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Theoldguy1 wrote: »I would like to see masks become the norm during flu season. Going a full year without catching a cold or the flu has been a positive.
I've worn a mask as prescribed by local rules during 'Rona.
I'm not buying into wearing one every year during whatever is considered "flu season". Most people didn't catch the flu or cold because they didn't go anywhere in the 2020-21 flu season. I've had a flu shot annually since the early '90s and never had the flu before that. MAYBE one cold for a couple days a year. Not worth masking for IMO.
Is this why the disagrees on my post? I didn't mean make it mandatory. Instead, make it an acceptable choice for anyone to wear with an extra dose of approval if they wear one when they have a cold. I plan on wearing one this fall/winter, not just for protection but for keeping out the freezing air.
Also, it seems any mention of masks, one way or the other, gets at least one Disagree on this thread.
I, for one, actually like wearing masks in public, but that's more about my social anxiety. In reality, I'd only wear them in the future if I'm sick myself.
I think you're absolutely right. Masks. Masks. Masks. Masks. Now, let's see what happens.16 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »I would like to see masks become the norm during flu season. Going a full year without catching a cold or the flu has been a positive.
I've worn a mask as prescribed by local rules during 'Rona.
I'm not buying into wearing one every year during whatever is considered "flu season". Most people didn't catch the flu or cold because they didn't go anywhere in the 2020-21 flu season. I've had a flu shot annually since the early '90s and never had the flu before that. MAYBE one cold for a couple days a year. Not worth masking for IMO.
Is this why the disagrees on my post? I didn't mean make it mandatory. Instead, make it an acceptable choice for anyone to wear with an extra dose of approval if they wear one when they have a cold. I plan on wearing one this fall/winter, not just for protection but for keeping out the freezing air.
Also, it seems any mention of masks, one way or the other, gets at least one Disagree on this thread.
I, for one, actually like wearing masks in public, but that's more about my social anxiety. In reality, I'd only wear them in the future if I'm sick myself.
I don't think I have ever made a post about anything that didn't get at least one disagree.7 -
oh me neither.
even simple factual things like "vaccine program is starting in Australia next week"
or personal factual things " I am on thyroxine 75mg/day"
Not quite sure what somebody is disagreeing with sometimes.
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snowflake954 wrote: »snowflake954 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »I would like to see masks become the norm during flu season. Going a full year without catching a cold or the flu has been a positive.
I've worn a mask as prescribed by local rules during 'Rona.
I'm not buying into wearing one every year during whatever is considered "flu season". Most people didn't catch the flu or cold because they didn't go anywhere in the 2020-21 flu season. I've had a flu shot annually since the early '90s and never had the flu before that. MAYBE one cold for a couple days a year. Not worth masking for IMO.
Is this why the disagrees on my post? I didn't mean make it mandatory. Instead, make it an acceptable choice for anyone to wear with an extra dose of approval if they wear one when they have a cold. I plan on wearing one this fall/winter, not just for protection but for keeping out the freezing air.
I think people are just tired of wearing masks and don't even want to think ahead to the next flu season. Perhaps we'll just naturally see people wearing them, especially if they have a cold and need to go out. However that's to be seen.
I doubt it. (Call me a cynic.) Even among people who've supported masking requirements, in my experience IRL and what I read here in the threads, the overwhelming (though not universal) reason people wear masks (or at least how they talk about their reasoning) is to protect themselves, or protect vulnerable people near and dear to them. Even in recent posts on this thread, about whether people will wear masks during flu season, the talk is about "I liked not being sick as often this year, so I might wear a mask in future".
The idea that we ought to wear a mask to protect *other* people when *we're* sick runs counter to the common reasoning about masks, it seems like. I don't think that impulse will occur, at least not routinely.
Well, call me an optimist, but my real point is this--there is no way anyone can say what will happen come fall when the virus spikes again. As we've all seen COVID keeps changing things up, and it's still running rampant in certain parts of the world. In the past, the idea of wearing a mask never even occurred to a normal person. Do I think a majority would wear masks if not forced? Nope. But if I worked in an office, or rode public transportation, I might if I had a cough and cold or flu symptoms so I wouldn't spread it. I also imagine someone coughing or sneezing in close quarters will not pass unobserved in the future.
@snowflake954 i am an optimist as well. I might modify your “when” to an “if”.
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I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.10
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »I would like to see masks become the norm during flu season. Going a full year without catching a cold or the flu has been a positive.
I've worn a mask as prescribed by local rules during 'Rona.
I'm not buying into wearing one every year during whatever is considered "flu season". Most people didn't catch the flu or cold because they didn't go anywhere in the 2020-21 flu season. I've had a flu shot annually since the early '90s and never had the flu before that. MAYBE one cold for a couple days a year. Not worth masking for IMO.
Is this why the disagrees on my post? I didn't mean make it mandatory. Instead, make it an acceptable choice for anyone to wear with an extra dose of approval if they wear one when they have a cold. I plan on wearing one this fall/winter, not just for protection but for keeping out the freezing air.
I, for one, actually like wearing masks in public, but that's more about my social anxiety. In reality, I'd only wear them in the future if I'm sick myself.
I love them and will probably continue wearing them long after everyone else gives them up.- They're a fashion accessory, in my world. I have some damn cute ones.
- They keep my nose warm when I'm out walking on a chilly day, no more constant dabbing at a runny nose.
- They offer some protection from those folks who marinate themselves in perfumed body spray, as well as the fabric softener aisle.
- No more men telling me to "Smile!".
- Added UV protection when I'm out in the sun.
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I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Maybe she is not vaccinated or can't be vaccinated. Maybe she has allergies and wants more protection, or she has a cold.
Or maybe she is like me and prefer to hide her wrinkles...22 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Yeah I noticed my neighbour across the street now wears a mask when he cuts his grass or does yard work in his own yard and works in his garage. I am thinking maybe he has allergies and I just never noticed that he wore a mask before? If he is doing it for COVID then I don’t get it at all.3 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Maybe she is not vaccinated or can't be vaccinated. Maybe she has allergies and wants more protection, or she has a cold.
Or maybe she is like me and prefer to hide her wrinkles...
My first thought was allergies also. I think a lot of people have discovered that side benefit of masking up.
There could be any number of valid reasons to wear a mask, so why assume it's covid?10 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Or, maybe she and the dog are going from one place she needs a mask to another place she needs a mask, isn't bothered by wearing the mask, and it's easier to leave it on vs. mess around with it? I've seen people on Facebook and whatnot railing about how stupid it is for a person to wear a mask alone in their car, but I do it semi-frequently . . . did it today, in fact, driving from one store to another.
Frankly if I gave it mind share every time I see someone doing something that doesn't make sense to me, that I wouldn't do personally, but that's of no harm to me, I'd be wasting a lot of potentially better-used cognitive bandwidth. For example, why do men wear caps backwards, and squint, when it's sunny or raining? Why does anyone wear high heeled shoes, or (especially) why do people wear high heeled boots when it's icy? And so forth. 😆
. . . ET fix typo.21 -
Yeah, if someone else wants to wear a mask in situations where I personally wouldn't, it's not really my concern. Doesn't annoy me at all. I don't think it's ridiculous either.
A co-worker of mine always wore a mask in public after he got his transplant. A family member of mine was told to wear a mask for months during chemo. A mask can help with outdoor allergens, especially if they are asthma triggers. Lots of reasons for individuals to wear masks in any given situations.21 -
Frankly if I gave it mind share every time I see someone doing something that doesn't make sense to me, that I wouldn't do personally, but that's of no harm to me, I'd be wasting a lot of potentially better-used cognitive bandwidth. For example, why do men wear caps backwards, and squint, when it's sunny or raining? Why does anyone wear high heeled shoes, or (especially) why do people wear high heeled boots when it's icy? And so forth. 😆
Because they work like ice picks (it's true! I'm one of those people).
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Yeah, if someone else wants to wear a mask in situations where I personally wouldn't, it's not really my concern. Doesn't annoy me at all. I don't think it's ridiculous either.
A co-worker of mine always wore a mask in public after he got his transplant. A family member of mine was told to wear a mask for months during chemo. A mask can help with outdoor allergens, especially if they are asthma triggers. Lots of reasons for individuals to wear masks in any given situations.
I wear mine all the time when I leave the house. You never know when you're going to run into people, so it's easier to just put it on straight away.
The lack of allergies and colds is a nice side effect - I used to roll my eyes when tourists came to my city and wore masks - but over the last year, they've become completely normal to me.
I haven't been vaccinated yet, and I know I could still catch and pass on Covid, so it's masks indefinitely for me. Not everyone can get vaccinated, and I feel a personal responsibility to those people. It must be terrifying not being able to get the jab for clinical reasons and instead relying on people around you to be considerate.13 -
I support anyone wearing a mask who wants to,
but today I shopped at Costco without my mask.
It was a weird feeling since most others were masked up.
(Costco doesn't require masks if vaccinated)8 -
Our Costco was about half & half today.3
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it is interesting to me that on a site where people work so hard to learn skills to take care of their own selves, how people have time/energy to wonder about why other random people wear masks.
my free time is planning meals/workouts and logging food. if someone wears jeans, I don't notice. If someone wears makeup, I don't care. If someone wears a mask, I assume they have a reason that is sufficient to their own self.
I don't know, I am at a weight loss plateau and my hunger rises each day so my brain is occupied on my own self.16 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
I go walking, jogging,in a park near us in Central Rome early every morning, and have been doing so since October. I missed perhaps 7 times for poring rain. Masks are required here, and I wear one as soon as I'm out the door. Once I'm in the street or park and there's no one around, or at a distance, my mask is down around my neck. As soon as I'm close to someone it goes up, and then down again when they pass.
I also prefer not to wear a mask, and some runners passing me don't have one (however some do), so I protect myself from them. I go around 7 in the morning because I encounter fewer people.
Masking is just good sense. I will finally get my 1st dose of Pfizer Saturday. I've managed to avoid COVID up to now and don't want to get it before my vax (as happened to 2 of my brothers in Minnesota---a week or two before their appointments they got it).
Luckily our numbers in Italy are plummeting. I hope this keeps up and we can take off the masks. Up until I feel safe I won't though.11 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Or, maybe she and the dog are going from one place she needs a mask to another place she needs a mask, isn't bothered by wearing the mask, and it's easier to leave it on vs. mess around with it? I've seen people on Facebook and whatnot railing about how stupid it is for a person to wear a mask alone in their car, but I do it semi-frequently . . . did it today, in fact, driving from one store to another.
Frankly if I gave it mind share every time I see someone doing something that doesn't make sense to me, that I wouldn't do personally, but that's of no harm to me, I'd be wasting a lot of potentially better-used cognitive bandwidth. For example, why do men wear caps backwards, and squint, when it's sunny or raining? Why does anyone wear high heeled shoes, or (especially) why do people wear high heeled boots when it's icy? And so forth. 😆
. . . ET fix typo.
When you see women wearing spike heels on a cobbled street in Downtown Rome, and the the heel gets caught in a hole,---- that makes me scratch my head. It's so elegant hopping around on one foot trying to get your shoe unstuck (I've seen this).8 -
https://www.studyfinds.org/mild-covid-19-antibody-for-life/
I am glad the former confusion is getting cleared up.1 -
I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.
Maybe she knows she's sick and was just being extra careful. Maybe her mask is comfortable and it wasn't bothering her (I have one that I forget I'm wearing sometimes). It's a face covering, I'm not even sure why we'd expect someone to justify wearing something that isn't hurting anyone at all.17
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