i want to add:
if you’ve stopped masking for whatever reason, you can start again.
it makes spaces more accessible, it helps preserve your health and the health of the people around you.
it’s a tiny action you can take to make the world safer.
i have had several appointments in the public hospital as i’ve been dealing with my broken wrist, and the sheer number of people not even wearing a surgical mask correctly four years into this has boggled my mind every time as i sat there in an n95
Thank you 🥰 people masking helps me so much. And I'm able to mask too and I do. If everyone were masking I'd be able to get out more. I'd like that. It's nice to think about.
And masking up around others is just good manners. (If we could see all the particulates in the air, we'd realize the level of contaminants we're breathing in/out if we aren't wearing an N95 respirator.)
I've been on a 14 hour and a 16 hour train ride on two seperate days last week.
All that time. Through the WHOLE OF GERMANY, i have seen ONE person aside from myself who wore a mask.
I felt like the biggest monkey on the planet.
Be real though - it's really just about not wanting to see everyone's stupid fuckin faces right? Lol. It's a mixed bag - like that it shows some compassion for others but also has it's own problems... If you're gonna wear a mask though, ffs wear it right - your NOSE is nasty!
I first read this as Autistic masking and was like WTF? Then I figured out what you meant and I totally approve. I’ve been masking my whole trip and I’m about the only person I’ve seen wearing a mask at all.
It is so fricken weird to be the ONLY person masking in a cancer center waiting room.
At least all my nurses and drs mask for me but still that should be automatic especially in a place with nothing but immunocompromised people.