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[CLKD]

I launder our masks regularly.  It's not for any1 to judge others  .  I am waiting to see how quickly there is a surge once people get closer without masks.

[Two hoots]

I just want a choice like in England  :- they even mentioned another variant today in the briefing  anything to have different rules to England and feel important 

[Pennyfarthing]

I launder our masks regularly.  It's not for any1 to judge others  .  I am waiting to see how quickly there is a surge once people get closer without masks.

You might well do CLKD but there are some filthy ones about.  I gave an elderly man I know a pack of 12 new masks because his pale blue one was disgusting ….. all crumpled and stained brown and he always has a dribbling nose anyway.  A few days later I was talking to our local Sally Army lady and he walked past. i told her I had given him new ones but he STILL had the filthy one on.  She laughed and said she had also given him new ones the week before.

[sheila99]

Perhaps he was strengthening his immune system... Or selling the donated masks   
It may be unhygienic but if it hasn't been used for 3 days at least the covid bugs will have died.

[Katejo]

At least another  6 weeks of masks in shops 

I can sit next to you in the cinema or the football for hours with no mask, but in Tesco I need a mask, this is why I am sick of the rules in Wales, they dont make sense 

The rule is different because going to the cinema or football is optional but we have to buy food.

[Aprilflower]

At least another  6 weeks of masks in shops 

I can sit next to you in the cinema or the football for hours with no mask, but in Tesco I need a mask, this is why I am sick of the rules in Wales, they dont make sense 

The rule is different because going to the cinema or football is optional but we have to buy food.

That still makes no sense.

If the purpose of masks is to prevent transmission, more people use supermarkets than go to football matches.

It's exposed the real purpose, which is 'control'.

[CLKD]

It was always about control.  Various powers have managed to control their populations since time began. 

Initially lockdown was essential, as was washing hands and mask wearing.  To control the virus as much as possible.  Now with more people out and about, it's going to spread, hopefully to a lesser degree so that people don't require hospital treatment. 

I think the message is to be aware.  If a mask seems necessary, then use one.  Washing hands should continue.  70% + more alcohol in the bottle. 

The fear element remains, it doesn't seem as though one can get the sniffles or a cold without doing a LFT - which are no longer going to be free.  My throat has been sore throughout 

[Pennyfarthing]

My son and I were discussing how things were during the “lockdown years”.

I remember hanging out the washing in my garden and my neighbour walked up her garden path. We always have a chat if we see each other.  We both stood either side of the fence and there must have been 15 ft between us and she was petrified that we were too close.  I said “but we are outside in the fresh air”. 

My daughter used to wipe down every bit of shopping with an antiseptic wipe when I came back from shopping.

I remember meeting people I knew when I was out for a walk for daily exercise and they were scared to stop and speak for a few minutes even though they had masks on.

Remember when we had a one way system around supermarkets yet you all had to queue down a couple of aisles to pay!

[sheila99]

There was tape on the floor to keep you 2m apart at checkout though. In many supermarkets the aisles aren't 2m wide.

[Hurdity]

Absolutely crazy.  Here in England it is a joy to walk in the Spring Sunshine and go around the shops without a mask. 

You will be one of the people I want to speak to whom I encounter in a supermarket maskless! (But I zip it!).

Of course we don't need to wear masks in the open air (unless we are within inches of someones face!) - and I wish we had some spring sunshine here in SW England - has been in very short supply recently.

Why though would people not wear a mask in a supermarket if this is advised? It surely is only polite and considerate to do so - to help protect other people as well as giving yourself some protection against the droplets that fall around you as people cough and talk (loudly sometimes). What I find most irritating is that it is some of the younger age groups ( mums and toddlers) who are not wearing them and yet it is this age group that I gather has the highest rate of infection and so may well be spreading it.

The disease may well be milder, but I certainly don't want it and we still need to try to keep infections down (impossible in England) to minimise new variants appearing which could be much more serious.

To me, wearing a mask in a supermarket ( or a cinema and theatre, or publlic transport) is still a small price to pay for trying to keep us all that much safer....

Hurdity x

[Aprilflower]

But if only they worked 🤔

[Minusminnie]

I believe the N95 / FFP2 masks we've been using have kept others safe from us and protected us.  We will continue to use them where appropriate or asked to.

Our primary school aged grandchildren are being tested endlessly at home.  Both families have had covid and two grandchildren have had covid twice.  Some still isolating as i write this.

[CLKD]

Huridty - I object to the stores that ask customers to wear masks 'to keep us safe' but the Staff aren't!

[Pennyfarthing]

Absolutely crazy.  Here in England it is a joy to walk in the Spring Sunshine and go around the shops without a mask. 

You will be one of the people I want to speak to whom I encounter in a supermarket maskless! (But I zip it!).

Of course we don't need to wear masks in the open air (unless we are within inches of someones face!) - and I wish we had some spring sunshine here in SW England - has been in very short supply recently.

Why though would people not wear a mask in a supermarket if this is advised? It surely is only polite and considerate to do so - to help protect other people as well as giving yourself some protection against the droplets that fall around you as people cough and talk (loudly sometimes). What I find most irritating is that it is some of the younger age groups ( mums and toddlers) who are not wearing them and yet it is this age group that I gather has the highest rate of infection and so may well be spreading it.

The disease may well be milder, but I certainly don't want it and we still need to try to keep infections down (impossible in England) to minimise new variants appearing which could be much more serious.

To me, wearing a mask in a supermarket ( or a cinema and theatre, or publlic transport) is still a small price to pay for trying to keep us all that much safer....

Hurdity x

I know about 25 people who have had covid and they are all fully vaccinated and wore masks all the time when it was mandatory. 

[Minusminnie]

but what type of masks were they wearing ?  I've not seen any clear public messaging throughout on the best type of mask to wear except Van Tam in his christmas lecture 2021 who explained the construction on the N95 ones.  These have become much more widely available over time and there have been some explanations on their reuse with care.