If I'm feeling sick, or my family is, I will wear one to work, the whole point of them is to minimize spread of disease.

I carry one with me. If I see someone else wearing one, I'll put it on. I'm not really worried about anything myself, but I'll gladly wear a mask to give someone else peace of mind.

We all wear masks...metaphorically speaking, we suppress the id, our darkest desires, and adopt a more socially acceptable image.

This thread is an interesting "filter bubble" experience. Here, a city in central europe, nobody I know wears one anymore, even those who were always extra-careful on the cautious side. Basically nobody in stores wears one nor in public transport. Yeah, on occasion you find 1-2 exceptions that confirm the rule.

Probably, this thread is largely visited by those who still do, and ignored by those who don't.

If I feel under the weather and I must go out, I'll wear a mask. Otherwise, no. Society at large has accepted the less dangerous variants as a fact of life.

During the pandemic I wore them everywhere. A large section of society showed they couldn't be fucking bothered so here we are.

I do. The number one "complaint" people had with me pre-pandemic was that I should smile more. Not one fucking dumbass person has told me to do that when I have my mask on. That alone is enough reason for me to never take it off when I'm dealing with customers.

I am also still paranoid and I don't trust the average person out there to be doing safe things.

Indoors in public, all the time.

I don't want to catch COVID again if I can help it. It's a shitty, dangerous virus.

TBH, I don't think most people understand that it's not just a bad cold--it's a virus that attacks your vascular system that also does some nasty respiratory stuff. The increased risks of heart attacks and strokes after even a mild infection are not great, and if you're getting infected every year, you're permanently carrying that elevated risk.

If I'm sick or in a crowded space it kinda feels like common sense to me at this point tbh. Especially when sick, like I can't fathom how I thought it was normal to just be sick and go out without a mask probably getting other people sick, even if it was just a cold.

I am one of the only people here that still wears a mask at the doctor. Even most of the doctors stopped wearing them (what the hell! thats where the sick and immunocompromised are most likely to be in the same building!)

I do. I find it helps reduce common cold and cough infections. And i really will never stop wearing it when in a mall or any space with lots of strangers.

I've noticed wearing an N95 makes the hard gasoline and diesel smells from the highway less bad when cycling-commuting.

Everytime I go grocery shopping I will also be wearing a mask. I am kind of baffled by people who seem to think that corona has poofed out of existence.

I don’t, and I feel super out of place now after reading the comments.

Yes. I got covid in 2020 and am still a complete wreck. It really did a number on me in so many ways.

I try to do what I can to avoid getting even worse.

Me. Cause I'm ugly

I still wear a mask but its the fact that others don't think logically about this stuff still that has me most up in arms. Dad has been sick since weekend, mom says I'm going to come over to your house to see her grandkids. Mom comes over and 4 hours later they call me to tell me they both have covid and tested positive. Mom tells me that dad had been sick since weekend....in my head im fuming.

fingers crossed. Just hoping since she wasn't sick, that our 1 hour visit will spare my fam somehow.

On public transit and airplanes, definitely. I used to get colds all the time when traveling; I don't anymore. I think part of that is down to improvements in air filtration, but part of it is masking.

In some shops, but not all. Mostly in shops that have a lot of people in at once, and shops that request it. I don't mask if I'm going to the corner store to pick up some beer; I do mask at the grocery store that has a sign requesting it.

Never for outdoor events. This might be different if I lived in a different city; a friend of mine who lives in the LA area does mask for crowded outdoor events.

Also, doctor's offices and a few other places require it.

(Curious observation: On transit, I'm not usually the only person with a mask on, but I'm often the only non-Asian person with a mask on.)

I wear a mask when I’m on a short plane trip because the odds are high someone will have a airborne illness. And the effort is minimal compared to the probability of exposure. But otherwise I don’t wear one.

Never. Corona hasn't really been a concern in Denmark since very early 2022

I tend to wear one before I get on the London Underground, it's grotty enough as it is, without the close confines and hordes of people.

I wear one every day with only a few exceptions (lab work for university where it’s impractical and I’m only around a few people anyway). I have seen the effects of long Covid on my loved ones, and i want nothing to do with that. Still haven’t caught COVID this far in, and while I think my vaccinations have been effective it makes me uncomfortable that we aren’t continuing to boost and that most people haven’t had a fresh vaccine in a few years at this point. Waning efficacy is a real thing and many never got boosted at all

Yep, while inside public places. Still haven’t caught it. Knocks on wood

At this point, only if it is required, and it almost never is. No bad feelings at all towards people who do wear them. I'm not personally concerned about it, and nobody in my family is high risk, so I decided early on that I'd just follow local rules and CDC guidelines. CDC website currently only recommends masks if you may have been exposed so that's what I've been doing.

I do pretty much always. I don't at the gym or in the (semi rare) instances i eat out. Shit's not "over" and i have an immunocompromised friend i'd like to continue hanging out with.

If I’m on public transport, crowded public area, feeling off colour

I do in higher risk situations since I'm immunosuppressed from my Colitis treatments.

Narp. I just avoid people. Much more effective.

I wear a mask to work if I'm sick but can't call in. People give me odd looks but honestly I kinda enjoy not having to wear as much make up because of the mask lol

In my city, it's been normal to wear a mask when outdoors (especially when driving a motorcycle) for something like 5 years as air pollution worsened. It doesn't help that much, but it's a bit better than nothing.

So I wear one now, just like I did before Covid.