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

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  • Matts3221
    Matts3221 Posts: 658
    Yes

    My companies headquarters is in VT , so we have a mask mandate at our offices , you have to have one on at all times. Even though we have some very heavy conservatives in our upper ranks ,they realize the science behind masks , also they don't want an office to be shut down because one person whom is A symptomatic gets everyone else sick and our business comes to a halt.

    I have five masks that I rotate and wash , I also realized when this first started making your own masks or my sister  making them , some were with heavier fabrics that after a while would feel a little much ( nothing like I could not breath through it just a little uncomfortable )  The masks I have now are much more comfortable , wearing them all day does not bother me ( a little but I would rather wear it then possible get sick or others get sick.

    People really need to get over this because when it comes roaring back in the fall , I feel every state is going to start mask mandates as they should. When I see shots of bars in FL or TX ( I know they have scaled back ) that were packed to the gills with not one person wearing a mask I was just like " WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING"




      

  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Yes
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sitting in my car outside the vet waiting for my 15 yr old dog to he checked out. No people in waiting area.
    Staff and animals only.
    Must wait outside in car.

    Here is today's mask...



    Same process at my vet.  Makes total sense.  Was disappointed because my dog LOVES our vet and I love seeing her jump all over the vet.  But separating where possible is the best thing.
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,956
    No
    The Juggler said:
    23scidoo said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    So do you wash your facemask after every use?
    If i use it for little time, do this..


    if its for my work, then goes to laundry..
    Does that work?

    If you're wearing a mask for a total of 5 to 20 minutes in a store or picking up food, do you wash it when you get home? Or do you only wash after wearing it for prolonged period of times?
    If you use it max an hour, spray it with Dettol and leave it on fresh air for some time..only wash them when i get back from work, it's almost 8 hours then..
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    Yes
    I ordered some new face masks, the balaclava style ones. Where one can pull it up quickly in order to cover up. I even wear it while I'm driving now especially since things have gotten so bad here in South Florida. 

    Yet we STILL have folks here who refuse to wear a mask they think the mask is killing us. It's getting really bad here and many don't want to do a thing about it, business as usual. 

    https://youtu.be/9CmTSRAI0Ks

    Peace

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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,073
    Yes
    Here in NY Cuomo signed an executive order that businesses can deny service to those without masks. So, I guess here it is "no shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service". It wouldn't even cross my mind to walk into a business without one. I just can't understand why some are so vehemently opposed to it. I agree they are uncomfortable at times. But I bet being on a ventilator is no picnic either.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Yes
    g under p said:
    I ordered some new face masks, the balaclava style ones. Where one can pull it up quickly in order to cover up. I even wear it while I'm driving now especially since things have gotten so bad here in South Florida. 

    Yet we STILL have folks here who refuse to wear a mask they think the mask is killing us. It's getting really bad here and many don't want to do a thing about it, business as usual. 

    https://youtu.be/9CmTSRAI0Ks

    Peace

    How in the hell doe the mask kill you?  That makes no fucking sense.

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,409
    Yes
    g under p said:
    I ordered some new face masks, the balaclava style ones. Where one can pull it up quickly in order to cover up. I even wear it while I'm driving now especially since things have gotten so bad here in South Florida. 

    Yet we STILL have folks here who refuse to wear a mask they think the mask is killing us. It's getting really bad here and many don't want to do a thing about it, business as usual. 

    https://youtu.be/9CmTSRAI0Ks

    Peace

    The good news is we now have a clearer understanding of who the idiots are around us.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,073
    Yes
    cdthomas1981 said:
    g under p said:
    I ordered some new face masks, the balaclava style ones. Where one can pull it up quickly in order to cover up. I even wear it while I'm driving now especially since things have gotten so bad here in South Florida. 

    Yet we STILL have folks here who refuse to wear a mask they think the mask is killing us. It's getting really bad here and many don't want to do a thing about it, business as usual. 

    https://youtu.be/9CmTSRAI0Ks

    Peace

    How in the hell doe the mask kill you?  That makes no fucking sense.

    They think you are breathing back in your own CO2 - like the mask is vacuum sealed to your face, or something :weary:

  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    Yes
    From the video some of those folks are say the mask can kill you because one tends to touch your face, eyes etc. So according to them no mask wearing then no touching the face.

    You can get an idea of what I'm talking about when the first person up to argue her point. Just listen to what she says in the first 30 seconds. Unreal.

    This will be my new line,

     *Things Need To Breathe*

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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Yes
    Word to the wise, careful what you wash your mask in as you may be tasting it all day, lol. My wife used some kind of laundry detergent that was scented and it was no bueno!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    Yes
    Bentleyspop said:
    Sitting in my car outside the vet waiting for my 15 yr old dog to he checked out. No people in waiting area.
    Staff and animals only.
    Must wait outside in car.

    Here is today's mask...


    Yep, our vet doing the same thing. When the tech brought her back out she was laughing about how once they took her into the exam room she began to slink and try and hide in the corner and they had a brief struggle getting her on the exam table.
    She gets excited going into the waiting area, other dogs to see, but once its time to go into the exam room, the memory of past trips kicks in and she wants no part of it.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    Yes
    MF117973 said:
    So, I guess here it is "no shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service".  






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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,956
    Yes
    By wearing such cool masks, you are making the masks attractive and you are helping to save lives. So great. It's a fashion statement and not a political statement. Big hugs all around; stay safe. :)
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,409
    Yes
    Kat said:
    By wearing such cool masks, you are making the masks attractive and you are helping to save lives. So great. It's a fashion statement and not a political statement. Big hugs all around; stay safe. :)
    I'd wear something like this all the time....


  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Yes
    See, this is why I love this group- smart, caring people doing the right thing!

    Cheers and have a great day, friends!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Yes
    My frustration right now goes beyond measure.  I know some of the people mentioned in the article linked below.   I've always thought of them as good and wonderful people to have as co-retailers (although I no longer work down town since COVD-19 broke out) in our little town.  We never really talk much about politics or social events- mostly about friendly stuff.  But now I see them making statements in a press widely circulated in northern California- statements that reveal some of the backwards kind of thinking that permeates this predominately Republican county.  I'm appalled that some of the shop owners mentioned in this article would politicize a health crisis and drive away business from other retailers like the bookstore run by people who care and do the right thing.   

    There is a local group I belong to call El Dorado Progressives.  I shy away from joining groups or using labels for myself, but I mostly agree with these folks and see a huge need to help this town to become less conservative and more progressive.   Reading the article, this becomes all the more obvious.  And the sad thing is, in America, if you want to live in a rural or even semi-rural area, this is the kind of thing you have to live with. 


    'I refuse to bow to anybody.' Rural California defies Gov. Newsom's order to wear masks





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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    edited June 2020
    Yes
    ^
    "He refuses to wear one and said he doesn’t plan on getting a vaccination for the coronavirus, if and when it becomes available."
    That last part disturbs me the most.
    Post edited by Glorified KC on
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Yes
    cdthomas1981 said:
    ^
    "He refuses to wear one and said he doesn’t plan on getting a vaccination for the coronavirus, if and when it becomes available."
    That last part disturbs me the most.
    Yes, and these are dangerous people in that they will put their political biases and ideologies above doing what is right by protecting themselves and others from this disease.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    Mask it or casket!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Yes
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Mask it or casket!

    :plus_one: 
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    -Roberto Benigni

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