More masks seen

It was in the news recently the main hospital in small city I just moved out of is requiring everybody who goes onto the property to wear masks.

In my current location, I've only seen one person wearing one. I've wondered if people here are all fully vaccinated or simply don't care.. but a neighbor said one tenant lost her husband to covid...
 
I've never stopped wearing a mask in public. But for the first 2 years I would still go to some group events, dinners, etc.

Then, around March 2022, people I actually knew started getting Covid. That put the scare in me. No more dinners, etc.

In recent months, there have been reports and concerns about other viruses as well. I think that's why some people have started wearing masks again.
 

One of my gfriends has a cousin that works in ER at one of our local hospitals. She is telling her to still wear her mask because Covid is still really prevalent in our community.
 
In Canada masks are again being required in all medical facilities, as well as in close contact work places. Child cases of flu and lung infections are on the rise, as is usual in the winter with pediatric ICU units filled to capacity. Elderly persons are being urged to get the latest Covid injection at no cost. My Wife and I just did that, plus we also got our annual flu shot. JimB.
 
NorthernLight said:
I've never stopped wearing a mask in public. But for the first 2 years I would still go to some group events, dinners, etc.

Then, around March 2022, people I actually knew started getting Covid. That put the scare in me. No more dinners, etc.

In recent months, there have been reports and concerns about other viruses as well. I think that's why some people have started wearing masks again.
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It better put the "scare" in you. Because of a politicized media, we no longer have the truth. We have to judge on our own. It simple as heck, the elderly are the ones with the weakest immune systems, which means, whatever is true or not, we are the most likely to be killed by this Covid stuff.
 
I never wear a mask unless I go to see a medical profession person and there I am forced to put one on. I have my 2 original shots, my 2 boosters and I will get my 3rd booster in the new year. I am not scared and will not wear one when they put me in my coffin. I am a very strong believer in preventive health. So far; so good!
 
jimintoronto said:
In Canada masks are again being required in all medical facilities, as well as in close contact work places. Child cases of flu and lung infections are on the rise, as is usual in the winter with pediatric ICU units filled to capacity. Elderly persons are being urged to get the latest Covid injection at no cost. My Wife and I just did that, plus we also got our annual flu shot. JimB.
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My doctor has always required the masks. I wear my mask if there are too many people around. I have had all my shots plus the flu shot. I did get covid in July this year and surely don't want it again. As one poster said there was many children getting the respiratory illness and hospitals (including emergency) are overflowing with cases.
 
Back to wearing a mask every establishment I enter. Last summer found me wearing the mask less frequently thinking the Covid thread was subsiding.

Now thinking again and safe siding it by mask wearing again. I'm vaxed and boosted. Sharon, my companion, is not. She is more susceptible than me to infection. Feel it is in both of our best interests for me to return to active masking.
 
Packerjohn said:
I never wear a mask unless I go to see a medical profession person and there I am forced to put one on. I have my 2 original shots, my 2 boosters and I will get my 3rd booster in the new year. I am not scared and will not wear one when they put me in my coffin. I am a very strong believer in preventive health. So far; so good!
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We've both had 3 shots...finito. We've both likely had Covid, (although Madame was diagnosed with it and mine said Flu, we both had the same symptoms)...no biggee......nothing, nowhere near like having Sepsis which I almost died from in 2019...now that was scary stuff.
 
Yes, had an appointment at K-P..(listed as Mid-Atlantic region).the other week..mask required!
 
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masks optional in Paris but mètros and busses very crowded and dangerous.

Use KN-25 medical grade masks in any public transport, trains, or crowded areas, ques, etc.

Jon
 
Tish said:
We have another wave over here.
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And it isn't even Winter.

Covid is making its way through Hubby's nursing home and the staff are wearing full PPE when they enter the rooms of the infected (and isolated) residents.

It's very hard on the isolated residents and also on the carers because of the increased workload.

So far Hubby is free of Covid and I can visit him. We are both fully vaccinated and twice boosted but we both caught Covid when he was in hospital last August. He was very sick but I wasn't. Just before catching Covid he had been infected in the ED (he had broken his wrist in a fall) with a very nasty bacteriological infection that nearly killed him. Covid on top of that was quite serious.

Do I wear a mask and practise safe Covid protocols? You betcha I do.
When I had a family get together on Jan 26 where 19 people came to our house, including Hubby, everyone had to have a negative RAT that morning. A couple of people who were invited did not come - one tested positive for Covid and the other is a young woman who is immunocompromised.

Wearing a mask in public isn't a statement. It is just one thing that we can do to help limit transmission of the virus. So is hand hygiene and social distancing. We do it for ourselves but more importantly, for other people, including our own loved ones.
 
hospitals are not as clean as you may believe. they do try but when the virus become airborne it is difficult
to make any space free from infection. I caught influenza type A while in the ED.
 
I too have noticed more mask wearing in our area. I know the flu is up, in fact I had it! Also, further talk about Covid is going around, but no facts on that. I think some folks are just in fear and prefer to wear masks. Some people are bashful in nature and the wearing of masks suits them and it is acceptable now, so why not? Many are poorly informed or even have no clue about viruses, bacteria, and mask wearing...the are just medically ignorant, so they too wear masks. etc, etc. People who traveled to Europe or China or Japan prior to the pandemic, knows that wearing of masks was fairly common anyway. The US population is just catching up with the rest of the world, not that it really does any good. Viruses like Covid, Colds and Flu are so small viruses that they blow right through a mask...washing hands and face is a much better option...
 
Kaila said:
Are you better?
@Jackie23 ?
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Yes, I'm much better, @Kaila, thank you for asking...I should have added that I tested negative for COVID
Warrigal said:
Wearing a mask in public isn't a statement. It is just one thing that we can do to help limit transmission of the virus. So is hand hygiene and social distancing. We do it for ourselves but more importantly, for other people, including our own loved ones.
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Totally agree, Warri
 

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