No more MoCo indoor masks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

[Anonymous]

I'm disappointed in our health authorities not taking advantage of the end of mandatory masking to promote facemasks as a non-mandatory social norm. In Japan, it's considered a societal duty to wear a facemask if you're sick so that you don't spread disease to others near you. Thousands of people in the US die each year of less dangerous but still potentially fatal contagious diseases like the flu. The CDC is missing a golden opportunity to educate people and help save lives.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed in our health authorities not taking advantage of the end of mandatory masking to promote facemasks as a non-mandatory social norm. In Japan, it's considered a societal duty to wear a facemask if you're sick so that you don't spread disease to others near you. Thousands of people in the US die each year of less dangerous but still potentially fatal contagious diseases like the flu. The CDC is missing a golden opportunity to educate people and help save lives.

I’m not sure if you can necessarily equate Japan’s lower influenza rate (about 3 times lower than the USA) solely to mask wearing. They have lower risk factors than the US does (lower obesity rates, heart disease, etc.).

I’d have to see a study on this before I became convinced masks were the operative factor here.

I mean, I have no problem with people wearing masks, but I’m not going to do it unless it’s required or someone can really prove to me that it makes a measurable difference.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

You don’t have to wear make up. Regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a mask

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Anonymous wrote:The only question I have is whether vaccinated CDC employees are now required to be back in their offices working indoors full-time unmasked and if not, why not.

oh shut up. At this point, we know that pretty much no one needs to be in their office to do most jobs. I don't care what CDC employees are doing.

I know plenty of people at NIH that have been going in to the office daily and they all seem a bit lighter on their feet and more relaxed. That is enough for me. Some people will never be happy.

Oh, no, no, no. If they're proclaiming it's so very safe, they need to get 100% of their staff in person fulltime and show us how it's done! I look forward to seeing it, because of course, they wouldn't want to be hypocrites...

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If I got my second dose yesterday, do I have to wait until June 1st to go maskless since that's two weeks from the final dose or can I go maskless on the 28th? As I'm reading it, they're "removing all restrictions" on the 28th which seems to imply that I'm not required to wear a mask even though there's still several days left until I hit two weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

You don’t have to wear make up. Regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a mask

No, but if you’re a female over the age of 25, you’ll look better if you do.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only question I have is whether vaccinated CDC employees are now required to be back in their offices working indoors full-time unmasked and if not, why not.

oh shut up. At this point, we know that pretty much no one needs to be in their office to do most jobs. I don't care what CDC employees are doing.

I know plenty of people at NIH that have been going in to the office daily and they all seem a bit lighter on their feet and more relaxed. That is enough for me. Some people will never be happy.

Oh, no, no, no. If they're proclaiming it's so very safe, they need to get 100% of their staff in person fulltime and show us how it's done! I look forward to seeing it, because of course, they wouldn't want to be hypocrites...

Why do you see such a direct correlation between the mask guidance and remote work? Almost all organizations have realized that there is likely to be a permanent change in a post-COVID world on how work gets done, and almost none have figured it out yet. There is no rush on that. Nothing in the CDC guidance spoke to where employees should perform their duties.

Now, if you are wondering if CDC employees who: 1) worked on this guidance; and 2) are still wearing masks in most settings, that would be a reasonable thing to ask.

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Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

You don’t have to wear make up. Regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a mask

No, but if you’re a female over the age of 25, you’ll look better if you do.

I think the point PP was trying to make is that some people are not concerned with whether or not they "look better" to a certain portion of the population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

Funny - I react to the masks itself. I teach and by the end of the day, my throat is terrible! I can't tell if it is mold or VOCs, etc. in my disposable masks (have tried multiple types.) So happy to be done with them for the most part.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

Funny - I react to the masks itself. I teach and by the end of the day, my throat is terrible! I can't tell if it is mold or VOCs, etc. in my disposable masks (have tried multiple types.) So happy to be done with them for the most part.

*mask

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Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

You don’t have to wear make up. Regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a mask

No, but if you’re a female over the age of 25, you’ll look better if you do.

I think the point PP was trying to make is that some people are not concerned with whether or not they "look better" to a certain portion of the population.

I'm sure it is, and that is unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I got my second dose yesterday, do I have to wait until June 1st to go maskless since that's two weeks from the final dose or can I go maskless on the 28th? As I'm reading it, they're "removing all restrictions" on the 28th which seems to imply that I'm not required to wear a mask even though there's still several days left until I hit two weeks.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only question I have is whether vaccinated CDC employees are now required to be back in their offices working indoors full-time unmasked and if not, why not.

oh shut up. At this point, we know that pretty much no one needs to be in their office to do most jobs. I don't care what CDC employees are doing.

I know plenty of people at NIH that have been going in to the office daily and they all seem a bit lighter on their feet and more relaxed. That is enough for me. Some people will never be happy.

Oh, no, no, no. If they're proclaiming it's so very safe, they need to get 100% of their staff in person fulltime and show us how it's done! I look forward to seeing it, because of course, they wouldn't want to be hypocrites...

I am at a different agency and ours is not jumping to bring everyone back yet in part because they recognize the ongoing issues with childcare and school. I suspect most are eyeing a fall return.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love wearing a mask: it protects me from pollens and dust that trigger my allergies; I don’t need to put a makeup on my face (I saved a lot of money on cosmetics last year); I can pretend not to recognize people I rather avoid (busybody acquaintances); etc., etc. I will keep wearing a mask as long as I want. Hope people will mind their own business.

I wish the masks worked on my allergies! The last few days have been so brutal, I actually tried wearing a mask just to see if it would help but it did nothing. I agree with the makeup part though, I said to DH earlier today that I will miss skipping makeup now that I don’t have to wear a mask. My skin got a nice break between not having to be in the office and not wearing makeup other than eye makeup when I did go out because I had to wear a mask anyway.

You don’t have to wear make up. Regardless of whether or not you’re wearing a mask

No, but if you’re a female over the age of 25, you’ll look better if you do.

PP, it's high time you learned that women don't arrange their appearance based on your approval/disapproval.