Naaah, I'm good, no issue without a mask even when talking to customers, the only part where I flinch a bit is when someone is offering a handshake lol, thank God for hand sanitizer.
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I already miss when everyone wore masks
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I still wear it pretty regularly. If I'm talking to a worker or ordering food, I try to keep it on. Of course once my food comes that becomes very hard. I still wear it in line at the theme parks, and on the ride if it is cramped seating.
I really don't care if others do though. I think it would be courteous of them in some situations, but I don't think it's a huge deal.
I really don't care if others do though. I think it would be courteous of them in some situations, but I don't think it's a huge deal.
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I was standing in the same place for like 15 minutes so yes a few people did.
I feel this so hard!
I am only half vaccinated. I imagine it'll feel a bit better when I have had both shots.
I don't miss them they were annoying to wear as someone that wears glasses. I'm fully vaccinated and if the CDC says it's okay for me to take them off I will. No problem with other people still wearing masks if they want to.
But what's the point? If you're vaxxed you can't really get any serious effects from Covid and masks are meant to stop you from spreading it, not the other way around.
OP's profile says She/Her. This happens to women all the time lol.
It does still bug me a little, too. The other day I literally watched a coworker sneeze into his hands and proceed to not wash or use sanitizer afterward.
I'm still wearing them inside most of the time, but I've started eating in restaurants again and I don't wear one there. Doesn't seem to be much point when I'm going to take it off to eat anyway. Also don't wear them outside which is nice. Went mini golfing last week and didn't put one on despite people nearby. Feels like a relatively low risk thing fully vaccinated. Still wearing them in stores however. I could see maybe going without in a small store with only a few people in it, but I haven't really been to many such places.
Honestly OP, I have to agree with you. I get nervous seeing hordes of maskless people and honestly I feel naked without my mask. Granted, given vaccination rates in my county (around 40% iirc) I'm probably not wrong to be nervous but still, I'm fully vaccinated and should be safe.
A couple weeks after the mask mandate was lifted I was waiting for my mom to get off work so I could pick her up, I decided to walk around downtown in the mean time, stop by a couple stores as well, and I didn't put my mask on immediately at first but after a little bit it just felt wrong and I put it on and was just instantly more comfortable.
A couple weeks after the mask mandate was lifted I was waiting for my mom to get off work so I could pick her up, I decided to walk around downtown in the mean time, stop by a couple stores as well, and I didn't put my mask on immediately at first but after a little bit it just felt wrong and I put it on and was just instantly more comfortable.
Fortunately people still wear them, I assume becuse they give a shit. It's never been a requirement here (with some exceptions like trains), people wear them because it's a recommendation from healthcare officials and government.
It's crazy to me that the mask falls off the second it's not mandatory anymore.
It's crazy to me that the mask falls off the second it's not mandatory anymore.
I'm immunocompromised and live with someone who is severely immunocompromised. I've been vaxxed for 3 months, I still haven't left the house without a mask. The pandemic isn't over, the odds of a poor health outcome if I caught it are reduced because of the vaccine, but I'm not going to risk it. Especially when I live in a blood red state with a low vaccination rate that's stalled for weeks.
The no new normal types are just parroting the shit that the brain geniouses in the frothy right wing conspiracy sphere pour down their gullet. I don't think someone having a trauma response to an ongoing, very traumatic event is what's causing that. They've been saying we're histrionic about it for not wanting to die. I just think it's pretty unfair to paint OP's reaction this way.
I'll keep wearing a mask for the forseeable future. Protects me from COVID-19 and a whole slew of other nonsense in the process.
That isn't true, though. There have been users here who had friends who died and were vaccinated. It does prevent serious illness but it isn't guaranteed 100%.
And vaccinated people can still spread the virus, it is just not as contagious.
As someone that sweats mostly from their face, I'm glad they are gone. It's 91 here today and wearing a mask outside is fucking miserable. I'll still wear them if certain places require it (some coffee shops near me still do) but overall I've ditched them.
I liked not having to smile/worry about how the bottom of my face looked (my beard grows crazy fast and shaving it daily is a pain) as well as avoiding other sickness, but overall I am pretty okay with being maskless. It's taking some getting used to for sure, but navigating it with my glasses was a pain and sometimes my beard would conflict with the mask.
I still wear it in grocery stores or any other crowded indoor area that I'm in for more than a few minutes. Thankfully my city is by all accounts doing good on vaccinations.
I still wear it in grocery stores or any other crowded indoor area that I'm in for more than a few minutes. Thankfully my city is by all accounts doing good on vaccinations.
I will miss people wearing masks, helped stop the spread of colds and flu too.
She/Her.
Not one iota. I forgot how much I missed seeing peoples faces again! A random girls smile, a nicely trimmed goatee on a bro. Animated conversations. So nice to have it back
I wish to live in this wonderland where people all actually wore masks... That said, I'm not giving up my mask any time soon, and the people crying about still needing them in the scant few places that require them still (doctor's offices and such) can F that F off... Ridiculous the amount of man babies I had to listen to during my blood draw last week.
I still wear them when I go grocery shopping, not just because of COVID but because I haven't gotten sick in a long time.
My boss said I could take mine off at work if I wanted to yesterday but I move around to different locations and am around a bunch of different people that I just didn't feel comfortable doing that right now, living in my state where masks are seen as a liberal dog muzzle I will not take the word of Johnny Republican on whether or not he took his mask off because he's vaccinated or not. Masks are such a non issue for me that it's simply not worth the constant wonder of if this person I'm near is vaccinated or not.
Nah. Masks are terrible. I get grumpy the second I have to put one on for work. It's even worse in this New England heat and humidity.
Reasonable fear; being vaccinated doesn't protect you from covid. It minimizes the symptoms, hospitalization and long haul damage.
I see people walk out of stalls without washing their hands all the time. Even a public health crisis was not enough to get people to think rethink their hygienic behavior. Masks have always been a preventative measure, but they were never going to be a transformative one.
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Was about to say before you beat me to it, this is unfortunately common for women especially if they're stand out pretty, randoms strolling up for "conversation" but actually wanting to take their shot.
For a lot of women the mask mandate was actually a blessing because they got left alone. Think on that a moment.
On topic I'm vaccinated but still wear a mask for the most part and leave people alone, you never know if someone may not have been able to get their shots for medical reasons or have kids they might carry something over to unintentionally.
You're describing protection.
No medicine or vaccine in the world literally stops bacteria or viruses from entering your body.
I wore a face covering (buff doubled over usually) on super sunny days before covid for medical reasons. I was already used to it. I never wished other people had to wear them though. Still don't, but I'm definitely going to keep wearing mine to indoor places with hella people because it's just nice not getting sick.
Me too! That was only for, like, two months though. Maybe three. As someone who still had to drive to work it was so friggin' nice.
People are apparently still working from home but you wouldn't think it with the way traffic is right now. Feels like we're in full swing.
Hopefully we DON'T see a full return to normal. I don't think our infrastructure could handle it. There are too many people traveling everywhere all the time as it is!
I don't miss the politicization of masks, the protests, the mask burnings, the fights and even shooting deaths over masks. In some ways it's a relief that we're sort of past that. But with our luck mask requirements may be back again by fall/winter.
edit: speak of the devil, L.A. has reinstated masks.
edit: speak of the devil, L.A. has reinstated masks.
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Someone at the barbershop today no mask coughing up a fucking storm. Everyone else has a mask on but this one asshole. Kids on the train yesterday just coughing all over and their mother not giving a fuck and laughing about it. NYC is pretty good with masks but it's just these inconsiderate people who annoy tf out of me. I don't care about outdoors, but in the places where it's required, i.e. the train, just wear your fucking mask it ain't that hard.
so my point stands. The poster I was quoting said he was scared when someone at the grocery store sneezed near them and wondered if they had covid…even though poster is double vaxxed. And I said "it's a reasonable fear" as you can still get it even vaxxed.
I don't get what we're arguing about.