re: As of today, how many of you are wearing masks vs. Not?

have not, will not

I do. The store employees where I shop have stuck to their jobs and have had to wear masks to do so. I feel it's only fair that I do the same when I'm in their store. They don't know who might be infected and they are probably way more at risk from shoppers than shoppers are from them. I know a mask isn't 100% effective in stopping an infected person from infecting someone else or vice versa. But it's not zero either. Where the effectiveness really drops off is when only one or the other (the infected or the non-infected) is not using a mask.

Also, it doesn't really bother me to wear a mask. I worked in a petrochemical facility and was often required to wear respiratory protection for one reason or another. It was a requirement of the job, not an option. It often felt extremely unnecessary. But it was a good paying job and there was no way I was going to let my family down just because I felt it was an encroachment on my personal freedoms. That's asinine and immature.

This is a temporary inconvenience that was recommended, or in some places required, to protect yourself and others from infection. Seems reasonable to me. It's going to suck if all of this time we've been quarantined is wasted because some Covid Cathy gets it rolling again, and we have to do this all over.

Have not. Will not.

If i actually had to wear a mask outside in public for my own health, then i wouldn't go outside in public.

Not

I have not ever worn any PPE in public. Won't start now.

Haven't worn a mask yet, and won't unless it's required to enter a store I want to shop at. Although I'm more than likely just going to avoid any store that is mandating masks. Their right to do so, and my right to not shop there.

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They don't get it and probably never will.

They're selfish and ignorant.

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Agree. I'm also betting a lot of these guys that claim they never wear PPE and never will, are the same guys I see wearing motorcycle helmets, leathers, hard hats, safety glasses, sun screen, neck gaiters, leather gloves, and so forth. They're too dumb to realize that's all PPE. This stance on wearing a mask has become a "Baw" thing.

I stood in line waiting to get at a grocery store yesterday. Everyone (about 5 or six people) had on masks, except for one guy. He was dressed like a "baw", walked like a "baw", and he wasn't going to put on a mask because that's his "baw" right! When he got to the front of the line to get a cart, the 18 year old girl that was wiping down the cart handles looked at him and asked, "You don't have a mask?" He looked around and all of us were looking at him, but none of us were his baw bretheren. He reaches in his pocket and drags out a neck gaiter and slipped it on. It was absolutely pathetic. Shamed by an 18 year old girl but probably brags online about being an alpha!

I wear one from 6 AM to 7 AM on Tuesdays when elderly folks shop at the store