Why are people still wearing masks outside?

[Scratch]

Replace needs with should…work better for you? Its still the same scenario.

[Guvnah]

@W_and_C

I was still happy to do it because it meant the gym staying open.

For the record, I did the same. For me, it wasn’t worth fighting over. (And I swim. We didn’t have to wear them in the pool. Just until you got to your lane. Then you could take it off.)

And I still honor the requests of facilities/stores/whatever that still require masks, though it does encourage me to decrease my duration of time in those places.

But I do my best to fart as much as I can in those places – to help people realize how effective their masks really are!

[Guvnah]

@Scratch

Replace needs with should…work better for you?

No such drumbeat. Please make honest posts.

[Toll_Collector]

@W_and_C

Cold, I can kinda see - although why would it matter if you’re walking outside by yourself ?
“They aren’t ready to stop wearing one” - that’s exactly what I was hoping to dissect in the discussion. How long does it take to get ready to stop wearing a mask ? Took me exactly 0.5 seconds

Me too. I was at work. As soon as the clock struck midnight on the 28th of May mine came off.

I never once wore the mask outside.

[WuWei]

@hindsight

Give it some time.

I hope they keep doing it.

[Scratch]

@Guvnah

No such drumbeat.

Ooookay…lol

[WuWei]

@Scratch

@Guvnah

Sheep.

The fear mongering has worked.

Like Cons drumbeat that everyone needs to be armed…

I feel no need.

Sheep

You don’t need to be armed. If anybody tries to make you carry a gun, PM me.

[W_and_C]

@Jezcoe

@wiley8425

My work decided to make temp screening permanent. You can’t get in the building if you’re running a fever. Honestly, I’m surprised it was never thought of until COVID.

Remember the days we would go to work sick?

Wasn’t that wild?

I used to all the time. Sitting at my desk, sneezing/coughing up a storm, didn’t think much of it at all, was just a part of life.

[Toll_Collector]

@Sknyluv

I hope people who work in offices continue to wear masks while sick at the office. They should stay home, clearly, but if you do go into the office, wear a mask.

Yeah they should, but they won’t. People get in trouble or fired for being out of work sick.

[WuWei]

@Toll_Collector

@Sknyluv

I hope people who work in offices continue to wear masks while sick at the office. They should stay home, clearly, but if you do go into the office, wear a mask.

Yeah they should, but they won’t. People get in trouble or fired for being out of work sick.

Or lose money.

[W_and_C]

@Guvnah

@W_and_C

For a while, my gym actually required everyone to wear a mask at all times. Even while doing intense cardio

Including swimming?

YAY TEAM!!

Good point, cause I think the pool was open. That may have been one exception, I guess - I never go to that pool

[Scratch]

I changed needs to should in my response to Guvnah…

How many times has " if people were armed there’d be less shootings" been been posted on this forum?

[WuWei]

@Scratch

I changed needs to should in my response to Guvnah…

How many times has " if people were armed there’d be less shootings" been been posted on this forum?

You shouldn’t be. PM me.

[Bill.in.PA]

I wonder when we will return the previous orthodoxy that masks are of little value and may even be counterproductive in fighting respiratory diseases.

Basically, there is no strong evidence to support well people wearing surgical masks in public. Or as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put it: “No recommendation can be made at this time for mask use in the community by asymptomatic persons, including those at high risk for complications, to prevent exposure to influenza viruses.”

Can surgical masks protect you from getting the flu?

[W_and_C]

@Scratch

I changed needs to should in my response to Guvnah…

How many times has " if people were armed there’d be less shootings" been been posted on this forum?

I’ve heard that quite a few times - an armed society is a polite society, how come there are never mass shootings at NRA meetings, etc…

[Toll_Collector]

@TheDoctorIsIn

Most businesses still require masks, and some people just don’t mind wearing them that much.

I expect it’s just a habit, at this point.

Not a single business around me still requires masks, nor do they require you to be vaccinated. Not even the employees are required to wear them. Some still do, but it’s not required.

[Toll_Collector]

@conan

Indoctrination done it’s job.

Now the study is how long does that indoctrination last.

Masks have been passed off as being safer to wear one. Even a false sense of security is still a sense of security. That’s not something easily overcome. So yeah, let’s see how long it takes.

[TommyLucchese]

@tzu

Plague-fupa out of shape, or boy, muscle def is work, out of shape?

Well I’m always in decent shape because I work on my feet but I’ve put on like fifteen pounds and beer drinking at home hasn’t helped either.

[tzu]

Yah, commander. I grok this.

[Tom_Ch]

@Guvnah

@W_and_C

I was still happy to do it because it meant the gym staying open.

For the record, I did the same. For me, it wasn’t worth fighting over. (And I swim. We didn’t have to wear them in the pool. Just until you got to your lane. Then you could take it off.)

And I still honor the requests of facilities/stores/whatever that still require masks, though it does encourage me to decrease my duration of time in those places.

But I do my best to fart as much as I can in those places – to help people realize how effective their masks really are!

Thank you for being respectful.

The fart part got me laughing though.