Mask or no mask when restrictions are lifted? Poll added

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

It looks certain that most legal restrictions will be lifted on the 19th. There may be some advisories but the strategy as being briefed by the government is that any precautions will be a matter of personal choice.

That fits with my view as I'm in the 'we have to live with Covid' camp and it is up to you how you want to do so.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Might be a better rush than helium canisters!

Might be a cleaner environment too, the littering cunts!

 

[kaz7]

Taking to Twitter, Prof Reicher ( sage)said: "It is frightening to have a 'Health' Secretary who still thinks Covid is flu, who is unconcerned at levels of infection, who doesn't realise that those who do best for health also do best for the economy, who wants to ditch all protections while only half of us are vaccinated.

"Above all, it is frightening to have a 'Health' Secretary who wants to make all protections a matter of personal choice when the key message of the pandemic is "this isn't an 'I' thing, it's a 'we' thing. Your behaviour affects my health. Get your head around the 'we' concept

"Which why we accept that I shouldn't have the choice to act in ways that remove your choice, that I can't drive as fast as I like in town and why -as the BMA (British Medical Association) council chairman puts it: "It makes no sense to remove restrictions in their entirety in just over two weeks' time"."

Professor Robert West, of University College London's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, meanwhile called the removal of Covid curbs in two weeks' time "bonkers

 

[metalblue]

So now mask laws will be lifted I imagine all the anti-mask brigade will now wear one saying “ain’t no one gonna tell me what I can and can’t do”.

Was down near London at the weekend at a sporting event and the number of people wearing masks was probably around 5%, it was an eye opener. Even in the hotel/club place we stayed at it was about the same uptake, they televised the England game and had an outdoor party on, must have been 100 people or so there - I only spotted 2 people wearing masks.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Having complied with all restrictions from the start my masks will be put away on the 19th and hopefully they won't need to be brought out of storage.

 

[kaz7]

Too much in one go , i will go out less and wait and see what happens

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Having complied with all restrictions from the start my masks will be put away on the 19th and hopefully they won't need to be brought out of storage.

I'd wager you and everyone else will have them all back on by mid October.

 

[BobKowalski]

I’ll stick to wearing a mask for the time being. See how it pans out.

 

[pirate]

I will still be wearing a mask in an enclosed public space for the forseeable future

As Tolmies Hairdo says we might all be back in masks come october (hope not though as it will mean we are in the middle of another wave)

 

[lancs blue]

I'll probably continue to wear them on public transport and in crowded shops but not outdoors.