Freedom Day - February 28th End of mask mandates

But I thought all the restrictions were going to be permanent ?

Not sure why a mask was stopping you from living but anyway i'll continue to wear one in shops and public transport as i haven't had the flu for two years

I haven't had the flu for over twenty years... I've had many head colds though.

Out of interest why only appropriating blame to masks? We know using a mask is just one of several measures advocated to help reduce the spread of covid.

Why not claim the effectiveness of handwashing or social distancing or lack thereof for rising infection of Omicron? Or the fact the latest variant is between 2 to 4 tines more infectious than previous variants?

I find the whole mask obsession thing to be a bit strange in this forum. Its like some type of mondirectional mindset

Eitherway we know that the mandatory use of masks will be removed soon. Maybe best not to get worked up about it. Most people aren't.

If like me and many others you have to wear masks for 10 hours plus a day, then they are more than a slight inconvenience, they are an absolute nightmare and I for one cant wait for the things to be gone.

Lol. You can still meet and chat with masks.

If the mask was stopping you reading your either wearing it (or just reading) very very wrong.

You would be doing well to find anyone who has anything good to say about them.

Anyone who has to wear them for work will tell you they are awful. Rip your ears off

So that's just his opinion and one of many.

But one old person gets to pontificate that "everybody" hates masks. Is this right something you get for being an "old person" like the bus pass.

Is this just a thread for people who haven't figured out how to use masks?

Seriously, the most annoying thing about masks is having to remember to have one.

Still find it so bizarre how many fruitcakes have a fixation on masks like they're some insane disruption to life.

nobody is asking you to put up with it forever.

Still find it so bizarre how many fruitcakes have a fixation on masks

They're an easy focal point for people who are more broadly dissatisfied with where they have ended up in life. It's nothing to do with masks themselves. It's just a vent for general bitterness.

There's that "damaged" nation line again.

Can't moan about the government keeping us locked down any more so it becomes about us all being mentally locked down. People willingly followed the restrictions and you you actually go out and take a look around town people have stopped following them when given the all clear.

What mask warriors ?

Still saw a fair few wearing them in London after guidance finished but I think a fair bit was down to not trusting the Tory government when they said it was safe.

I never had a picture of a mask or a Twitter but I was very pro mask when things were bad. I'm not now because I think the real genuine need we had is gone. I might still wear them on short bus journeys but most likely I will forget to carry on unless I am going to work.

Some people seem to think the guidelines changing is proof they never worked but it's the situation that has changed not the masks

I mean all you needed to do was put a bit of food or drink in front of you and you could take it off anyway.

Probably depends either where the company is registered to or the rules of the two countries the flight is between. Most likely the first one.

Supposedly mask mandates on flights are set by EU rules. However masks are no longer required on flights within Scandinavia. 2 of the 3 countries are in the EU so that can't be entirely true.

The CAA in the UK still mandate masks on flights, even within the UK. I can't see anything changing there until Scotland and Wales drop their mask mandates.

I don't know what the rules will be for the two domestic Irish routes.

Freedom Day? Will the virus magicaly disappear at the stroke of midnight?