Not even nurses I know wear masks outside of work here.
Yes, I still subscribe to the idea that you need 2 of these three: physical distancing, outdoors (or extremely good HVAC), and masking. Concert outdoors? Mask. Grocery store? Distance and mask. Indoor concert? No way to get 2 of three - don’t go.
Nice summary. That’s how I’ve been doing it, but without realising it quite so succinctly
I do in shopping malls and other crowded locations air conditioning. If I’m outdoors, I don’t
Even if everybody says, that the pandemic is “over”, I’ll wear my mask on trains, bus, while shopping, and so on. Because I don’t think, that the pandemic is over and ppl just making it worse when they stop wearing masks.
Sometimes, when I’m with many people, especially when I don’t know them. For example in public transit and at large events. Unless I’m there to party. Also sometimes when I don’t feel 100% well and come in contact with old, weak or sick people.
On trains on buses of course, and then whenever I need to be near older people.
I have been getting maybe a bit lax with masking, but I still mask in high risk areas. I am currently in an airport with an n95 mask on, but during the trip I was on I frequently had it off when I felt more secure.
yes n95
I’m usually the only one of one of a very few
even the pharmacists at cvs don’t wear masks anymore
everyone has completely given up since the gubmint says the pandemic is business as usual
Public transit, large events and shops that aren’t completely empty. They’re still mandatory in all medical facilities here (France) including pharmacies, so there’s that too.
Nope never, i had cov 3x as far as i know, twice i had bad flu symptoms for a week then business a susual. Not worth the trouble as long as its not a real deadly sickness like Ebola if you ask me.
not deadly for you, just deadly for others. Masks aren’t to protect yourself, they’re to protect other people. Something that seems to be extremely difficult to grasp for Americans that have had decades of being told that they’re the center of the universe
Ok ill play. Im not from murica. I don’t see myself as the center of reality. Here all people that ar frail/old put on masks so that we don’t have to! Its just a different approach. (we can’t be sure what info is correct conserning deadliness so let’s not lose ower breath talking about it). Kind regards
Actually, recent Cochrane study regarding masks says differently. Explained: https://youtu.be/S3vY2LyQn1A Full paper: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full
(wait… someone downvoted on a recent scientific publication? please explain)
His opening is that it “turns out… these masks are completely useless”. That’s absolutely not what the meta analysis said. This article by The Economist gives a breakdown.
Let’s start with one of the people from Cochrane itself:
“The number of deaths would have been much higher” without “mask mandates [and] social distancing”, Michael Brown, a member of Cochrane’s editorial board, said later. “I’m very confident of that statement.”
The big problem about Cochrane’s approach is that they only consider randomized control trials. That’s fine for something like a drug where only the person taking it is affected. But masking is a public health intervention done on a population level. If masked people are just sent out to live their lives, they are in danger from unmasked people around them.
The best study came from Bangladesh. Some villages were provided masks, instructions, and incentives for wearing them. Others weren’t. At the end, they did antibody tests. Antibody levels and symptom reports were 10% lower in villages without masks. This was despite a less than perfect track record on compliance.
Thanks for the info.
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Thanks for asking this. I was reflecting recently that Ive started feeling feeling self conscious masking. I still mask when shopping and traveling, but also I go to restaurants a fair bit and see friends, and don’t mask for those things.
I still wear a mask when I’m indoors.
Not often. After my 5th jab, and after catching covid once . . . rather gave it up. Today the only time I wear one is during check-in on a flight (security, boarding, etc). Otherwise . . .no.
I still wear masks, when i have to go out and met people i dont know.
I got covid the last week. For the first time. Still positive, but almost all symptoms are gone. I think i got it at a funeral i was… There were a lot of people who hugged each other. Pretty sure i got it there.
My Mum (which has a transplanted lung) also got covid - the first time. She had to go to the hospital, but had mild symptoms. She was there for just 5 days and got 4 transfusions. She tested negative since yesterday.
3 years without is a good stat i think. Masks work. And thanks the vaccines i got mild symptoms. Fever, Cough, Headache. Nothing more.
No, never ever.
