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[CLKD]

I like the idea of the visor-types - which can be tarted up at Halloween and again at C.mas ;-) and can be wiped down!

[Sparrow]

I mentioned the lack of a Track and Trace app previously.  Do you think the mask wearing idea is to mask (sorry) the failure there.

Most of the Asian countries that wear masks also have excellent Track and Trace apps.  Which is the most beneficial I wonder.

[sheila99]

Perhaps it's a precursor to reducing the acceptable social distance. The only way to keep yourself safe with a mask is to get a medical grade one that the virus can't pass through. Perhaps if they were made available to the public more people would wear them to protect themselves.

[Katejo]

I'm with you sheila,they say you MUST wear them in shops but hey,you're ok in a pub or a restaurant or cafe,it's all tosh,it's the government wanting to look like they're DOING something but they don't actually know what.
Did anyone see the scientist on sky news this morning? He says yes to masks when travelling and like him if working in hospitals with long term contact but he thought in shops when you only have fleeting contact,he didn't see the point. I hate that we are going to be forced to wear them,in Tesco today there were only a few people wearing them,so generally I don't think people really want to,if the virus was going to rocket,it would have done so by now.Like shady,I hate anything near my face,don't even wear tight collars as I hate it,also hot flushes and masks just don't go 

There has also been the argument that the Government is introducing masks as a reassurance to encourage people to return to going shopping and boost the economy. With me it will have the opposite effect. It will remove any enjoyment from browsing in shops and I will just go in and out as quickly as possible for a specific item. They will get considerably less spending from me.

Wearing a mask doesn't give me claustrophobia but I hate the feeling of something covering my face and getting hot with it. Also i can't read facial expression on someone's face. Yes this last bit could occasionally be an advantage if I want to smirk or giggle at them    but the cons far outweigh the advantages.

[Yorkshire Girl]

Jaypo I'm with you I'm stressing about maybe having to wear a mask & I only go to the supermarket once a week. I want to eventually get my haircut but need a mask. My problem it took me 4 hours of searching to find a mask to fit my pretty small face, all adult ones are way too big, some childrens ones were too big & odd one too small, i was getting so upset when I eventually found one that should fit.
I do feel our lives are being very do this, do that, can't do that etc

[ElkWarning]

I've been wearing an N99 mask for ages. I have to. I cycle and breathing in car fumes was killing me. I also have claustrophobia. You get used to it. Desensitization techniques are helpful. I now wear the mask to protect others, on the rare occasions I come into contact with people. I hope the government stops sending mixed messages soon and encourages folks to think in terms of how together we can make a difference.

Interesting article in today's Guardian about how much worse pollution makes  C-19.

[CLKD]

they haven't got a clue ...........  .......

Also men with beards cannot wear the usual buy-over-the-counter mask.  It does nowt!

Love it Folklass  . that would be blueberry then?

[CLKD]

   that's a bit of a meander - not that I would know.  Of course   

[CLKD]

Yeah.  Right 

[CLKD]

Definitely too late 

[CLKD]

Oh - not found those. Yet 

[CLKD]

Looks like his under pants ...........

[CLKD]

They don't cover his face though  that would be a burka, surely 

[Blot]

I think it’s all bullshit. Make us wear masks for fleeting visits to the shops with minimal contact, if any but you can go and sit in the pub with dozens of others for hours? Explain that to me?
I’d quite happily do it if the rules were consistent but it makes no sense to me.
I drove through town last night and the behaviour outside the pubs was ridiculous. Everyone drunk and hugging etc. Alcohol and social distancing doesn’t work.
So Boris, sort that out before you make us wear masks in the shops.

[Sparrow]

The government think that if masks are introduced it will encourage people to go back out shopping.  I am not convinced by this argument at all.  I suspect people who are scared to go shopping now, still won't.  But people like me, who have been shopping, no longer will. It will be interesting to see how the numbers pan out in Scotland.

I have to say that when I went shopping in Canterbury last week,  the shops I went into one had a handful of customers.  If people are scared to shop I really don't see what difference a mask will make.