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I have been fully vaxxed since March. I wore my frikin mask to the store just now (Original Post) demtenjeep Jul 2021 OP
Still a fair number of masks in these parts even though the vaccination rate is high Ocelot II Jul 2021 #1
Same here. High vax rate, low cases, most people wearing masks in stores NullTuples Jul 2021 #57
There's a correlation among all those things, I'm sure: Ocelot II Jul 2021 #58
And the flip side, Faustian bargain with the Devil high case rate NullTuples Jul 2021 #61
So have I been fully vaxed, and elleng Jul 2021 #2
I stare fight back with my best "WTF you lookin' at?" Eastwood eyes. nt Atticus Jul 2021 #3
Ooh, I bet that's scary, Treefrog Jul 2021 #15
Lol mgardener Jul 2021 #52
No masks here except me at the one little grocery...I think I get the stink eye too, don't care.... wcmagumba Jul 2021 #4
Never really stopped...just isn't worth it PortTack Jul 2021 #5
I don't mind wearing a mask wryter2000 Jul 2021 #6
If anyone gives you shit, say "my doctor said I have to wear it for two weeks because I'm RockRaven Jul 2021 #7
RockRaven, you made my day with that one! Hilarious! LaMouffette Jul 2021 #19
Me too...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2021 #24
Me too...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2021 #26
LOL!! New Breed Leader Jul 2021 #23
LOL leftstreet Jul 2021 #30
In this situation, someone said she'd like to tear off the mask, cough a lot for a fierywoman Jul 2021 #55
Their logical retort would then be "you should be in quarantine" Arazi Jul 2021 #60
An even better response! Thanks, Arazi! LaMouffette Jul 2021 #88
Haha!!! Bucky Jul 2021 #86
Nearly TWO YEARS without gastroenteritis from noroviruses. roamer65 Jul 2021 #8
Ouch Spider Jerusalem Jul 2021 #12
Side effect of acid reducers. roamer65 Jul 2021 #14
When covid is finally over, I'm *still* wearing a mask every cold and flu season New Breed Leader Jul 2021 #25
+1000 roamer65 Jul 2021 #28
hand washing is probably more important for that Kali Jul 2021 #32
Agree! LeftInTX Jul 2021 #34
... roamer65 Jul 2021 #72
it can be transmitted that way in a few circumstances Kali Jul 2021 #81
Masks are more for respiratory viruses right? Calculating Jul 2021 #69
They stop you from breathing in the virus. roamer65 Jul 2021 #70
Yes, but Calculating Jul 2021 #74
... roamer65 Jul 2021 #75
Norovirus transmission is fecal-oral. You get it through contaminated food or water, Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #78
Masks stop you from directly touching your mouth and nose. roamer65 Jul 2021 #84
Thank you. Duppers Jul 2021 #83
Cough. They look away quick. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #9
Yeah. I've done that to see what happens. roamer65 Jul 2021 #10
I am always congested from allergies, although wnylib Jul 2021 #68
yes! certainot Jul 2021 #47
Mask off and cough into your arm. plimsoll Jul 2021 #56
You gotta let it bother them more than it does you. At some point, too soon, there will be ... marble falls Jul 2021 #11
I cannot even imagine noticing if anyone looks at me at the store. Treefrog Jul 2021 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #49
Me too, I totally agree Raine Jul 2021 #65
Thank you. Treefrog Jul 2021 #67
Horrid, judgemental, and in-your-business ornotna Jul 2021 #76
Same here. Blue_true Jul 2021 #73
I find it so strange that many on here are obsessed with what others think of them. Treefrog Jul 2021 #77
Agree - most people are too into themselves to care what you are wearing womanofthehills Jul 2021 #79
Me either. Treefrog Jul 2021 #80
I'm fully vaxxed, too. I never quit wearing a mask in stores, I'm still not going inside restaurants LaMouffette Jul 2021 #16
I always wear a mask in public. barbtries Jul 2021 #17
Screw 'em. StarryNite Jul 2021 #18
yeah I'm going with the CDC on this now. Voltaire2 Jul 2021 #20
I got my second shot back in March, still wearing the mask in public places. sop Jul 2021 #21
I'm masked and vaxxed. C_U_L8R Jul 2021 #22
Me too but here many people are still masked. No one minds. nolabear Jul 2021 #27
We've started masking agsin XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #29
Anybody stares I will walk up to them. davsand Jul 2021 #31
I'm seeing lots of masks in my city. MontanaMama Jul 2021 #33
I am in Canada, fully vaccinated and still wear a mask within Bev54 Jul 2021 #35
Hubby and I were fully vaxxed MOMFUDSKI Jul 2021 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2021 #37
I don't go anywhere without my mask malaise Jul 2021 #38
People LOOKED AT YOU? maxsolomon Jul 2021 #39
We are fully vaxxed and today (as always) we wore our masks into Walmart bluestarone Jul 2021 #40
Wal-mart is bad XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #41
Yes they are bluestarone Jul 2021 #43
This is why so many hospitals are near capacity now. lpbk2713 Jul 2021 #42
I'm vaccinated, too, in one of the highest % states, CT, and I still wear it everywhere except home. George II Jul 2021 #44
I got vaxxed to decrease the risk that I'd kill someone. Iggo Jul 2021 #45
I am feeling the same way! BlueJac Jul 2021 #46
Same, and I've never stopped wearing the mask relayerbob Jul 2021 #48
Saw more at the mall yesterday then last week. mgardener Jul 2021 #50
I got 2 compliments on my mask on Monday BigmanPigman Jul 2021 #51
Never stopped wearing mine DownriverDem Jul 2021 #53
I don't care but my husband does and won't wear one Tree Lady Jul 2021 #54
Outdoors, you see more unmasked faces than masked, but... BobTheSubgenius Jul 2021 #59
Sorry you're getting a bad vibe. ancianita Jul 2021 #62
I'm vaxxed. I wear a mask in stores. tavernier Jul 2021 #63
Just got back from Trader Joe's here in SoCal. I didn't count masks, I didn't notice, I didn't care-- Hekate Jul 2021 #64
Why get yourself all worked up about other people Raine Jul 2021 #66
I got vaxxed. I wear my mask when inside. Blue_true Jul 2021 #71
when i put my mask away, I want to put it away for good ecstatic Jul 2021 #82
Fuck em Bucky Jul 2021 #85
I'm still masking - never stopped though I've been vaxxed for a while. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #87
I'll fucking glare back at those assholes. I'm over them. themaguffin Jul 2021 #89

Ocelot II

(115,280 posts)
1. Still a fair number of masks in these parts even though the vaccination rate is high
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jul 2021

and the test positivity is still fairly low (about 3%, though it was below 1% a few weeks ago). I wore one grocery shopping yesterday, probably will do that indefinitely, until things actually do improve.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
57. Same here. High vax rate, low cases, most people wearing masks in stores
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:31 PM
Jul 2021

Deep blue voting area, if it's not obvious.

Ocelot II

(115,280 posts)
58. There's a correlation among all those things, I'm sure:
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:33 PM
Jul 2021

Liberal voters, mask compliance and vaccination, low case rate.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
61. And the flip side, Faustian bargain with the Devil high case rate
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:43 PM
Jul 2021

The Republican Party asked for their voters' unquestioning loyalty and in return promised their base they could be as unaccountable as Trump. Racism, sexism, ableism - you name it, they've been allowed to just let it all out and feel that power.

Except now the Devil is calling in his debts on the deal they made.

elleng

(130,153 posts)
2. So have I been fully vaxed, and
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jul 2021

noticing people returning to masks; saw them @ Starbucks today. Waiting to hear from Governor (Hogan/MD).

mgardener

(1,799 posts)
52. Lol
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:16 PM
Jul 2021

I give them my mother's look.
Frowning while looking over the top of my glasses.
Even with the mask on, the frown shines through !

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
6. I don't mind wearing a mask
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:50 PM
Jul 2021

But I was starting to think I could fly to AZ to see my brother and his wife.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
7. If anyone gives you shit, say "my doctor said I have to wear it for two weeks because I'm
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:50 PM
Jul 2021

*make air quotes and roll eyes* contagious."

fierywoman

(7,641 posts)
55. In this situation, someone said she'd like to tear off the mask, cough a lot for a
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:21 PM
Jul 2021

long time, say she was "positive" and how much she hated the fucking mask.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
60. Their logical retort would then be "you should be in quarantine"
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:38 PM
Jul 2021

If asked I respond the way I always have.

I have people I love that could die from Covid so I mask up because I love them

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
8. Nearly TWO YEARS without gastroenteritis from noroviruses.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:52 PM
Jul 2021

Every year before it, at least twice each season.

MASKS WORK.

Fuck these people, anyone that comments to me is going to get their head ripped off.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
12. Ouch
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:08 PM
Jul 2021

that sounds unpleasant. I am lucky enough to be immune to norovirus, but not having had a cold or even sniffles from anything more serious than allergies for almost a year and a half has been nice.

New Breed Leader

(614 posts)
25. When covid is finally over, I'm *still* wearing a mask every cold and flu season
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:17 PM
Jul 2021

You're right, masks work.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
81. it can be transmitted that way in a few circumstances
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:43 PM
Jul 2021

but clean hands will protect more than a mask for that particular virus.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
70. They stop you from breathing in the virus.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:32 PM
Jul 2021

Only 10-15 noroviruses can cause gastroenteritis.

Is a mask perfect? No, but it does reduce the chances of getting it.

If you breath it in, then eat or drink and take it into your stomach...blammo.

Calculating

(2,954 posts)
74. Yes, but
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:42 PM
Jul 2021

You'd only be exposed to airborne norovirus if you were around someone throwing up or something. It's not like covid where it's spread by our breath.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
78. Norovirus transmission is fecal-oral. You get it through contaminated food or water,
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:11 PM
Jul 2021

or by touching contaminated surfaces and then getting it into your mouth one way or another.

Masking won't do anything to prevent it, but it seems likely that overall greater attention to hygiene and sanitizing surfaces along with less eating out would reduce transmission.

But your mask won't protect you from it. Not that there aren't plenty of other good reasons to wear a mask.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
84. Masks stop you from directly touching your mouth and nose.
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 09:45 AM
Jul 2021

That coupled with regular hand washing is what worked for me.

Norovirus does aerosolize from vomiting and spreads.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
83. Thank you.
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 04:30 AM
Jul 2021

Got chewed up in the lounge a few weeks ago for stating that I'll continue to wear my masks post-vaccination because of many factors, mainly due to what I'd read re: variants.
I was told that I was just "virtue signaling" and that it wasn't science and that masks had become "a comfort object." I have at least 3 comorbidities, so I wasn't happy. Hope they're eating their words now.

No here.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
68. I am always congested from allergies, although
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 09:20 PM
Jul 2021

not as bad now due to masks.

So I coughed at my eye doctor's office and everyone stared, horrified. The receptionist asked, "Are you ok? Feeling sick?"

"Just allergies," I said. She relaxed.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
11. You gotta let it bother them more than it does you. At some point, too soon, there will be ...
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:54 PM
Jul 2021

... be lines clamoring for vaccine. And all will be wearing masks.

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
13. I cannot even imagine noticing if anyone looks at me at the store.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:08 PM
Jul 2021

I go in, do my shopping, often say hello to people, then leave.

I got over worrying about people “looking” at me in middle school.

That’s kind of a sad thing. Why do you look at others to see their reaction to you? Perhaps they’re wondering why you’re staring?

Response to Treefrog (Reply #13)

Raine

(30,540 posts)
65. Me too, I totally agree
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:11 PM
Jul 2021

I haven't got time to waste checking out other people in public to see if they're wearing a mask or not.

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
67. Thank you.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 09:20 PM
Jul 2021

These stories are weird.

I spend a lot of my life in a small red town. NO ONE has ever said a word to me about wearing a mask. If anyone has looked at me askance, I have to admit I wouldn’t even know it because I simply don’t pay attention to people except to say hello or smile. People always say the same back, even when I’m wearing a mask,

I do feel bad for all of you who seem to live in such horrid, judgemental, and in-your-business type places. Yikes.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
73. Same here.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:42 PM
Jul 2021

I have a reason for being in a store. I could care less about whether someone is looking at me.

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
77. I find it so strange that many on here are obsessed with what others think of them.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:10 PM
Jul 2021

Who cares?

Do people really walk into stores watching to see others’ reaction to them? Seriously?

I’m looking at my list usually, and also trying to stop my impulsive self from silly purchases. Why in the world would an grown person give one shit about what some rando in a store is thinking about them?

What a scary way to live.

womanofthehills

(8,584 posts)
79. Agree - most people are too into themselves to care what you are wearing
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:17 PM
Jul 2021

I have never waisted my time thinking what other people think of me.

LaMouffette

(2,013 posts)
16. I'm fully vaxxed, too. I never quit wearing a mask in stores, I'm still not going inside restaurants
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:10 PM
Jul 2021

I still avoid crowds like the plague (literally), and I look at all these people who are going maskless and carrying on like the pandemic is over and I just wonder, do they NOT watch the news? Delta variant ring a bell, anyone?! Covid deaths rising, hospitals filling up with people dying of Covid, did they catch that recent bit of information?!

And they look at me, too, but I just ignore them. Some day, sadly, they will wish they had worn a mask and had taken Covid seriously.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
17. I always wear a mask in public.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:11 PM
Jul 2021

So far I am not the only one. I've seen people look at me but I don't try to read their minds. I look at them as well wondering why the fuck they're so selfish and careless about public health. I wonder mostly whether they're vaccinated and whether they're shedding the delta variant as we pass each other by.

where do you live? I'm in Durham NC and definitely not the only person around who has made the decision to continue wearing a mask in public. I don't expect to stop doing so, probably until I die. Thanks to covidiots COVID's not done with us, and there's no guarantee that another bug won't be coming down the pike.

StarryNite

(9,365 posts)
18. Screw 'em.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:11 PM
Jul 2021

Yesterday at Costco I actually saw more people wearing masks than I did a couple of weeks ago. Still more unmasked though. I never stopped masking in stores.

Voltaire2

(12,626 posts)
20. yeah I'm going with the CDC on this now.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:15 PM
Jul 2021

in a store, masks on.

I am fucking pissed at the covidiots who are breeding new more infectious variants. This did not have to happen.

sop

(9,946 posts)
21. I got my second shot back in March, still wearing the mask in public places.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jul 2021

I'm used to it now. Don't think I'll stop anytime soon.

C_U_L8R

(44,895 posts)
22. I'm masked and vaxxed.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jul 2021

I mask up in inside public spaces.
Because I can still be infected and I can still spread it to others.
We've all got to do the most right thing for everyone around us.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
27. Me too but here many people are still masked. No one minds.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:18 PM
Jul 2021

We’re in crazy librulville and I have never been more glad.

davsand

(13,420 posts)
31. Anybody stares I will walk up to them.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:30 PM
Jul 2021

THEN I'll manufacture a spectacular coughing fit that can be heard from across the store. Pretty sure I can convince somebody I'm sick before they sprint away.



Laura

MontanaMama

(23,239 posts)
33. I'm seeing lots of masks in my city.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:41 PM
Jul 2021

I wear mine to do any shopping inside. I don’t wear one to the farmer’s market on Saturdays, however. I don’t think I’ve been stared at but then again screw those people if they were staring. I refuse to die from Covid.

Bev54

(9,963 posts)
35. I am in Canada, fully vaccinated and still wear a mask within
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:42 PM
Jul 2021

any stores or other public buildings. Our public transit and most businesses still require masks if you enter. I have no problem and feel much safer that way. I have never worn it outdoors, unless I am in a crowd but I have no problems to continue wearing one. I have noticed that it is about 50/50 in grocery stores but all employees still wear masks.

MOMFUDSKI

(5,206 posts)
36. Hubby and I were fully vaxxed
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:55 PM
Jul 2021

last March 15th and we never stopped wearing our masks in stores. My daughter in Florida said she started double masking last week based on the high virus numbers in all states and, especially, Florida. This will not end until the virus kills every last anti-vaxxer out there.

Response to demtenjeep (Original post)

malaise

(267,823 posts)
38. I don't go anywhere without my mask
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:12 PM
Jul 2021

i don't even see who is looking at me - i am too busy looking for folks to avoid - those without masks

bluestarone

(16,722 posts)
40. We are fully vaxxed and today (as always) we wore our masks into Walmart
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:24 PM
Jul 2021

Today was the FIRST TIME no one else was wearing a mask! Our town is very low in covid numbers, BUT we both still wear a mask if inside with numerous people! I guess it is what it is. We still choose to mask up if needed!

XanaDUer2

(10,327 posts)
41. Wal-mart is bad
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:34 PM
Jul 2021

even during off hours, the aisles are busy and cart traffic jams occur, and we're stuck near unmasked people.
Started going to a less-crowded store.

bluestarone

(16,722 posts)
43. Yes they are
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:37 PM
Jul 2021

We just pick times we feel would be LESS BUSY! We're not right all the time though. LOL.

Iggo

(47,487 posts)
45. I got vaxxed to decrease the risk that I'd kill someone.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:54 PM
Jul 2021

Not so I wouldn’t have to wear a mask.

Masks are the easiest part of this whole thing.

relayerbob

(6,509 posts)
48. Same, and I've never stopped wearing the mask
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:08 PM
Jul 2021

and pay little attention to what other people think. Don't let them bother you, who cares what they think or do?

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
51. I got 2 compliments on my mask on Monday
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:15 PM
Jul 2021

when I went to 3 stores. About half the people are masked these days. My mask has hand written TRUMP inside a red circle with a slash thought it. Since masking is basically a political statement I wear mine proudly (and I live in a blue area).

Tree Lady

(11,370 posts)
54. I don't care but my husband does and won't wear one
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:20 PM
Jul 2021

Unless at doctors. I did notice when I went shopping yesterday more are starting to wear again.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
59. Outdoors, you see more unmasked faces than masked, but...
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:35 PM
Jul 2021

...in indoor venues, you see far more masks than not.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
63. I'm vaxxed. I wear a mask in stores.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:43 PM
Jul 2021

But I really don’t think beyond that. I don’t notice ppl looking at me and I don’t look at them. I get my stuff, check out, and whip off my mask as I leave.
Is there really all this intrigue going on around me? I guess I should start paying attention.

Hekate

(90,195 posts)
64. Just got back from Trader Joe's here in SoCal. I didn't count masks, I didn't notice, I didn't care--
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:01 PM
Jul 2021
I was wearing one. By the same token, no one else paid any attention to me. Maybe I just looked busy.

We went out to a brunch buffet on Sunday with some former neighbors. It was grand to be out and about, despite the suspicion we were going to be enduring social isolation again. All the servers wore masks. None of the patrons did — after all, we were eating.

Then the next day the bad news about Delta COVID became more urgent and really sank in. This just is so far from being over.

Masks, hand sanitizer, and all that are going to be part of our lives for a long time to come, I think.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
66. Why get yourself all worked up about other people
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:17 PM
Jul 2021

and whether they're looking at you or not, you're only upsetting yourself.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
71. I got vaxxed. I wear my mask when inside.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:37 PM
Jul 2021

I really don’t give a shit about what other people think. So they mind their own business and I mind mine.

ecstatic

(32,567 posts)
82. when i put my mask away, I want to put it away for good
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 12:43 AM
Jul 2021

The first day wearing a mask back in April 2020 was very demoralizing and I was ANGRY with tfg for getting us to that point.

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
85. Fuck em
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 09:48 AM
Jul 2021

I went to a movie last night (Black Widow). It was mostly empty. I wore a mask anyway. No one else did. They need to get used to it.

Look, masks are going to need to come back. We brought this on ourselves collectively by letting the Delta variant through the fence. Time to cowboy up. No one likes wearing masks.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
87. I'm still masking - never stopped though I've been vaxxed for a while.
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 09:55 AM
Jul 2021

I never felt like we were on a trajectory to safety. Too many maskhole antivaxxers. We won't be safe until most of them are killed off.

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