Poll: Do you wear a mask in stores?

[larjoranj]

Walmart, Kroger, Lowe's, Walgreens, gas market, etc.

 

[MG1968]

Yes and no. If it’s required, I wear a mask. If it’s optional or not required, I don’t.

 

[Boston Vol]

Not unless I have to.

 

[volfanjustin]

I will not

 

[ajvol01]

Only for a haircut (was required)

 

[NEO]

This mask thing is stupid.

Just got back from highlands nc on a mini vacation with my family and my best friends family.

Mandatory mask to buy ice cream in the ice cream store but not mandatory while sitting outside with 50 other people at the tables.

Mandatory mask at the shopping but not mandatory mask while sitting inside and eating.

So I am gonna catch it while my wife is buying a purse but not catch it will I am having a glass of wine and eating a steak.

The rules are all over the place and honestly not logical.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

I wear one when I’m out and about, in the car, in the house. I even tried wearing one in the shower because I heard that shampoo fumes can combine with the virus and make you more sick.

 

[McDad]

I wear one if there is a discarded one in the parking lot or in trash bin by door of store. Recycling is important.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

I wear one if there is a discarded one in the parking lot or in trash bin by door of store. Recycling is important.

I love the smell of secondhand coffee breath in the morning

 

[McDad]

I love the smell of secondhand coffee breath in the morning

The second hand menthol cig smoke trapped in the mask gives me a cooling sensation.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

The second hand menthol cig smoke trapped in the mask gives me a cooling sensation.

That’s a hard find. I’m jealous.

 

[GAVol]

Yes and no. If it’s required, I wear a mask. If it’s optional or not required, I don’t.

That’s pretty much where I am. Certain places it seems to make sense and certain places, I don’t get it.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

Got to thinking. Recycled masks are unsanitary. I ordered a mask from this place my wife likes. Thoughts?
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Could still hear wife’s nagging even with ball gag. 1/5 would not recommend.

 

[Vol Main]

Yes. Everyone should, because masks are the simplest and most effective means of preventing the virus from spreading -- and it is spreading.

 

[rjd970]

I do, almost everywhere.

 

[volfanhill]

You should wear one if the place of business is asking you to. That’s just being decent.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

I wear one if there is a discarded one in the parking lot or in trash bin by door of store. Recycling is important.

I've seen so many gloves and masks on the ground around stores. People are gross.

 

[larjoranj]

I choose to wear a mask because it seems common sense to me that they will lessen the amount of respiratory droplets that travel beyond that mask and lessen the distance they travel. If it only helps a small percentage it seems worth it to me. If it doesn't help at all then what have I lost? Wearing a mask in Kroger for 30 minutes or in Dollar General for 10 minutes is zero inconvenience for me.

 

[Electric Orange]

 

[Electric Orange]

Covid-19: Should you be jogging or running with a mask on? Find out here

In general, any cardiovascular activity increases one’s breathing which results in the person panting and then even breathing from the mouth. With the mask covering one’s mouth, the flow of air through the nose is constricted and even the breathing from the mouth is difficult, which might result in trouble for some.

Dr Ravi Shekhar Jha, senior consultant and head of the department, pulmonology, Fortis Escorts Faridabad explained how it happens. “A tight fitting mask like N95 adds inspiratory resistance which increases the work of breathing. A mask which is not valved, changes the blood gas equation, and it leads to a special phenomena called PEEP (Positive End-Expiratory Pressure). This PEEP may lead to pneumothorax (punctured lungs), especially when there is too much strain on lungs, like when we are running, or doing strenuous exercise,” he said.

 

[NashVol11]

This mask thing is stupid.

Just got back from highlands nc on a mini vacation with my family and my best friends family.

Mandatory mask to buy ice cream in the ice cream store but not mandatory while sitting outside with 50 other people at the tables.

Mandatory mask at the shopping but not mandatory mask while sitting inside and eating.

So I am gonna catch it while my wife is buying a purse but not catch it will I am having a glass of wine and eating a steak.

The rules are all over the place and honestly not logical.

Idk, man...if your complaint is that people aren't wearing masks while they're eating, that seems pretty logical to me

 

[DinkinFlicka]

If any business asks you to and you don't, you are inherently anti-capitalist.

 

[Coug]

This mask thing is stupid.

Just got back from highlands nc on a mini vacation with my family and my best friends family.

Mandatory mask to buy ice cream in the ice cream store but not mandatory while sitting outside with 50 other people at the tables.

Mandatory mask at the shopping but not mandatory mask while sitting inside and eating.

So I am gonna catch it while my wife is buying a purse but not catch it will I am having a glass of wine and eating a steak.

The rules are all over the place and honestly not logical.

It's all logical if you think about it for a minute. It spreads easily indoors so wearing a mask while you buy the ice cream indoors makes sense. When you leave you don't HAVE to sit outside at the crowded tables with 50 other people, why would you voluntarily make that decision? If 50 other people are choosing to make a poor decision why would you join them? Go around the corner, pop a squat and eat your ice cream safely.

You can absolutely catch it while sitting, drinking your wine and eating your steak inside a public restaurant, again that's a choice you're given. You can alternatively choose to eat at restaurants with only outdoor seating or take your food to go. The latter 2 choices greatly decrease your chance of catching/spreading the virus.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

The rules are all over the place and honestly not logical.

Just wait until local lawmakers get a chance to really sink their teeth into writing laws and the cops get to enforce this...

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I wear one when I’m out and about, in the car, in the house. I even tried wearing one in the shower because I heard that shampoo fumes can combine with the virus and make you more sick.

In the car??