Do you wear a face covering when going out in public during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Poncier

Yes

jeffbr said:

 . Hell, make it a fashion statement. 

Got these for the family:



Pearl Jam needs to do masks and give proceeds to Covid-19 related causes and charities.

PJ_Soul

No

what dreams said:

bootlegger10 said:

Humanity is doomed when the big virus comes.   A bunch of selfish people who can’t even be bothered to wear a mask in an abundance of caution.   No other excuse than being selfish.

At the rate we're going, I'm still not convinced that this isn't "the big virus." I have not much hope lately that we're not already doomed. 

Several years ago I was having a conversation with a best friend who has a doctorate in human ecology, and we were both debating if the coming end of the human race would be caused by an instant catastrophic event, or a long slow death. I have a feeling this is part of the long slow death. 

So much cheers! 

I think covid is probably child's play compared to what is likely to come in the future. Both in terms of a killer viral pandemic, and in terms of a bacterial take-over, as the threat of superbugs with antibiotic resistance grows and grows.

jeffbr

Yes

Poncier said:

jeffbr said:

 . Hell, make it a fashion statement. 

Got these for the family:



Pearl Jam needs to do masks and give proceeds to Covid-19 related causes and charities.

I love it! That's awesome. And yes, I agree that PJ needs to do something with masks. I'd buy some!

brianlux

Yes

Poncier said:

jeffbr said:

 . Hell, make it a fashion statement. 

Got these for the family:



Pearl Jam needs to do masks and give proceeds to Covid-19 related causes and charities.

Love that Eddie Van Halen model!

Poncier

Yes

brianlux said:

Poncier said:

jeffbr said:

 . Hell, make it a fashion statement. 

Got these for the family:



Pearl Jam needs to do masks and give proceeds to Covid-19 related causes and charities.

Love that Eddie Van Halen model!

They are all EVH stripes:

brianlux

Yes

Poncier said:

brianlux said:

Poncier said:

jeffbr said:

 . Hell, make it a fashion statement. 

Got these for the family:



Pearl Jam needs to do masks and give proceeds to Covid-19 related causes and charities.

Love that Eddie Van Halen model!

They are all EVH stripes:

Nice!!

Spunkie

No

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brianlux

Yes

tish said:

When required, I do.

I put one on to be polite at the local supermarket. A kind, Italian gentleman asked me how can I get kissed with one on. Good point.

Only when required or to be polite is better than nothing, I guess.  Do you not wear one also because you care about loved ones and don't want to pass it on?   It's not a fashion accessory or a statement, Tish.

cincybearcat

Yes

tish said:

When required, I do.

I put one on to be polite at the local supermarket. A kind, Italian gentleman asked me how can I get kissed with one on. Good point.

Well the good news is if you don’t wear it, their is an increase in your likelihood of getting kissed at a wake or funeral. Which side of the casket is the remaining question.

But seriously, it is about being polite, if polite means helping to not spread the virus you may have and don’t know it.

Masks are such a simple tool that is effective. We wouldn’t have to destroy our economy (wouldn’t have had to in the first place) if people would just take the minimal precautions. Ironically the people that want everything open are the ones keeping it from happening 

JimmyV

Yes

Yes, but I'd be lying if I said 100% of the time. I have forgotten more than once. 

Bentleyspop

Yes

hedonist said:

My health is too fucked up for me to be cavalier about protecting myself as best I can. Some numbnut doesn’t want to or feel it’s for pussies and the like...I don’t give a shit as to their opinion and just avoid them. 

Not fun, but necessary. 

Hey you disgusting pervert stop it with all the sexual innuendo UGH!!!




  

Definitely not fun but now always necessary. 

Glorified KC

Yes

JimmyV said:

Yes, but I'd be lying if I said 100% of the time. I have forgotten more than once. 

With the reopening happening, I've found it harder to remember sometimes.  I try not to let my guard down.

mickeyrat

this is mine. wear when in stores and at work when I am in a terminal. I see drivers from about 6 different states at one time or another, only regularly see one other guy wearing his.

Spunkie

No

I live in the bottom left of the blue area. We haven't been pounded hard just yet. The Italian chastising me for wearing a mask was an old dude, too!

F Me In The Brain

That is not just "haven't been pounded hard yet", that is "barely even been kissed yet"

Glorified KC

Yes

If anyone else has gotten shit for wearing a mask, what do those individuals say?

brianlux

Yes

cdthomas1981 said:

If anyone else has gotten shit for wearing a mask, what do those individuals say?

If someone did that, I wouldn't give them the time of day.

Glorified KC

Yes

brianlux said:

cdthomas1981 said:

If anyone else has gotten shit for wearing a mask, what do those individuals say?

If someone did that, I wouldn't give them the time of day.

Yeah but what does the troll say to someone being responsible?  I haven’t had anyone make a comment to me yet, but I see several here in Milwaukee and Madison not wearing them.

mrussel1

PJ_Soul said:

I chose no, but I'm not a jerk. I carry a mask with me, and when it is appropriate I will put it on. But mostly it's still a no just because 1) I rarely go out in public during this time, aside from walks outside, when I don't deem it necessary. I am working from home and have most things delivered, so almost never go to the shops. I rarely have any need for a mask. And 2) we don't have a huge problem in BC right now. There are hardly any cases anymore - if there are 20 new cases in a day, that's considered really high. We've had 171 deaths altogether since the outbreak started. We're still being careful here, and going through an extremely gradual phase-in schedule for reopening things, and BC's plan has been one of the most successful in the world. But again, I have a mask on stand-by for when it is appropriate. So it's really a yes/no for me.

I voted yes, but would define myself the same. It’s required in stores in Virginia and I happily comply.  When exit a store and clear of people, I take it off.  Easy.  I don’t wear it when I drive or pump gas, only publicly indoors or near people.  We have about 90% compliance where I live.  When I end up in a more rural area, it’s about 20% which is both depressing and unsurprising.

brianlux

Yes

cdthomas1981 said:

brianlux said:

cdthomas1981 said:

If anyone else has gotten shit for wearing a mask, what do those individuals say?

If someone did that, I wouldn't give them the time of day.

Yeah but what does the troll say to someone being responsible?  I haven’t had anyone make a comment to me yet, but I see several here in Milwaukee and Madison not wearing them.

I guess to a non-mask wearing troll if they said something to me I would just shake my head and get away from them quickly.  Pretty much the same thing I do in any case where I run into someone doing something stupid.