Masks after COVID?

rvtr · Oct 2, 2021

After COVID is all said and done, will you still wear masks? Plenty of us have bought nice reusable masks, and I wanted to know what you'll do with them after COVID. Will you still walk around showing off your cool masks, or do you think you'll be all masked out?

I think I'll keep wearing mine. I've spent good money on masks, and I like how they look on me. (though I might look a bit weird if everyone else stops wearing masks)

Edit: Ok, COVID probably will be here forever, but I mean after COVID becomes like the flu or something

Uiaad · Oct 4, 2021

The Real Jdbye said:
I'm not wearing one now. I'm vaccinated anyway and I don't like how they make it harder to breathe or how they look so I just try to avoid crowded times of day (and avoid going out as much as possible, really)
But I don't think covid is ever going to go away fully, we're always going to have to be careful so there isn't a resurgence. I hope they keep the hand sanitizer dispensers in stores and malls, it's just a good idea in general, if you don't get sick with covid, you could get sick with something else. The store nearest me has a sink with soap so people can wash their hands after touching their old empty beer cans or whatever and some spilled on them, that also works as an alternative to hand sanitizer, but it takes longer so people are less likely to use it.

That's because they're joking/trolling. The sad thing is that if enough people joke about something eventually people start believing they're being genuine and they start gaining a following. Wouldn't surprise me if flat earth started as a joke.

I could take it as just a joke/troll right up to the point where they start burning cellular masts ( that arent actually 5g in any way shape or form), Assaulting engineers, CUTTING landlines because they are fucking idiots because they think they are somehow 5G. Not to mention these "nurses" "that know better" and instead of a covid inject countless people with saline.
These will be the same people who don't want ''the government'' "spying" on them. despite owning a driving licence, paying taxes and carrying an iPhone with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and TicTok

Minox · Oct 4, 2021

Once I don't need one I will not use one. Even now I refuse to wear one while outside and not around other people because why should I really

fst312 · Oct 4, 2021

I got used to wearing a mask, so I will most likely continue to wear one. When this whole mask thing started, I felt I should have been wearing a mask all those times I felt sick. I use to sometimes see a person wearing one of those blue masks before covid even existed. Also I noticed ever since this whole mask thing started I can’t say I ever got sick again besides the occasional allergy season, if that counts as getting sick.

weatMod · Oct 4, 2021

Spring_Spring said:
How will you know it will ever end? Of course with the end of humanity, sure, but you know, soonish

yeah it's never going to end
these criminals got away with it
they made a bioweapons and released it and forced everyone to buy their vaccines
people are not resisting the vax mandates
now the precedent is set they will keep making more strains in their labs and releasing them or come up with new pathogens to release on us
it's over

rvtr · Oct 4, 2021

weatMod said:
yeah it's never going to end
these criminals got away with it
they made a bioweapons and released it and forced everyone to buy their vaccines
people are not resisting the vax mandates
now the precedent is set they will keep making more strains in their labs and releasing them or come up with new pathogens to release on us
it's over

Please be joking.

Yokimari · Oct 4, 2021

weatMod said:
yeah it's never going to end
these criminals got away with it
they made a bioweapons and released it and forced everyone to buy their vaccines
people are not resisting the vax mandates
now the precedent is set they will keep making more strains in their labs and releasing them or come up with new pathogens to release on us
it's over

hippy dave · Oct 4, 2021

It would be cool if it became the social norm here like in Japan to wear them, at least in busy places, either all the time or at the very least if you know you're sick. My immune system is rubbish and a typical winter pre-covid would see me catching a cold/something similar about once a week. That sucks and I would love for it to be reduced.

Standard masks don't mix well with glasses. I've been using a medical visor type thing instead since I've been fully vaccinated, but it would be interesting to see if other innovations could turn up to help this issue.

FAST6191 · Oct 4, 2021

Anywhere I had to be muzzled I opted to just tie one of my scarves around my face (generally go for the middle eastern keffiyeh/shemagh), same scarves I had years before and would tie around my face when riding pushbikes or motorbikes to avoid inhaling extra protein, or when it is cold outside. As I had them/used them extensively in years prior and will continue to do so (very useful items they are) then no loss there, probably would be even better on account of the large beard and the things most people larping as builders* were using are somewhat infective under such conditions (even without people fiddling with their face because they never were instructed in/inducted into proper usage**).

*better yet often with the ones that allow you to exhale but not inhale as much dust.

**something I have actually taught, and generally find you can tell someone all you want; until they wander into work the next day feeling like a 50 a day smoker that made it to 60 because they screwed up they still screw up. By most accounts same for medics that taught new medics.

All my stockpile of masks I had before that might do something against small particles I kept for grinding operations, spray painting and woodwork that actually require something effective lest I hack up a lung. That stuff is expensive.

Deleted member 397813 · Oct 5, 2021

fuck no im keeping it on, i prefer to be ugly in peace, thank you very much

Minox · Oct 5, 2021

hippy dave said:
It would be cool if it became the social norm here like in Japan to wear them, at least in busy places, either all the time or at the very least if you know you're sick. My immune system is rubbish and a typical winter pre-covid would see me catching a cold/something similar about once a week. That sucks and I would love for it to be reduced.

If your impression is that people want to wear the mask here I believe you're mistaken. Most people used to wear it when sick out of social obligation (and also so you can work even if sick).

nemwolf · Oct 5, 2021

Yeah I'll keep on wearing my mask

Yokimari · Oct 5, 2021

I'll keep wearing it because at this point we seem stuck with COVID.

Dr_Faustus · Oct 5, 2021

I got my shot way back in March and I typically don't wear one now unless I have a reason to.

GeekyGuy · Oct 5, 2021

I only wear one when I have to, and honestly, I doubt there will be an "after Covid." Got the impression it will be much like the flu. It's with us now.

ChiefReginod · Oct 5, 2021

It's nice seeing all the different opinions here without it turning into a huge internet fight.

subcon959 · Oct 5, 2021

ChiefReginod said:
It's nice seeing all the different opinions here without it turning into a huge internet fight.

It's gotten to that point where civil discourse is surprising to see.

such · Oct 5, 2021

subcon959 said:
Hardly anyone wearing masks around here for a while now. It's mostly just the older people inside supermarkets and other shops. The best part is there's none of that shouting and shaming, people generally respecting others and doing what they think is best for themselves.

Which is odd considering that the mask isn't really for you - it's for everyone else. Not wearing one is kind of a "I'm not too bothered about your well-being, kind sir, and if I'm inconvenienced even slightly by it you can very well piss off and die for all I care" statement. Exaggerating, because it's funny this way.

But yeah, it's gotten relatively civil all of a sudden on that front, and I'm surprised there isn't a conspiracy theory about it yet. People with masks on and people with them off just sort of existing together without too many hissy fits from what I've seen. Technically, you're still supposed to wear them indoors, but no one really jumps on you if you're not. I wouldn't say that seems smart at this stage of the pandemic, but just a little bit of civil for once does feel nice.

Even in countries which are supposed to have disallowed the use of non-ffp2 masks people still use cloth masks without any bother. Though there there's very few people not using masks, so I suppose that's sort of an escalation that everyone accepts as a trade-off.

Me, I'll keep my mask on, but the comfort on those ffp2 masks needs to be improved if they want me to wear them as much as cloth masks.

CosmoCortney · Oct 5, 2021

I will when I'm sick or have a cold (cloth or ffp2). Before the Rona, I often got the flu a few days after long train rides (>1h) so I will deffo stick with using masks in public transportation (ffp2)

subcon959 · Oct 5, 2021

such said:
Which is odd considering that the mask isn't really for you - it's for everyone else. Not wearing one kind is kind of a "I'm not too bothered about your well-being, kind sir, and if I'm inconvenienced even slightly by it you can very well piss off and die for all I care" statement. Exaggerating, because it's funny this way.

I kinda enjoyed wearing masks in public, but I'm not convinced 99% of the ones sold do anything significant against spreading the virus. The key is to spend as little time as possible in public indoor areas to minimise viral load. You will be breathing a similar amount of it with or without a typical mask so get out of there as soon as you can. Social distancing is definitely more effective than masks, but again it doesn't matter if you're breathing the same air inside a small shop.

such · Oct 5, 2021

Well, that's why there's limitations on how many people you can stuff indoors. It's all a balancing act with many factors/moving parts. Technically, wearing a mask can even be harmful to you if you're being dumb about it, but the point is that many flimsy potential lines of defense is better than the alternative.

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