Will you continue to wear your mask when they are optional?

I'd say that's happening for a long time already Ger, i've never tested myself but worked all the way through in the office

No

The thing that I never understood were the gobsh1tes who would wear a mask under their nose. By doing that you basically have all of the hassle and inconvenience of wearing one but none of the benefit. Either wear one properly or don't wear one.

You might want to reassess your source of information

2 seconds finds a photo of doctors wearing masks as protection against respiratory infectious diseases. Long before there was covid19

I would have voted yes until recently when i got a very light dose of what i can only assume was Omicron, but now after having it, its so unlikley that i'll get it again, so I wont bother as it'll wont of any use

There is no fine for walking on the street without a mask.

If you don't want to wear one then don't. If you're going to wear it, at least do it in a way you get benefit from it.

But if you want to wear one under your nose so as to just annoy yourself for zero benefit then fire ahead. Ha'penny Matt Talbot wannabes perhaps? They could also put a small sharp stone into their shoe to cause them similar discomfort for no benefit.

As has been said a million times about people wearing them in cars, these people may be going from shop to shop or public transport to workplace etc and not bother taking them off in between.

I doubt if they are trying to annoy sincere believers in masks. I suppose that is a good troll if they are but would anyone bother?

Can you not appreciate how retarded even that "excuse" is? They don't bother taking them off but do bother pulling them down.

When you pull it down, you are basically inhaling everything that might be on the outside of the mask. "Here johnny, here is a piece of fabric that might have captured some of the virus on its outside as air was being filtered through it. Would ya like to put it up there with the virus side against your nose and take a few good inhales off it 🤣

The conclusion of the paper was that "Given that there is no evidence that they cause any harm either, proponents would rather err on the side of caution and encourage their continued use, stressing that there is no room for complacency when it comes to ensuring patient safety. This opinion is similarly echoed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines which assert that mask usage contributes towards ‘maintaining theatre discipline’."

When looking at a paper that specifically focuses on Covid-19 transmission in a public setting, we can find that "Based on these studies, all people, regardless of physical conditions and professions, should wear masks at all times in prevention of COVID‐19. In this regard, inhalation protection via masks is particularly important in order to reduce the transmission of viruses that are potentially carried by droplets and aerosols." Even looking at some of the figures in the paper can give you a good idea of what exactly masks do with Covid.

DOI: 10.1002/mds3.10163

As part of my job I'm in 20 to 30 homes per week. About 5% of homeowners wear a mask while I'm working in their home. I don't believe the 95% of homeowners will wear a mask in shops when they don't when tradesman is in their home. I think we will see a massive drop of from next Monday with less & less wearing masks as days turn into weeks

If you look at any reputable source, such as the one that I posted above, or a study such as this one; 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102435, you'll see that the engineering behind masks is very complex and the lowered rates of transmissions in people who wear them is not simply a "placebo".

On an unrelated note, I would be very curious to see which age groups tend to be the most hesistant to use masks and vice versa.

Does this really happen to people? You say hello, nod and move on. 25 years years is a long time for people to grow up, even if some take a good while longer!

I voted no as I don't plan on wearing a mask in the vast majority of situations. I may however wear a mask on packed public transport in the wintertime, particularly if I have something coming up like Christmas or a holiday as it's miserable to have a cold then. I do believe getting colds is important for a functioning immune system so otherwise I won't be actively avoiding trying to get one.