In your area, how many people still wear masks in stores and other indoor group environments?

[mvd]

I’d say it is a little less than 50%. Not too bad a showing considering. I am in west-central Montgomery County, PA.

[rampartc]

1. here in orleans parish we still wear masks

except the tourists, of course. in the suburban parishes it is rare to see a mask except the employees.

[Abnredleg]

2. Very Few in Greensboro, NC

[Jersey Devil]

6. Same here in Goldsboro NC

Other than store employees, masks as few are far between

[GoCubsGo]

3. Thirty percent, at most.

Even lower in places like home improvement stores and gyms. I'm in SC. We have a 37% vaccination rate. I'm still double-masking. Was contemplating going back to Zumba class on Fridays, since the instructor said there are only 7 or 8 in the class, but all this discussion about the Delta variant has changed my mind.

[luvs2sing]

4. Fewer every time I'm out.

On my weekly grocery run in Columbus, I think a little less then half of customers were masked and only one or two employees. It has been slowly getting more maskless. I’m still masking.

[mvd]

20. Me too!

The Delta variant has me concerned even if vaccinated. I wear a mask in every store.

[Lovie777]

5. About 85% here South Bay California . . .

County of Los Angeles.

I believe major parts of California are . . . .

[Vinca]

7. It's about half and half and the vaccination rate in my area is in the 80% range.

I'm very grateful to live in an area where there are sane people who believe in science (a corner of New England where VT/NH/MA meet).

[Freddie]

8. Howdy neighbor! Upper Bucks here

50% or less. I still wear mine to the grocery store and Walmart. My church just went to an “honor system” (don’t have to mask if vaccinated), and I’m happy to see children still masked. ELCA church so we’re basically all rational thinkers.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Until a couple of weeks ago, here in New York masks were required to enter any business

Grocery, pharmacy, gas station, convenience store, bank or auto dealership. But now the signs have changed to say that those who are vaccinated are welcome without masks and I see very few masks, more employees than patrons. And I wonder how many are really vaccinated since my county is currently only at 62% and there were 5 new cases reported this week, one of them is critical. So I'm not ready to give up my mask yet, despite being vaccinated since March.

[marble falls]

10. The HEB that had a strong 95% plus wewaring masks is down to about 10 - 15%. We're still ...

... masking, even for drive thrus and there are some places still requiring masks.

[tavernier]

11. 90% here in Keys.

People seem a little confused in restaurants. Some wear them coming in and going out, others don’t because the moment they sit they can remove to eat. But most do in grocery and other stores.

[marie999]

12. I live in Maysville NC where all most everyone still wears a mask.

Down the road a piece in Jacksonville, no more than 40% still wear a mask.

[unc70]

34. Surprised about Maysville still masking

I grew up a few miles away on the Onslow side of the river. Not surprised by Jacksonville. The vaccination rate is very low there, too.

[2naSalit]

13. Hardly any...

Which is scary. I still wear mine most of the time but I have been forgetting to bring one sometimes. I live in a heavily traveled tourist pass through and I'm worried about the new variants and all those people coming from everywhere as well as the insurrectionists who never wore a mask in the first place.

[NoMoreRepugs]

14. Was in Costco Wednesday, Jacksonville Fl, Costco

customers trend older - no more than 20% of customers masked. Some really old geezers among them. Found out this week my a/c guy and palm trimming guy in there 50’s both dead from Covid and my lawn guy, same age group in the hospital on a ventilator. All strong trumpers.

[lagomorph777]

23. Thanks for the encouraging words about your Trumper acquaintences.

Looks like this thing will thin the ranks of the idiots.

[SoCalDavidS]

30. I Would Not Support Anyone I Know Is A Trumper

There are other a/c, palm trimming and lawn guys you could hire. Just my opinion, but if I knew they had these views, I wouldn't give them a dime willingly.

[tinrobot]

15. Definitely a majority here in Los Angeles

It's almost as if nothing has changed.

[Tracer]

16. It depends on the establishment.

Some stores require masks. Some "suggest" wearing masks. Some don't require masks if you are fully vaccinated.

People generally follow the store's guidelines. Others wear masks all the time anyway.

MA has 70% vaccinated and is trying to convince the last holdouts.

[padfun]

17. In Sacramento, CA about 90-95%

It's hardly changed. But there is some news about the Delta variant being here and we don't know enough about it.

[NurseJackie]

18. Over 80% here in Maryland (just outside of DC metro area).

I was surprised. I thought I'd be the only one (or one of just a few) who continued to wear masks in stores.

[lamp_shade]

19. At least 90% here just south of Tampa.

Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Publix, Aldi, UPS Store, Walgreen's (all places I frequent). Home Depot not so much.... maybe 50%. Anyway, I live in an area where the majority of folks are Senior Citizens.

[lagomorph777]

21. 80-90% in Northern VA

[MissMillie]

22. I've only been out in public once since mask mandate was dropped

and that was to a restaurant. People don't typically wear a mask when they're eating.

[Tarc]

24. Maybe 15-20%, northern New England area

[Dial H For Hero]

25. Perhaps 1 in 4 at the grocery store yesterday in Lakewood, CO.

I still carry a mask in the glove compartment, but I don't wear it unless a store requests that I do so.

[Politicub]

26. About 90 percent in the grocery store. Thirty percent-ish at Home Depot.

It depends on the type of customer.

I live in an urban area, so people have been pretty great with masking. Otoh, my folks live in a rural area, and the vast majority of people everywhere do not mask, both pre- and post-vaccine availability.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

27. About 5% in Campbell county TN...

Eastern TN.

I suspect it will bump back up some when the Delta variant lockdowns start.

[northoftheborder]

28. Central Texas: HEB maybe 5% in masks, Home Depot -less; other public outdoor areas almost none.

Apple store still has armed guard requiring masks of anyone over two at entrance.

Our county, 40% vaccinated.

I still am not shopping in most stores without masking myself.

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Went to physical therapy yesterday, masks required.

We can now go inside veterinary clinic but masks are required. I live in Northern California.

[Progressive dog]

31. Almost everyone still wears maksi in stores.

The stores in NY can still require masks and most still do.

[DFW]

32. The vast majority. My "area" consists of 5 countries.

Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland, all of which I have been to in the last week.
Very few people go into stores or restaurants without masks. I flew down to Zürich yesterday, and while
people all had their masks on in the airports and the plane, the absurdity of some safety measures became
abundantly clear. We were asked to maintain one and a half meters distance from others in the gate area
while waiting to board. Then they packed us into a completely full plane like sardines.

[Ligyron]

33. Maybe 70% in West Palm Beach.

I’m thinking you can tell Progressives from GrOPers pretty easy this way.

[Brother Buzz]

35. 99% in my Podunk Sacramento Valley town

All the retail stores still have the mask signage up. Curiously, my library doesn't require them, yet most everyone continues to wear them.

[mvd]

36. I'm surprised it is not higher where I am

The people here were in almost perfect compliance when masks were required. But I guess the county’s high vaccination rate could explain it.

[Brother Buzz]

40. I credit the senior church attending Mexican women in town

Early on, when we had that partial reopening, the Catholic church reopened with a flourish, and the Catholic priest immediately came down with Covid, and was hospitalized. The senior women in town put down the word, and mask compliance shot up, and until the women stop wearing masks, everyone wears a mask.

The bar scene is another matter, and I'm not plugged into it, but when this "Delta virus" reaches town, you can bet the farm it will trace back to it, "Ground Zero, Baby!".

[Lemon Lyman]

37. Sigh

Eastern Iowa here.

Dubuque, IA (mostly visit here - 80% of our outings)
Davenport, IA/Quad Cities (visit sometimes here - 15% of our outings)
Iowa City, IA (rarely visit here)
Madison, WI (very rarely visit here)

It's over. Very few people are wearing masks. The economy looks like it's booming b/c stores (and parking lots and gas stations and...) are busy as hell. But almost nobody is wearing masks anymore. Just within the last week:

-Target in Dubuque, IA (almost nobody wearing masks -- a few older women were)
-Supercuts in Dubuque, IA (nobody wearing masks, including staff)
-Sam's Club in Davenport, IA (almost nobody wearing masks)
-Target in Davenport, IA (almost nobody wearing masks)
-Orthopedic Specialists in Davenport, IA (ortho clinic) (only nurses and dr's wearing masks...no patients wearing them...no receptionists wearing them...saw one patient with a mask in his shirt pocket, have no idea why he wasn't wearing it.

It's just as I suspected. When the CDC and stores switched to the "only wear masks if unvaccinated honor system" it was met (even here on DU) with excitement. Many were saying the day after or the week after it went into affect that most people they saw were still wearing them. I was like, "Give it a month or whatever, nobody will be wearing them." One of the few times I was right about something. At least in this part of the country.

[Lemon Lyman]

38. Also

I just know there going to be confrontations, fights, shootings in months to come. A**hole people who are bothered by mask wearers are going to get even more emboldened than they are now b/c they have the numbers. I'm nervously awaiting my first confrontation. I'm a big guy (tall, heavy). I look like an out of shape offensive lineman. Won't matter. I guarantee jerkoffs are going to get in my face about it.

Thankfully I do most of my shopping via store pickup (brought to the car) and drive through food. I hate fighting with people, esp over stupid stuff.

[wiggs]

39. OC/CA: almost none outdoors (quick 180 from couple of weeks ago), still 50% ish in markets but

going down quickly.

Predict that mask wearing will come back voluntarily once Delta variant numbers shoot up within next few weeks. I will be more careful soon since numbers lag by at least a couple of weeks. Delta spreads with fleeting contact, even outdoors...mostly among unvaccinated but there are more than a few reports of significant breakthroughs among the vaccinated. Too soon to know about Delta short/long term effects on vaccinated elderly or vaccinated with underlying conditions...

mRNA vaccines are amazing and miraculous...but not perfect for everyone and so much is still unknown.