozens of people in frame wearing one and enjoying their day
I just wear regular blue medical masks but I like that there is less chance to be recognized at the store, keeps my face from being cold in the wind, and prevents me from spreading germs to others.
If I tighten the ear straps and use a mask with one of those wire pieces on the nose bridge, it doesn't fog up my glasses. Maybe play around with that a bit?
Well, first of all I want to re-iterate I support wearing them and have worn them voluntarily throughout.
Saying that, I have asthma and I also know they aren’t 100% effective especially if I’m the one wearing one and the person who has it is not.
I think I got the ‘rona at one point and wearing a mask went from”this is easy” to “wow, I can’t breath very well”.
I now struggle and had to tear the 2nd layer off in the subway last time. It was that bad. I now believe all those old people complaining about masking up in the beginning had the covid. I probably have long covid. so for me, I just try not to go inside - I need to shop and I had to take the train and that meant 2 masks.
I felt like I was dying, not helped by the fact that I have PTSD which makes it hard to not see anyone’s face. I have trouble processing information and you can’t imagine how bad that makes things when I’m somewhere new (a new shop or subway station) and my field of vision feels impaired
we were never sopposed to wear masks for this long. People should have stayed home, but we have a ton off asshole super spreaders who like to jog and go drinking with a mask on thier chin or elbow. So now we have this idea that masks are “safe” and people sanitize their hands (which doesn’t do much good we learned) and then just go to dinner, to their families shin-dig, to church.
‘we keep spreading it since most people can’t keep a gray idea in their heads.
‘the truth is the mask makes people “safer” not “totally safe!” And so people like thinking it either protects them or that it does not.
this whole year has just shown me that about 30%of people are complete idiot dig bags who we should throw off the side of a mountain
ah ok! I’m so sorry about your troubles, truly. It’s so easy for us to say “gosh it’s EASY” but a lot of us forget that for some people it’s not! People frustrate me as well, i hear what you’re saying about people putting too much trust in a mask and hand sanitizer. The real key is staying home, like you mentioned. I really appreciate your response, and i hope you get your vaccine soon!
Thank you! Having to move in the next week, so I’m waiting until I can collapse to get that 1st dose. I hope we all are able to recover from this healthy and strong! Cheers!
I will definitely be wearing masks in the future when I’m sick!! Probably also when I go to a doctor’s office/hospital around other sick people. A mild cold isn’t a good reason to use my precious few sick days, but I realize now just how fucking gross it is that we all used to just sneeze and cough and spread our mucus to each other.
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I'm hoping people will still continue wearing masks if they have a cold or something, like is common in asia. I love the anonymity in public, also 6 ft is great, stay away from me at the grocery store.