I had a televisit with my nephrologist Friday and she was talking about the same thing @surfcity mentioned. A patient will say they have no idea where they could have gotten the virus because they stay at home except when they go over to their neighbor’s house! Or while discussing with a patient that is not ill, will also say they are being carefully and only go out to dinner sometimes with a few friends.
I am guilty of something just as bad as my D, SIL and GD are coming here for 2 weeks as they need a break and help with the baby. Since my husband and I both are working in clinics, we could not go to them; it is a two day drive. They are driving here, and truly have SIP. We haven’t discussed whether we will mask in the house, but will distance for the most part. I am only doing this for the baby, and hopefully it will not be a mistake.
My aunt and uncle are friendly with 2 other couples and they all have dinner in one of the couples home every few weeks. They eat outside or in the garage and do sit 6 feet apart. Well, one of the other women walk with someone that recently tested positive, so dinners are cancelled for 2 weeks.
I was just reading about a man from Ohio, 37 years old.
On April 28th, he wrote on FB ‘Let make this clear. I’m not buying a mask. I’ve made it this far by not buying into that damn hype.’ On July 1, he wrote that he was feeling very sick and had been tested for Covid; later that same day, he posted his results were positive. July 4th - he was dead.
This is one of so many stories I have heard or read about. Aside from his relatively young age, the sad part is this could possibly have been prevented, had he bought the hype R.I.P.
I think many of us can agree, wearing is mask is uncomfortable; if you don’t want to wear it for yourself, wear it for somebody else!
Connecticut here. We’ve been wearing masks for months and aside from people wearing them incorrectly, I see almost 100% compliance.
My husband and I went to Sam’s Club last night, half an hour before closing (try to go when it’s not crowded). Saw a man not wearing a mask, so steered clear. I happened to see an employee, so I asked about their mask policy; she confirmed that masks were required.
As we waited to check out, it so happens that the unmasked man is in front of us. We were all waiting in an aisle, not realizing that there was another aisle of people waiting to check out right next to us that we couldn’t see (poor planning by Sam’s Club).
After two people in the other aisle “budged” in front of unmasked man (other aisle didn’t know we were there, either), unmasked man turned around and said to us “some people can’t follow the rules” (meaning, taking turns). I of course say “like wearing a mask?”
He immediately says that he had driven an hour to get there, and had asked when he walked in whether he needed to wear a mask and that the woman had said he did not. I should have let it go, but I said that the woman I asked had said that everyone should be wearing a mask. He immediately accused me of not believing him, etc. I just kept trying to ignore him but I think he felt guilty and kept trying to explain himself. He finally turned back around and said disgustingly “so now you think I’m ‘one of those guys’.”
We finally checked out and walked out to our car. Unmasked man comes up to me and again says that he was told he didn’t have to wear a mask. I calmly said “your mask protects me, my mask protects you…” I honestly just wanted to get away from him. Then he tells me that his son was murdered last year and “they didn’t do anything for me”. I quickly told him I was sorry for his loss and we jumped into our car.
tldr: I confronted a man about his lack of a mask and I will never do that again!
I am in West Texas. I do wear the mask when I go through a drive thru. As the mom of a masked kid who stands with the iPad taking your order at Chick-fil-A it is great when you wear your’s too.
I drove up state (NY) last weekend to see D1. I was in a rental car and forgot to bring my E-Zpass, so I had to pay at various toll booths. I put my mask on before I spoke I rolled down my window, and told the attendant that I didn’t any change back. They didn’t take CC. I was lucky to have a $20 on me.
I don’t think I would confront any customers not wearing a mask because they know better and are just making a statement. Some of them are probably just waiting for someone to challenge them on it. I would ask an employee/manager to do something about it. If they refuse then I wouldn’t shop there again.
@MaryBarbara58 that’s awful! I’m sorry you had to experience that. Dude was just looking to put the blame on someone else (woman at the front of the store he claimed said he didn’t have to wear a mask). He didn’t need that woman to make the choice, HE needed to make the choice - and his choice was not to wear it.
There have been a lot of videos on Twitter and Youtube of belligerent people bucking mandatory mask rules. A few of them have been outed publicly and subsequently fired by their employers.
Crazy times. I would not confront someone about not wearing a mask. There are too many violent people out there willing to assault others for calling them out on their behavior.
Last week the woman ahead of me checking out at the grocery store was holding a paper towel over her face, apologizing to everyone around that she had forgotten her mask. Masks are nearly 100% in MA.
I agree - I will not be confronting anyone else! And I had ignored him until he had the nerve to say that the people “budging in line” weren’t following the rules! Also, it wasn’t that he wouldn’t wear a mask, but that he didn’t have one with him. Claimed he offered to buy one but they didn’t have any to sell.
South Korea for example keeps shutting down because of the virus. They did everything right, shut down early, tested aggressively, wears masks,etc. Yet they are not open. They are playing wack a mole. Defying mask order is dumb and worshipping masks is not much better.
I think businesses should sell the paper masks at the door for $1, and perhaps give that money to charity-like drop a dollar in the bucket and take a mask. I have forgotten my mask once or twice. I try to have one with me all the time and have many in my car, but I don’t always drive my own car.
I think grade schools are going to have to have giveaway ones because kids are just not going to remember every day.
But some students are at Title I schools, and will have to provide them. My sister has kids who have no school supplies, no warm clothing, can’t pay the $2 fee for a field trip. The school has to cover all that. She has kids who only eat if they are in school.
There are parents posting on here that they expect the colleges to provide wipes and masks for their college kids, to serve them meals and provide laundry services if their kids are at college. Why should a 6 year old have to pay if an 18 year old doesn’t?
My son’s college is giving everyone one mask and requests that each student bring their own supply over and above that. I would not expect the colleges to provide them. I think elementary/high schools will need to have an emergency supply on hand for kids that forget or don’t have any, especially in poorer districts.
Half of the children in my state are covered by Medicaid, and we did not vote for Medicaid expansion. Of the families who are not poor, many have poor organizational skills. Ask/insist/beg/remind them to bring their own masks, but expect to have to provide masks. And don’t charge - you’ll spend more money keeping track of who owes what than you will ever recover in payments.
I’ve asked both my nieces and my sister, all of whom teach in Title I schools, if they want masks for their students. Even if the school provides one for each kid, I suspect it would be helpful to have a bagful in the classroom for those who forget/lose them.
All three teach in states where school boards have stated they intend to open with F2F instruction. Even if they go to online first, I suspect they’ll still need masks.