Mask or no mask when restrictions are lifted? Poll added

[Del_Bosque]

No I won't be wearing one as soon as we don't have to.

 

[stonerblue]

General rule of thumb to many seems to be that what can't kill you, can only make you stronger.

Works for COVID too?

Yeah, nah. Neurological inflammation can be a destructive, very nasty thing. Cat in a microwave sort of thing. Alzheimers is not a reversable thing, and COVID seems to be leaving the same patterns of destruction in the brains of patients who have died from it (COVID).

Worrying thing is, as studying this involved removing and disecting the brain, the extent of damage within survivors might not be known for some time within survivors.

Yep, that's me scaring you, because some are too thick to realise what's what out in the world and what's what inside you. Outraged? Grow up! You are protected by people who allow these scare to reach them so they can measure the risks and do something about it if neccessary.

I imagine tho some of the people I'm trying to reach won't even notice a difference, so obsessed with massive alcohol intake and becoming as ape like and 'free' as possible. Like I say - stop wearing seatbelts, stop washing your hands, drink more, take more risks, drive faster and pay less attention, shout down anyone who tells you otherwise, it's a free country.

Doesn't mean you aren't acting like little boys who need to hide how scary something MIGHT be is from each other.

Doesn't mean I sit here and wonder how much further the west can go in protecting your feelings from the realities of life.

Take care, kids.

My wife was telling me yesterday that covid and some MS symptoms are very similar scientifically.

 

[bennyboy]

Might do but no way will go back if I forget one.

 

[hammersmithlad]

I wouldn't object to it being workplace policy for anyone with a cold to wear a mask at work, seems kind of common sense now to not just deliberately infect everyone

Not sure if that would work practically in a workplace at the risk of certain colleagues then being branded as lepers & a two tier environment being created which isn't the best way for businesses to operate.

My workplace has now 'encouraged' policy for all colleagues to wear masks when in a common area such as kitchens, reception, toilets & basically everywhere apart from when you're sitting at your desk.

People who have a cold really shouldn't be in the workplace in the first place & should be encouraged to work from home if possible rather than risk spreading it in the office. This was an 'unwritten' policy pre-COVID times so as to not potentially reduce the workforce even further & really should be more of a stringent rule during a pandemic, since I think we're all now educated how transmissible respiratory diseases can be.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Not sure if that would work practically in a workplace at the risk of certain colleagues then being branded as lepers & a two tier environment being created which isn't the best way for businesses to operate.

My workplace has now 'encouraged' policy for all colleagues to wear masks when in a common area such as kitchens, reception, toilets & basically everywhere apart from when you're sitting at your desk.

People who have a cold really shouldn't be in the workplace in the first place & should be encouraged to work from home if possible rather than risk spreading it in the office. This was an 'unwritten' policy pre-COVID times so as to not potentially reduce the workforce even further & really should be more of a stringent rule during a pandemic, since I think we're all now educated how transmissible respiratory diseases can be.

Thing is with colds etc taking sick for it then you end up on sickness monitoring etc people come in because they don’t want that, however that mind set should change now if you can work from home. Of course there are always those that take the piss and I’ve no idea how you combat that with the way people cry discrimination or bullying by managers (I know that does happen btw) as their hands are tied.

 

[Scottyboi]

Will wear it until I don't legally have to.

 

[Barcon]

I'll wear one if I'm required to. If, say, my local lumber yard says you don't need to but my butcher says that you do, I will wear one in the butchers. Hopefully lifting restrictions will mean that I will be able to find n95 dust masks at the lumber yard at some point this year so that I can stop filling my lungs with sawdust, concrete dust and drywall dust.

 

[Phil1]

Must admit was nice to do about a 10k walk along the coast yesterday without having to wear one.
Was kept handy for all my, err, water stops but to walk in the open air in 30 degree heat with a full face on show felt good.

 

[kaz7]

Must admit was nice to do about a 10k walk along the coast yesterday without having to wear one.
Was kept handy for all my, err, water stops but to walk in the open air in 30 degree heat with a full face on show felt good.

it is nice to look up and get rain in your face as well, never take it for granted again

 

[Summerbuzz]

Australia have so few cases they are able to do real track and trace - some of the delta infections appear to have come from people simply walking past each other at a couple of metres distance. Masked or unmasked, I couldn't tell you.

Plenty of reason to wear them for now.