Asklemmy

Started again because of the forest fire smoke.

I work in a hospital where they are still required in some areas, so I always have way least one on me, and I'll wear it in some other situations was well.

I was in China last month where mask-wearing is frequent and not stigmatized. They had a surge of Covid cases, so I wore a mask on public transport. It's a total no-brainer there.

Back in Canada, I don't wear it as much because I'd be in much less trouble if I caught it here. Still wore one when visiting an aging relative in a medical facility.

When I'm sick, or even when I am suffering from airborn allergens. I always bring one to social events, in case the host asks us to wear one.

Every time I go to my doctor's appointments I still do. Especially when it's the anticoagulation clinic I go to since there are a lot of elderly patients who go there.

I don't really wear one much outside of those times, though.

I do whenever I'm indoors somewhere with a lot of people. Both my wife and I are immunocompromised. I hate being told the masks don't work and I hate even more explaining that I'm immunocompromised. People just need to mind their own business.

I wear one in public when I'm sick, or when someone in the family is sick. I just assume that whatever they have is something I'll catch sooner or later.

Yes, but only in closed spaces (i.e. subway, stores)

If I'm indoors outside my apartment I put one on. Once or twice I got caught without and I don't worry about it then. I sometimes see people wearing masks. Honestly, I just wear it as a political statement: try to help each other. Before that it was for the benefit of others. It was never for my benefit, I don't give a fuck.

I wrote it reularly for 2 years because my job required is to wear them.

I got COVID anyway despite that. It wasn't that bad. I felt like I had a flu. No appetite, sore, tired, and shivering for almost a week. It sucked, but I don't feel like I needed medical attention, or anything that laying in bed couldn't fix.

After I was no longer required to wear it, i stopped.

In closed spaces of close quarters with other people. Over a million Americans aren't here anymore, I'll take a lesson from that.

I wear them at the doctor because they require it still. I pretty much don't wear one anywhere else. I wore one on the plane on the flight to my destination to not get sick and ruin the trip but I didn't wear one on the way home because I wasn't as concerned at ruining a week of work. (This was in early 2023.) I will probably wear one in crowded areas in the week before DragonCon (a big convention in Atlanta) to not get sick and miss it.

I've been using it when going to the supermarket. I hate it because my glasses get all foggy, but I hate getting colds even more, so...

Only when I am go into public bathrooms.

When I’m sick and sneezing or coughing.

Also, when someone else wears a mask anywhere for any reason, I always ask “oh, would you like me to wear a mask?” I never ask why they do, I assume they have a good reason.

I do, see https://www.covidisairborne.org/ for tons of info on why we all should.

I wear them only if I have a cold or a cough myself now, or if I am traveling on a plane. I still carry a mask with me at all times though.

N95 mask with headstraps whenever I'm inside anywhere or in a crowded outdoor area. If I'm only going to be outside I'll carry an earloop n95 mask with me just in case i come across a large group or need to pop in real quick to grab takeout

Me. My mode of transport is usually open-air, so I dislike breathing in dust and smoke. And I hate the idea of people potentially judging my face and facial expressions.

At least my Minecraft skin does. I don't.

I am going to a concert at a small venue and the band has asked people attending to wear masks. I will and won't complain about it. Ever complained about it when they were required to be worn all day at work, even when I primarily work outside and alone.

At planes and airports because I get sick every time I come back from a trip. I'm so tired of bringing back a souvenir cold from every trip.

I live in California and it's fire season; I might have to bust out the mask if there are any fires. I wore it more when my mom was still alive and had doctor's appointments and such, since they are still required in places like hospitals and dialysis clinics. I have ADHD and am triggered by textures; I really don't like anything on my face. Masks, creams, glasses, etc. I only wear it when absolutely necessary.

Yeah, in public indoor spaces and I avoid prolonged exposure like movie theaters. I've avoided it so far. I also have some friends that are especially worried about it, so I maintain my masking so they aren't uncomfortable being around me. It seems like about 10% of people in this area of the PNW still mask, people working in retail closer to 20%. It's barely an inconvenience, so why not avoid sickness in general.

We stopped recently, and plan on wearing them again during flu season, or any other outbreaks going on. I'd have been fine with wearing them indefinitely, but we were in the minority even when there were mandates in our area.

I wear one indoors or at the drive thru. I'm considering dropping the mask, but the last time I researched it, the recommendation was doing what I was already doing.

I mainly avoid doing anything with any appreciable covid risk. If I can't, like, if I have to go to a doctor, in person, then I will wear a mask. Turns out I still think giving people brain damage is a morally bad thing to do. And if you do any basic modelling of virus spread, any one infection becomes the ancestor of many thousands of cases in the first two years. From there you just apply the long covid rates and death rates, which shows trivially that spreading covid is morally equivalent to killing people, and maiming hundreds of people. So I do whatever I can to avoid that, including masks where appropriate, but more importantly, avoiding situations where you even have to mask. In my view each individual's right to go to a restaurant or whatever does not outweigh the consequences of covid spread (before you even factor mutation in). Of course, I realize this won't solve anything at a societal/global level. But individual morality is still a thing in my view.

Inside with other people around, sure.

I do, but i really should upgrade to an N95 like mask.

Mostly when I feel unwell, but not enough to call in sick at work or at the store. Also at home when I share a room with somebody while I'm ill.

Haven't worn one since I got the vaccine. I was working full time the whole way through as a regional truck driver but didn't catch it until January 2022. It was meh.