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66. Never thought I'd have to defend mask-wearing here

Reply to SoonerPride (Reply #61)

Tue Jun 29, 2021, 11:50 AM

Jun 2021

On DU, of all places!

I feel as if I've been discussing this with some right-wingers! I'm off now.

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Masks (POLL): when will you forego masks? [View all] SoonerPride Jun 2021 OP

I mask indoors when the venue requests it. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #1

Indoors only until when though? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #4

I said "when the venue requests it" maxsolomon Jun 2021 #19

Thank you. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #20

Seattle has tons. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #29

Lol, you are cracking me up! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #63

Can't pick one to sum it up. happybird Jun 2021 #2

I mask everywhere it is required or requested. Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #3

I'll wear them in crowded places indoors this winter, covid or no covid. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #5

That is my thinking. Haven't had so much as a cold in 18 months Lochloosa Jun 2021 #6

My allergies have gotten better since the mask. marble falls Jun 2021 #9

+1000; I sometimes wear one outdoors even when nobody is around. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #62

That is my plan as well. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #7

I was thinking of doing this as well. I didn't even get a cold last year and I worked at a school. Luciferous Jun 2021 #14

My response isn't that specific. femmedem Jun 2021 #8

Good question. I'm really not sure. There are so many variables right now that Biophilic Jun 2021 #10

I couldn't say for sure. We're playing it by ear for now until we Carlitos Brigante Jun 2021 #11

I'm going to continue forever. NH Ethylene Jun 2021 #12

Yes.. that's my goal, too Deuxcents Jun 2021 #32

I periodically reduce my masking habits. Right now, there are few cases in Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #13

I'm wearing them indoors around people I don't know Unwind Your Mind Jun 2021 #15

With variants on the rise, and young children not yet eligible, I'm wearing indoors still Raven123 Jun 2021 #16

Until? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #17

Until the youngsters get vaccinated and I see how well my community does in the face if the variants Raven123 Jul 2021 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author SoonerPride Jun 2021 #17

I'm not sure. I think my vaccination protects me pretty well struggle4progress Jun 2021 #21

Even if the pandemic is brought under control, I will mask for flu seasons nt Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #22

other... I wear masks into all stores still and whereever required. started joining unmasked Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #23

I have a two-part criteria - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #24

I'm so used to wearing masks now I don't really see it as onerous Withywindle Jun 2021 #25

I am not really masking anymore, unless required by an establishment or if I am in a crowded area, smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #26

As of May 31, I'm fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Niagara Jun 2021 #27

I won't wear a mask, and I don't judge that do. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #28

Vaxed and done with masks Calculating Jun 2021 #31

I've been a vaccine believer and have only worn a mask... LAS14 Jun 2021 #30

When my child can get vaccinated... druidity33 Jun 2021 #33

It's a biased poll. Hugin Jun 2021 #48

I'm surveying each individual situation hamsterjill Jun 2021 #34

I last wore a mask 8 weeks ago Shrek Jun 2021 #35

Fully VACCINATED people are dying of the CoVid Varient Duppers Jun 2021 #36

The average age of those dying who have been vaxxed is 82 SoonerPride Jun 2021 #37

I'm not that old ...yet. 😉 Duppers Jun 2021 #38

It sounds like virtue signaling rather than science SoonerPride Jun 2021 #39

Well, it my way of being super-safe Duppers Jun 2021 #41

The masks have become a comfort object for many madville Jun 2021 #44

... Duppers Jun 2021 #52

Yep, and N95 should be the minimum required madville Jun 2021 #70

Ck OhioChick's thread here... Duppers Jun 2021 #51

Smallpox was eliminated with a vaccine. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #61

Indeed. Duppers Jun 2021 #64

Never thought I'd have to defend mask-wearing here Duppers Jun 2021 #66

Masks were all we had a year ago. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #67

I have CFIDS Duppers Jun 2021 #68

I am not attacking mask wearing. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #69

Expected, vaxed never meant fully inoculated. The numbers are super low uponit7771 Jun 2021 #43

Outdoors, never masked. Indoors, always masked. Haven't faced private gatherings yet Arazi Jun 2021 #40

I will continue to wear a mask when I am indoors in public places susanr516 Jun 2021 #42

Not really an answer that suits. I marked not wearing one. But that not 100% true GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #45

72 is actually too warm for me. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #57

Depending on a person age and health different temperatures affect us differently. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #58

Wearing it still because still afraid of Covid mvd Jun 2021 #46

Never will I, "return to life as it was in 2019"... Hugin Jun 2021 #47

Given the tone of conversations here recently - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #49

I'll stop masking up when my kids tell me it's safe to do so n/t OhioChick Jun 2021 #50

Folks may not know, your kids are Doctors! Duppers Jun 2021 #59

When my intuition tells me it is safe. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2021 #53

We continue to mask Meowmee Jun 2021 #54

done with masks unless a strain emerges which largely circumvents the vaccine Amishman Jun 2021 #55

I had stopped wearing masks Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #56

I haven't even had a mild cold since this pandemic began. hunter Jun 2021 #60

I was ready to re-mask but have now read that Moderna is effective against the Delta, so will bring ShazamIam Jun 2021 #65