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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jul 16, 2020 17:49:46 GMT
Is the issue of wearing masks as politicized in your country as much as it is in ours?
In the U.S. the conservatives don't want to wear masks because they believe it impinges on their freedom. The liberals cant understand why they wont wear them.
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 16, 2020 18:48:17 GMT
Although we have our share of paranoid conspiracy theorists it’s not been such a big issue here in the UK. This might be due to our government not being all that heavy handed over making masks compulsory. That said it’s been getting more strict recently with masks becoming compulsory on public transport and soon in shops but those refusing to wear masks seem to be the type who also drop litter.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 16, 2020 18:51:19 GMT
... those refusing to wear masks seem to be the type who also drop litter. What a great analogy !  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 19:30:45 GMT
So unnecessary and I feel for that young worker as a grocery store employee myself. People get killed when masks are made mandatory by law.
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Jul 16, 2020 19:31:03 GMT
Montreal has instituted face masks are mandatory in all indoor places.
In my home province (Ontario), Guelph has instituted the same.
The city nearest where I am (London) - they haven't instituted the rule as of yet, but I imagine it will be coming.
Of course, there are certain people who are exempt, such as children under 2 and those with a respiratory issue.
As for me, I have asthma. So, technically, I don't have to wear a mask. However, with the way this crazy world is working, I bet someone would give me hell for not wearing a mask. All I would do is show my 'puffer' - THAT should be enough for anyone to back off....I'm hoping. 
I wear one, anyway. Just consider it my contribution to protect you....as well as me.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jul 16, 2020 19:31:24 GMT
 It's the whole point of the show, in the U.S. or elsewhere. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 22:05:20 GMT
Is the issue of wearing masks as politicized in your country as much as it is in ours?
In the U.S. the conservatives don't want to wear masks because they believe it impinges on their freedom. The liberals cant understand why they wont wear them.
Thoughts? I think you're over-simplifying it. My governor just had to make masks mandatory because most people were not wearing them. I doubt everyone in my area is a republican or even care about politics, they just don't want to be bothered. But I find the whole controversy/politicization of masks really asinine. Of all things people have been asked to do during this pandemic, wearing a mask in a store is about simplest thing. |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 16, 2020 22:18:34 GMT
So far i have seen 4-5 people in Norway wearing a mask, the mask thing is really a non issue in Norway.
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Post by Raimo47 on Jul 17, 2020 0:33:39 GMT
No.
I have seen only about 5 people wearing masks in Finland. They were all very old.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 17, 2020 2:51:43 GMT
Is the issue of wearing masks as politicized in your country as much as it is in ours?
In the U.S. the conservatives don't want to wear masks because they believe it impinges on their freedom. The liberals cant understand why they wont wear them.
Thoughts? Canada. Politicized? Not really, no. Just idiocized if you will. Canadians have learned that a big reason why our death rates via COVID-19 can be higher than others is because we have such longer life expectancies than most... older ppl with underlying conditions are nearly finished from the virus. So many of us in turn know a lot of older ppl in our lives that wearing a mask to buy groceries is not a big deal at all. Besides, most of us don't want to line up for stuff 5-10 months from now still... even as inevitable as that is. This winter will scuk... but most ppl I know are laughing how much easier it'll be wearing masks in Canadian winter. I work with someone with Kenyan descent... it's a bit of a lark that Kenya won't feel much pain from COVID-19 because their f'n average age is 19.5yrs. Sure there could be millions of Kenyans who get it... but if so many are 15-35yrs old or whatever it's not as dire on the stats sheet. Just wait for Trump to fcuk that fact up. |
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Post by JHA Durant on Jul 17, 2020 3:12:18 GMT
Not really an issue here.
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Post by theravenking on Jul 17, 2020 10:05:41 GMT
Here in Germany wearing masks only became mandatory in May when Corona was already slowing down. Critics accuse the government of having no exit strategy and that the real purpose behind making people wear masks is to take away more of their individual freedom to slowly instal a dictatorship.
People who refuse to wear masks are regarded as right wing conspiracy theorists or reactionaries by the mainstream. While conservatives call those who wear masks dumb sheep who naively believe the government propaganda about the dangerous pandemic which has only claimed about 9.000 lives so far in Germany when in fact original predictions went into the 100.000s.
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Post by sadsaak on Jul 17, 2020 10:22:13 GMT
Although we have our share of paranoid conspiracy theorists it’s not been such a big issue here in the UK. This might be due to our government not being all that heavy handed over making masks compulsory. That said it’s been getting more strict recently with masks becoming compulsory on public transport and soon in shops but those refusing to wear masks seem to be the type who also drop litter. Bit unfair. I never drop litter.
As I have probably mentioned, about the only folk in my part of London who wear masks are foreigners being polite and assorted Nervous Nellies who are being Nervous Nellies.
Most folk put on a mask when getting on buses or trains and take them off when they do. I imagine the same thing will happen when they bring in this lark about wearing them in shops.
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Post by Morgana on Jul 17, 2020 10:30:43 GMT
So unnecessary and I feel for that young worker as a grocery store employee myself. People get killed when masks are made mandatory by law. People can be killed by those not wearing masks, which is why it is mandatory in some places. |
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Post by Morgana on Jul 17, 2020 10:37:09 GMT
Montreal has instituted face masks are mandatory in all indoor places.
In my home province (Ontario), Guelph has instituted the same.
The city nearest where I am (London) - they haven't instituted the rule as of yet, but I imagine it will be coming.
Of course, there are certain people who are exempt, such as children under 2 and those with a respiratory issue.
As for me, I have asthma. So, technically, I don't have to wear a mask. However, with the way this crazy world is working, I bet someone would give me hell for not wearing a mask. All I would do is show my 'puffer' - THAT should be enough for anyone to back off....I'm hoping.
I wear one, anyway. Just consider it my contribution to protect you....as well as me.
Joker's Wilde Why would having asthma mean you don't have to wear a mask? I would think it would make wearing a mask even more of an imperative. |
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Post by Morgana on Jul 17, 2020 10:39:19 GMT
Is the issue of wearing masks as politicized in your country as much as it is in ours?
In the U.S. the conservatives don't want to wear masks because they believe it impinges on their freedom. The liberals cant understand why they wont wear them.
Thoughts? I don't believe you will find one other country in the world where wearing a mask has become politicized to the extent it has in America. America has become a joke. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2020 12:11:10 GMT
So unnecessary and I feel for that young worker as a grocery store employee myself. People get killed when masks are made mandatory by law. People can be killed by those not wearing masks, which is why it is why it is mandatory in some places. If he didn't have covid (the prevalence in that area is next to non-existent anyway) he died for nothing other than being a difficult customer. |
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Jul 17, 2020 12:34:24 GMT
Montreal has instituted face masks are mandatory in all indoor places.
In my home province (Ontario), Guelph has instituted the same.
The city nearest where I am (London) - they haven't instituted the rule as of yet, but I imagine it will be coming.
Of course, there are certain people who are exempt, such as children under 2 and those with a respiratory issue.
As for me, I have asthma. So, technically, I don't have to wear a mask. However, with the way this crazy world is working, I bet someone would give me hell for not wearing a mask. All I would do is show my 'puffer' - THAT should be enough for anyone to back off....I'm hoping.
I wear one, anyway. Just consider it my contribution to protect you....as well as me.
Joker's Wilde Why would having asthma mean you don't have to wear a mask? I would think it make wearing a mask even more of an imperative.
Honestly, that's what I was thinking. Wearing a mask might make it a little harder to breathe.
I have a black mask that I use. It is a little tougher to breathe, but I put up with it.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Jul 17, 2020 13:00:25 GMT
So unnecessary and I feel for that young worker as a grocery store employee myself. People get killed when masks are made mandatory by law. He was killed because he was an asshole who assaulted the employee because the employee offered him a free mask to wear in the store (not a part of the video you posted). Then to compound his assholery he drove away dangerously enough that the police disengaged from chasing him. Oh and not unsurprisingly this anti-masker had a couple guns on hand. |
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 17, 2020 14:23:11 GMT
Although we have our share of paranoid conspiracy theorists it’s not been such a big issue here in the UK. This might be due to our government not being all that heavy handed over making masks compulsory. That said it’s been getting more strict recently with masks becoming compulsory on public transport and soon in shops but those refusing to wear masks seem to be the type who also drop litter. Bit unfair. I never drop litter.
As I have probably mentioned, about the only folk in my part of London who wear masks are foreigners being polite and assorted Nervous Nellies who are being Nervous Nellies.
Most folk put on a mask when getting on buses or trains and take them off when they do. I imagine the same thing will happen when they bring in this lark about wearing them in shops.
I only put on the mask then the law requires as I don’t appreciate the sweaty face that goes with it. As for littering I noticed right from the start that many people with disposable masks throw them on the ground as soon as they come off of the stupid faces. |
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