DC Indoor Mask Mandate - End Date?

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't be so anti-mask policy in DC if it were actually a policy that was driven by public health interests and not politics. The requirement that kids be masked OUTSIDE at DCPS schools is not being done to protect the students. And its also not being done to stem transmission in the city. City leaders have enough data to know that the virus is not being spread between unmasked kids on playground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be so anti-mask policy in DC if it were actually a policy that was driven by public health interests and not politics. The requirement that kids be masked OUTSIDE at DCPS schools is not being done to protect the students. And its also not being done to stem transmission in the city. City leaders have enough data to know that the virus is not being spread between unmasked kids on playground.

And this is why you can't cover your snout in a grocery store for 20 minutes at a time so people who spend their lives trying to beat the odds against their chronic health problems can shop without having to worry about where you've been?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be so anti-mask policy in DC if it were actually a policy that was driven by public health interests and not politics. The requirement that kids be masked OUTSIDE at DCPS schools is not being done to protect the students. And its also not being done to stem transmission in the city. City leaders have enough data to know that the virus is not being spread between unmasked kids on playground.

And this is why you can't cover your snout in a grocery store for 20 minutes at a time so people who spend their lives trying to beat the odds against their chronic health problems can shop without having to worry about where you've been?

Not the only reason, but one of them!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be so anti-mask policy in DC if it were actually a policy that was driven by public health interests and not politics. The requirement that kids be masked OUTSIDE at DCPS schools is not being done to protect the students. And its also not being done to stem transmission in the city. City leaders have enough data to know that the virus is not being spread between unmasked kids on playground.

And this is why you can't cover your snout in a grocery store for 20 minutes at a time so people who spend their lives trying to beat the odds against their chronic health problems can shop without having to worry about where you've been?

Not the only reason, but one of them!

I support the indoor mask mandate, but I do agree with this. It’s pretty obvious the mask mandates are just political theatre at this point. I can sit at a crowded bar without a mask on for two hours, but my kid can’t have a maskless recess outdoors? If the policies made sense, more people would support them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be so anti-mask policy in DC if it were actually a policy that was driven by public health interests and not politics. The requirement that kids be masked OUTSIDE at DCPS schools is not being done to protect the students. And its also not being done to stem transmission in the city. City leaders have enough data to know that the virus is not being spread between unmasked kids on playground.

And this is why you can't cover your snout in a grocery store for 20 minutes at a time so people who spend their lives trying to beat the odds against their chronic health problems can shop without having to worry about where you've been?

Not the only reason, but one of them!

I support the indoor mask mandate, but I do agree with this. It’s pretty obvious the mask mandates are just political theatre at this point. I can sit at a crowded bar without a mask on for two hours, but my kid can’t have a maskless recess outdoors? If the policies made sense, more people would support them.

Yep. Once Bowser went without a mask and then used eating as an excuse I ditched mine whenever I could or wear it below my chin and dare anyone to say something. If I can sit in a bar and eat just fine, then a quick dip into giant is fine too.

[Anonymous]

Well my office has said they won't bring people back to the office if they have to wear masks inside their own offices. So if Bowser wants people back at work downtown she should think hard about this.

[Anonymous]

We don't have to wear masks inside private offices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it a mask "mandate" if it's barely enforced, especially when it comes to indoor dining and drinking? It's more like a mask "suggestion."

Seriously. It’s farce. I was at a packed dc restaurant Friday meeting a friend in town for a conference. It was 2019-land except the poor staff. Why bother? If you aren’t going to shutter or restrict capacity at restaurants this is all silly and by the way I think they should just lift the mandate and all the pretending. People want to move on. Let them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't have to wear masks inside private offices.

We don’t wear masks at work unless you’re in “common areas”, which is pretty stupid, I’m not getting covid in the bathroom. DC’s mask mandate is a grocery store and service worker mandate. But even then, I was out to dinner last night and the staff weren’t even pretending anymore, which I support. If you’re unvaccinated and eating indoors at restaurants, I don’t care what happens to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it a mask "mandate" if it's barely enforced, especially when it comes to indoor dining and drinking? It's more like a mask "suggestion."

Seriously. It’s farce. I was at a packed dc restaurant Friday meeting a friend in town for a conference. It was 2019-land except the poor staff. Why bother? If you aren’t going to shutter or restrict capacity at restaurants this is all silly and by the way I think they should just lift the mandate and all the pretending. People want to move on. Let them.

I love the restaurants and bars that now require a vaccination cards. Feel safe not wearing a mask and also keeps out unwanted types.

[Anonymous]

What you're missing here is the element of choice. You, as a healthy person who has never had to worry about beating the odds to stay alive, can choose to engage in relatively risky behavior like going to an indoor restaurant. Lots of us who have ample experience with poor health and the limits it imposes on our behavior can easily choose to avoid that particular risk. So far so good.

But we may work in the same office, though, and I can't afford to share the risks you so freely engage in. I also can't afford to quit the job. It may be ypothetically possible for me to avoid grocery stores, but that imposes a greater burden on the medically vulnerable than your just wearingn a mask when you're not out carousing like someone without a care in the world.

[Anonymous]

As a vaccinated person, you can still infect medically vulnerable people. Also, let's not forget that there are thousands of people who had the J and J shot who still get to call themselves fully vaccinated at this point even though they're pretty likely COVID hosts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What you're missing here is the element of choice. You, as a healthy person who has never had to worry about beating the odds to stay alive, can choose to engage in relatively risky behavior like going to an indoor restaurant. Lots of us who have ample experience with poor health and the limits it imposes on our behavior can easily choose to avoid that particular risk. So far so good.

But we may work in the same office, though, and I can't afford to share the risks you so freely engage in. I also can't afford to quit the job. It may be ypothetically possible for me to avoid grocery stores, but that imposes a greater burden on the medically vulnerable than your just wearingn a mask when you're not out carousing like someone without a care in the world.

The cdc says you can have four shots. Plus you can wear an N-95. Four shots plus an n-95 is an unparalleled amount of protection. You don’t need me the next aisle over in Home Depot to wear a cotton mask too. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What you're missing here is the element of choice. You, as a healthy person who has never had to worry about beating the odds to stay alive, can choose to engage in relatively risky behavior like going to an indoor restaurant. Lots of us who have ample experience with poor health and the limits it imposes on our behavior can easily choose to avoid that particular risk. So far so good.

But we may work in the same office, though, and I can't afford to share the risks you so freely engage in. I also can't afford to quit the job. It may be ypothetically possible for me to avoid grocery stores, but that imposes a greater burden on the medically vulnerable than your just wearingn a mask when you're not out carousing like someone without a care in the world.

The cdc says you can have four shots. Plus you can wear an N-95. Four shots plus an n-95 is an unparalleled amount of protection. You don’t need me the next aisle over in Home Depot to wear a cotton mask too. Sorry.

Well, similarly, you don't need to walk around without a mask when you're not eating or drinking. I feel like having some real problems would really help you develop an adult perspective here. How charmed must your life be that having to wear a mask is your biggest problem?! I'd trade places with your spoiled ass very happily, thank you very much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What you're missing here is the element of choice. You, as a healthy person who has never had to worry about beating the odds to stay alive, can choose to engage in relatively risky behavior like going to an indoor restaurant. Lots of us who have ample experience with poor health and the limits it imposes on our behavior can easily choose to avoid that particular risk. So far so good.

But we may work in the same office, though, and I can't afford to share the risks you so freely engage in. I also can't afford to quit the job. It may be ypothetically possible for me to avoid grocery stores, but that imposes a greater burden on the medically vulnerable than your just wearingn a mask when you're not out carousing like someone without a care in the world.

The cdc says you can have four shots. Plus you can wear an N-95. Four shots plus an n-95 is an unparalleled amount of protection. You don’t need me the next aisle over in Home Depot to wear a cotton mask too. Sorry.

Well, similarly, you don't need to walk around without a mask when you're not eating or drinking. I feel like having some real problems would really help you develop an adult perspective here. How charmed must your life be that having to wear a mask is your biggest problem?! I'd trade places with your spoiled ass very happily, thank you very much.

Not PP, but it's not even close to my biggest problem, which is why I feel no need to add one addition burden (no matter how minor) to my life.

So far not a single person has been bothered enough to say anything to me, so it may just be an issue inside your own head.