When are you going to stop wearing masks indoors (stores, etc)

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Where? I go to the giant in downtown McLean and the vast majority are still wearing masks. Same with the small Safeway on a old Dominion.

[Anonymous]

For us, we don’t mask anymore unless required by the business we are in. I could care less about people who choose to continue masking in public. It doesn’t bother me as long as my choice not to mask doesn’t bother you, which it shouldn’t. Now it’s about a lifestyle choice and personal health choice, just like with everything else.

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Anonymous wrote:There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s. All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands. It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative". Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy.

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.

Nope. I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know. I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not. So: judge away!

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think. I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.

What store and especially: where?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Last time the mask mandate fell, I noticed that almost nobody at the Wholefoods in FH was unmasking, while at the Bethesda Trader Joe's, there were a few more people doing so, but still few. Most notably, it was the workers who unmasked at TJ's but not at WF, which I assume was due to the fact that WF didn't allow it. Now I have seen unmasked workers at Wholefoods, and few more unmasked patrons as well. I think the tide is turning, but slowly in this area. I recently spent some time in Harrisburg, PA and almost nobody was masked.

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Anonymous wrote:The immunocompromised get left behind. They don’t matter.

N95 masks are readily available for anyone who would like to wear one forever.

But that’s only half the problem. If both people wear masks protection for the immunocompromised is greater.

Well, that's not going to happen. That's not even official federal/state/local government policy any more.

Should be but now people need to step up and be responsible since the govt is no longer acting responsibly.

Nope. It's no longer policy, and you can see more masks peel off by the day.

It’s funny, we’re in Aspen right now and the town dropped its mask mandate on Tuesday. Masks disappeared overnight. Even on buses, where there is still technically a mask mandate.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

I agree it's pathetic. These are adults who are so out of touch with reality and bought into "the narrative" that they're incapable of thinking for themselves. That's a bad thing. They should be shamed. And the people who caused them to become so frightened should be punished, especially those who forced this on our children.

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Anonymous wrote:There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s. All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands. It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative". Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy.

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.

Nope. I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know. I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not. So: judge away!

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think. I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.

I’m genuinely surprised that there are adults in this world who are worried about disapproval coming from random strangers at Whole Foods. Or, heck, some obsessed weirdo in the PTA.

I mean, why?

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Anonymous wrote:There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s. All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands. It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative". Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy.

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.

Nope. I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know. I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not. So: judge away!

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think. I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.

I’m genuinely surprised that there are adults in this world who are worried about disapproval coming from random strangers at Whole Foods. Or, heck, some obsessed weirdo in the PTA.

I mean, why?

I am genuinely surprised though that you are genuinely surprised that this should be the case. It is human nature to want to fit in with the people around you, especially when it comes to such a heavily moralized and politicized issue as masking during a pandemic, and especially in the DC area where there are so many politically minded people.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

I agree it's pathetic. These are adults who are so out of touch with reality and bought into "the narrative" that they're incapable of thinking for themselves. That's a bad thing. They should be shamed. And the people who caused them to become so frightened should be punished, especially those who forced this on our children.

I think you are going a bit far here in your vengeance, but otherwise you are putting your finger on the problem: the reason people are bothered by seeing nonsensical masking is that they resent the hyper cautious attitude that is driving the continuation of mask mandates in schools, and that also caused the prolonged school closures over the past two years.

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Anonymous wrote:There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s. All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands. It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative". Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy.

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.

Nope. I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know. I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not. So: judge away!

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think. I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.

I’m genuinely surprised that there are adults in this world who are worried about disapproval coming from random strangers at Whole Foods. Or, heck, some obsessed weirdo in the PTA.

I mean, why?

I am genuinely surprised though that you are genuinely surprised that this should be the case. It is human nature to want to fit in with the people around you, especially when it comes to such a heavily moralized and politicized issue as masking during a pandemic, and especially in the DC area where there are so many politically minded people.

I guess I just don’t get it. People in Whole Foods aren’t my friends, and have no impact on my life. Why should I care what they think about me? Why should I care about “fitting in” with them? Similarly, some bored SAHM who fills the void in her life with the PTA gets a say in how I live my life? Hell no.

Unless you’re signing my pay check or sleeping with me, I couldn’t care less what you think of me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

I agree it's pathetic. These are adults who are so out of touch with reality and bought into "the narrative" that they're incapable of thinking for themselves. That's a bad thing. They should be shamed. And the people who caused them to become so frightened should be punished, especially those who forced this on our children.

People obsessed with other people wearing masks are pathetic. You need to seek therapy to manage your irrational anger at other people who are not harming you.

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Anonymous wrote:There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s. All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands. It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative". Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy.

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.

Nope. I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know. I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not. So: judge away!

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think. I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.

I’m genuinely surprised that there are adults in this world who are worried about disapproval coming from random strangers at Whole Foods. Or, heck, some obsessed weirdo in the PTA.

I mean, why?

I am genuinely surprised though that you are genuinely surprised that this should be the case. It is human nature to want to fit in with the people around you, especially when it comes to such a heavily moralized and politicized issue as masking during a pandemic, and especially in the DC area where there are so many politically minded people.

I guess I just don’t get it. People in Whole Foods aren’t my friends, and have no impact on my life. Why should I care what they think about me? Why should I care about “fitting in” with them? Similarly, some bored SAHM who fills the void in her life with the PTA gets a say in how I live my life? Hell no.

Unless you’re signing my pay check or sleeping with me, I couldn’t care less what you think of me.

Resentful you have to work? Trying to justify how much you don't like to parent?

We don't think much of you, don't worry.

[Anonymous]

When they stop coming up with situations like this. It really is such a small thing for me to do to avoid possible terrible outcomes. I also floss and exercise 40 minutes a day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/21/covid-cardiac-issues-longterm/