What's up with masks where you are? A survey of our readers.
How brutal is the diaper brigade where you live? Or has your area moved on and can I move in with you.
Where I live in San Diego there are no retail or indoor mask mandates. Heck, they didn’t enforce mask mandates at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting. I think they realized it was fruitless.
I’m currently mid-air. American has been pretty reasonable. No one hounding me to put on my mask. I've had one kind reminder to keep it over my nose. Thankfully, @JennyErikson (my better half) found us these cheesecloth masks :) Anyone wanna guess the penetration levels of these bad boys?
Still, the anxiety level in San Diego is very high and about 80% of shoppers at the grocery store still wear them. Of course, if you go 10 miles inland to Poway, no one is wearing masks. Heck, Carlsbad (who can technically set their own rules) hasn’t followed restaurant mandates and business mandates very closely at all—thumbing their nose at the county.
Still, you can’t go into a 7-11 in Los Angeles without them yelling at you to put a mask on. In between here and L.A., Orange County has lifted almost all mandates. So, all 3 counties have different mandates and the result is (same exact case rate)
So, comment below.
Where do you live?
What is the current mask mandate?
What’s the reality - past and present?
Also, tell me your favorite “cheese cloth” mask cheat!
cheers!
Also - if so inclined
Justin
Chicago, IL.
Indoors. Everyone follows it. Always. They wear them OUTSIDE, alone, even though (as far as I can remember) we never had an outdoor mandate, unless it was a crowded event.
Even when signs came down from (some) stores, I'd say 90% still CHOSE to mask. It's unbelievable. They are zombies.
I finally got up the nerve & stopped wearing them. They make me lightheaded & panicky. Plus I can't stand lying. I was kicked out of a Family Dollar. I was called out to in Target. (But they didn't chase me & I was able to shop.) Haven't gone back since then. Grocery was okay for months, until finally a manager called out to me. But I've been back a few times & they've left me alone. Haven't seen that particular guy though. I'm always terrified. But I can't lie anymore.
Thankfully laundromat hasn't thrown me out. I don't know what I would do.
When I was wearing them, I bought one on fakemaskworldwide. Only one I could somewhat breathe through.
I flew cross country last week. 9 hours each way (1-stop). Almost never had my mask over my face. 1) While in the terminal, always hold a cup or something edible. Even while walking, where an empty cup works just fine. 2) Once on board, take out something edible and take your mask down ( I found jerky is perfect...everyone knows it takes a long time to chew it). 3) If you are not hungry, still hold the jerky but chew gum instead.....looks exactly the same. Never had a single person say a thing.