Originally Posted by BristolUK

You appear to be saying that with bars and restaurants open and where mask wearing isn't practical that there's not much point in wearing masks in, say, grocery stores. Well what about those people that do get exposed to the virus in those places and may or may not develop the illness but may still be infectious and then want to go to the grocery store?
If they wear a mask and follow the other rules when doing so, then it's far less likely that they will infect other shoppers. That's a good thing isn't it?

You may argue it won't change the numbers but it changes what the numbers would become if masks were not mandated in the grocery stores.

Originally Posted by Pulaski

I was in a local pharmacy yesterday, and one of the pharmancy assistants - behind the pharmacy counter, handing over prescriptions, was wearing a mask that didn't cover her nose!

Originally Posted by printer

No i'm simply saying grocery stores are not the problem. Young party crowds are the problem. We need to address the cause of the spikes to reduce the transmission and masking up in grocery stores whilst allowing a basic free for all in the pub, club, party scene is NOT addressing the problem its putting a band aid on a surgical wound

Originally Posted by abner

Was she wearing glasses? ...

Originally Posted by Pulaski

No she wasn't.

I wear glasses, and don't have the fogging problem, but I wear a tight-fitting mask, where the air I breath goes through the filter, not around the edges.

Originally Posted by bats

i wear glasses and mostly don't have the fogging problem. Sometimes when I start wearing it but then it goes away. I put the top of the mask under my specs.

Originally Posted by BristolUK

Me too. Makes no difference though. My glasses fog up outside if I look down while breathing. Don't look down. ....
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. ....

Originally Posted by Pulaski

Are your lenses glass or plastic?

Originally Posted by BristolUK

I haven't a clue.

Originally Posted by printer

You can wear masks everywhere if you like but will it stop the spikes we are seeing? Not unless you wear one in the places i listed. So how do you suggest that these spikes that have been troubling us are managed? Remember we weren't wearing them last month in stores, nothing much has changed, in fact grocery stores have been open this entire pandemic with few wearing masks and i don't remember any stats that show we had spikes in any grocery stores to be concerned about. To put it another way how do you get masks to be worn where there is obviously a risk, as in a pub for example?

Originally Posted by BristolUK

Me too. Makes no difference though. My glasses fog up outside if I look down while breathing. Don't look down.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.

Originally Posted by Pulaski

A glass lens feels cold to the touch (like a drinking glass), is relatively heavy, and is cheaper - so is typically used for a "free"/ low cost prescriptions.

A plastic lens is not cold to the touch, lighter in weight, and is used for premium insurance or for an upcharge.

It used to be that NHS lens were glass, and plastic lens were an extra, and not insignificant, cost. I haven't had an NHS prescrition for many years, so I don't know what the current situation is.

Originally Posted by BristolUK

Me too. Makes no difference though. My glasses fog up outside if I look down while breathing. Don't look down.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.

Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

I wonder if those who choose to wear burqas are also wearing a mask??????