Anonymous wrote:I just got back from Europe and I’d say 1 in 10 people were masking. I wore one and am glad I did, the guy next to me was sneezing and coughing. I used to get sick after travel but masking helps me.

I spent two weeks in Germany and Denmark over the Thanksgiving holidays and returned last weekend. I'd estimate in public no more than 1 out of 50 may still be masking and most were Asian tourists (and even most Asian tourists aren't masking). On planes it was maybe 2 or 3 people masking out of the entire flight. Four flights involved. None of the airline staff are masking. Fewer people are masking in Germany and Denmark than in Washington.

If none of the airline staff are masking that tells me wearing masks on planes doesn't make a difference in whether you get sick or not.

I have social anxiety. And a lot of my life I do things because of other people. Yes, this is my issue.

I usually have a mask on a plane, but the only time I’ve used it is when the person next to me has on a mask. I wear it so that they feel more comfortable.

I don’t like to wear masks but I do a nasal wash and gargle after being on a plane and in crowds where someone is sick. Masks really don’t work but reducing your viral load with a good rinse does.

I just got back from Europe and I’d say 1 in 10 people were masking. I wore one and am glad I did, the guy next to me was sneezing and coughing. I used to get sick after travel but masking helps me.

I wear a mask in airports and on planes (national and international). Sorry, don't want to be sick on vacation, while traveling for work, or when I get back home. You do you

Anonymous wrote:I have been wearing them. Family friend got sick on the way out, missed two-thirds of their vacation in Europe. Their saving grace was that they had picked one central place to stay so he holed up in hotel while spouse went out on and off during the day. She masked; he did not. Some heavy coughers nearby.

Oh, and they added an extra hotel room for her so they ran up nearly $3,000 extra apparently in hotel bills. Maybe he would have still gotten sick, but they think not and will never know, of course. There are a lot of people at work and in my neighborhood getting sick left and right from a variety of things, BTW. I’m guessing it is the same elsewhere.

I have been wearing them. Family friend got sick on the way out, missed two-thirds of their vacation in Europe. Their saving grace was that they had picked one central place to stay so he holed up in hotel while spouse went out on and off during the day. She masked; he did not. Some heavy coughers nearby.

Bring kn95s or n95s. No it’s not required but it’s a good idea.

I’m flying tomorrow and I packed a mask. I might not wear it, but if there are a bunch of coughing people on a plane, I will.

Also I bring gloves and sanitizing wipes and wipe down my seat, tray, screen, armrest etc. have done so since before Covid.

Yes, you should take a mask with you — since your decisions about whether or not to wear a mask may depend upon the other people who are on the plane with you. Most people will probably not be masked. On a recent flight, I ended up seated next to someone with a heavy and frequent cough. She wore a mask most of the time, but had three meals/snacks and also unmasked to drink. Eating, of course, did not stop her cough. I was glad that I had brought a mask with me.

Only if they want to. Almost nobody does.

I always have a mask in hand. But haven’t worn one on an international flight this year.

My DH did today because he just visited a nursing facility and there is covid there and when he gets back my DD has a big swim meet. She just got over multiple illnesses and told him to not bring back germs and ruin the meet for her!

I often wear masks on planes now because I have an embarrassing habit of falling asleep with my mouth open on flights and getting sick after. Since I started masking on flights I don’t get sick after and I don’t wake up when the lights come on with a dry yucky mouth wondering who saw me.

No

To those of you who've traveled internationally recently - are people still masking on planes? I'll be on a six-hour flight this weekend and wondered if I should be taking masks with me.