Masks

weldoninhio wrote: »

No mask for me. Doubt i'll need it, but a colleague has said they'll do me a letter stating that I cannot wear a mask as I find restricts my breathing and causes panic attacks.

Does that mean you work in a medical setting? Because that is concerning.

weldoninhio wrote: »

I don't actually get panic attacks brainiac. :rolleyes:

But it'll work.

Who exactly from work is going to give you an exemption from wearing a mask outside work?

Unless of course you are a bus driver, are you?

weldoninhio wrote: »

I don't actually get panic attacks brainiac. :rolleyes:

But it'll work.

Ah so you are just a liar. You must be very proud of yourself.

everlast75 wrote: »

What exactly is the reason *not* to wear one?

Is it based on perceived facts?

Is it based on people not liking what they are being asked to do/anti-establishment?

Is it recklessness?

I don't get it. None of the above are reasons not to wear one!?

polesheep wrote: »

Here's my reason: I don't want to wear one. For months now I have endured severe restrictions on my lifestyle for the sake of those who were considered vulnerable to the virus. I consider that I have done my bit. If people from the vulnerable cohort still feel at risk then they will have to cocoon. I am not prepared to live my life based on the level of risk to certain others indefinitely. And that includes wearing a mask.

Ah - I see. I missed one reason.

Selfishness.

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep, it's not like diabetes is a headache. You don't wake up one morning and think Jaysus I think my blood sugar is a bit high. It often takes years for it to be discovered.
And Ireland in my experience has fairly low levels of medical checkups amongst young people. I'm forced to do one every two years for my work permit where I live.

Similarly there could be lots of people with undiagnosed high blood pressure.

I think many on here are over stating the effectiveness of masks

Id be all for wearing Masks on Public Transport or in a hospital waiting room ect but I think many are getting carried away on the effectiveness in supermarkets and the likes.

Guidance is not to be within 2 meters for more than 15 mins. Its safe to say I've never been within 2 meters of anyone in a shop for more than 15 mins, ever. In fact i see more people in mask adjusting them/playing with while touching their faces, to me that seems like more of a risk.

Better hand hygine and distancing are way more effective than masks. I've seen very few (if any) staff in supermarkets wearing masks yet there have been no outbreaks that i know of, and staff would be working for hours at a time.

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Do you say the same about condoms?

That's only a consideration if you are sexually active

polesheep wrote: »

Yes, everyone who isn't prepared to live the life of a vulnerable person is selfish.:rolleyes:

The other day, I hugged my mother for the first time since the beginning of March. That's the first physical contact she's had with a single soul. She cried. I cried. She's cocooned and given up her fairly active retirement to stay safe as she is vulnerable. Covid will surely kill her if she gets it.

Now she's finally allowed out. She can pick the brand of bread or beans she prefers rather than me guessing and getting her the ones she dislikes. She can do her own errands in short safe bursts but she's still very cautious. And she's scared. She's not bothered about dying, but she is scared of being stuck, alone in a hospital with none of her family there at the end.

Even in lockdown you had more freedom than she did. Nobody is asking you to live like she did for the last 5 months. They are just asking that when you are near other people in a closed environment, you wear something to cover your nose and mouth like the rest of us so that we can keep the rates of infections low enough for us ALL to go about our business the way we used to.

You have the right to insist that wearing something over your nose and mouth for a short amount of time somehow enslaves you. I have the right to decide you are a selfish, self centred person for not wearing a mask, and judge you accordingly.

brick tamland wrote: »

Better hand hygine and distancing are way more effective than masks.

Why does it have to be an either or situation?

brick tamland wrote: »

I've seen very few (if any) staff in supermarkets wearing masks yet there have been no outbreaks that i know of, and staff would be working for hours at a time.

Personally, I have never known anyone who has been to the moon. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just because you haven't heard of an outbreak (not that it needs to be one for someone to have caught it), doesn't mean someone wasn't infected.

Again - there is no reason given in your answer as to why you should not or do not wear a mask?

polesheep wrote: »

No, I feel I've had enough.

Vulnerable people will have to take their own precautions.

I never feel self-conscious and haven't conformed to pressure since I was a teenager many years ago.

Ach, I see you are stuck in a rebellious teenage times...