The only thing keeping Seattle public health from mandating us again is the mid-terms. I’m saving my stash of N95s because it’s a common belief the mask mandates will return in time for the holidays. And the health director is lobbying hard for booster mandates. If the real estate market wasn’t insane everywhere, I’d consider leaving for…
The only thing keeping Seattle public health from mandating us again is the mid-terms. I’m saving my stash of N95s because it’s a common belief the mask mandates will return in time for the holidays. And the health director is lobbying hard for booster mandates. If the real estate market wasn’t insane everywhere, I’d consider leaving for an area with more reasonable policies.
Amazingly, the masks have disappeared FAST once mandates were lifted. I really expected a longer off-ramp as people adjusted. It will be interesting to see how the population reacts when the mandates return.
Once boosters were widely available last summer, my gym (Southern California) stopped enforcing mask mandates, though they did leave up the sign and offer free surgical masks.
Now that mask mandates are officially gone, it's ridiculous to see gym goers continue to wear cloth or surgical masks. If you're going to continue masking, you might as well upgrade to KF94s or KN95s. By wearing cloth or surgical you're basically saying, "I don't want to catch anything, but I don't care THAT much". I offer extra KF94s to my adult students who wear cloth or surgical masks, but they usually say no thanks, yet tell me they're worried about covid. I can't even ...
The mask is only for social acceptance and they accept that. Students, even adult ones, aren't going to make waves - except the few who really are able to reason.
I’ve noticed that too - last summer masks weren’t mandated but most people it seemed were still wearing them in stores. Our mandate was just lifted at the end of February and already almost no one is wearing them.
The only thing keeping Seattle public health from mandating us again is the mid-terms. I’m saving my stash of N95s because it’s a common belief the mask mandates will return in time for the holidays. And the health director is lobbying hard for booster mandates. If the real estate market wasn’t insane everywhere, I’d consider leaving for an area with more reasonable policies.
Amazingly, the masks have disappeared FAST once mandates were lifted. I really expected a longer off-ramp as people adjusted. It will be interesting to see how the population reacts when the mandates return.
Once boosters were widely available last summer, my gym (Southern California) stopped enforcing mask mandates, though they did leave up the sign and offer free surgical masks.
Now that mask mandates are officially gone, it's ridiculous to see gym goers continue to wear cloth or surgical masks. If you're going to continue masking, you might as well upgrade to KF94s or KN95s. By wearing cloth or surgical you're basically saying, "I don't want to catch anything, but I don't care THAT much". I offer extra KF94s to my adult students who wear cloth or surgical masks, but they usually say no thanks, yet tell me they're worried about covid. I can't even ...
The mask is only for social acceptance and they accept that. Students, even adult ones, aren't going to make waves - except the few who really are able to reason.
I’ve noticed that too - last summer masks weren’t mandated but most people it seemed were still wearing them in stores. Our mandate was just lifted at the end of February and already almost no one is wearing them.