Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston, Washington: move, title, health)

[bizcuit]

Originally Posted by jbgusa

When someone wears it when walking outside alone or driving alone, it's clearly a visual signal. Even in synagogue the synagogue "president" is masked when sitting 12 feet away from the nearest person on the beema (sp) or pulpit area, then unmasks at the end of services to read the announcements of upcoming activities.

If I see someone driving with one on, I just assume that they are doing errands and it's easier to keep it on rather than pulling it off and putting it back on again at each store.

[in_newengland]

Originally Posted by bizcuit

If I see someone driving with one on, I just assume that they are doing errands and it's easier to keep it on rather than pulling it off and putting it back on again at each store.

Of course. I'm often driving around town with a mask on. Definitely not doing it to look good. I do it because it's a pain in the neck to take the mask off and on at every single stop I have to make.

[brightdoglover]

^^
Add in glasses, hearing aids and earrings and it's like getting ready for D-Day to do errands.

[simplexsimon]

Originally Posted by lrfox

3 years ago, it was seen as weird to wear a mask for non-work related day-to-day activity if you didn’t live in Asia. It certainly won’t catch on here like it has there, but I’m sure there are more people who will throw one on now.

Yes there were signs about wearing a mask when feeling ill for public health reasons in Taiwan when I visited 12 years ago. I'm glad it's becoming more popular here.

[msRB311]

I noticed a few people wearing masks on my fight including a mother and father who put a mask on a kid who looked 3 or 4. The mother was nursing a baby who was obviously not masked. They took their masks off to eat/drink. What really is the point? Not to mention that the mother was probably squiring particles of breastmilk into the air for everyone.

On a plane for 3 hours if you're going to be taking the mask on and off what really is the point? I think you have to expect that if you get on a plane you will be inhaling the germs others.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by brightdoglover

^^
Add in glasses, hearing aids and earrings and it's like getting ready for D-Day to do errands.

My father who was pretty staunchly anti-mask (constantly complained about having to wear one) during the height of COVID was in this camp (minus the earrings). He wore his alone in the car or walking outside because it was far easier than taking it on/off because of the hearing aids and the glasses (and sometimes a hat). Maybe there are some "virtue singalers" out there just putting on a show, but I'd wager most people walking outside or driving alone with a mask on are doing it because it's easier than getting it on/off repeatedly or they just aren't that bothered by it.

Originally Posted by simplexsimon

Yes there were signs about wearing a mask when feeling ill for public health reasons in Taiwan when I visited 12 years ago. I'm glad it's becoming more popular here.

Definitely. I sometimes felt like I was being rude by not wearing one on crowded train in Tokyo or Shanghai long before COVID.

[rach5]

The culling of the elderly continues. 4 deaths at one facility in huge outbreak - only 1 death prior to this.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...-nursing-home/

[ben young]

Originally Posted by rach5

The culling of the elderly continues. 4 deaths at one facility in huge outbreak - only 1 death prior to this.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...-nursing-home/

So are they to sleep with the masks on in the nursing home ? Think how foolish this has become .

[redplum33]

Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency."



"More than 1.13 million people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 over the last three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including 1,773 people in the week ending April 5."

[redplum33]

^ Will this decision affect WFH?