Mask mandate in Seattle finally repealed today. Still, half of people are wearing masks.

LMAO at everyone spewing their false equivalences.

You all FORCED people to wear masks. Nobody is trying to FORCE you to take them off.

Did you just point and laugh at bare faces, no, you ran screaming to your lib governors to use force. Be grateful we're only mocking you.

Well, speaking of 'false', we didn't "all" run to our liberal governors and ask them to use force. In fact, it is almost a certainty that only a miniscule portion of the population communicated with a governor's office to request the imposition of a mask mandate. And not all of the governors that required masks were liberals.

If you are so insecure about your decision to mock that you invent facts, perhaps you should rethink your decision to mock.

Not at all. You deserve to be mocked for pushing the false narrative.

If you weren't afraid to take it off and make a facial expression, you could muster some sort of reply to all the people smirking at you.

Wasn't your argument about being your choice?

Thinking people deserve to be mocked is no defense of being a liar, Wigins, and you are a liar.

And by the way, I'm not wearing a mask.

By mocking people who still wear masks you are using passive aggressive communication to coerce people into taking them off.

I still don't understand why people care what I do that has absolutely zero effect on others.

Who's "you all?" You're replying to me, not some nebulous liberal boogeyman. You're arguing with ghosts like a schizophreniac.

Like I said, if they want to wear masks, then what's the problem? Are you triggered by their choice to do so?

This is irrelevant. The CDC does not recommend anyone wear masks when Covid case levels are low, as they are in Seattle / King County. So it doesn't matter whether people are vaccinated or not.

cdc.gov

Masks and Respirators

CDC

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

Open link

In fact, even at the "Medium" level, the unvaccinated are not recommended to wear masks. Vaccination status no longer impacts the decision whether or not to wear a mask, per the CDC.

For those of us in Seattle who have been forced to wear masks for all but the last 3 days, save 3 weeks in summer '21, it is a novel concept that we're all getting used to.

If only the mask-lovers had your live-and-let-live attitude, it'd be all good. Sadly, people around here are highly traumatized at seeing unmasked faces and many would prefer the mask mandate be reinstated. For example, students in Seattle Public Schools are threatening a walkout on Monday if the mask mandate is not reinstated.

I have zero problem with others wearing masks. But every person I see in a mask, I can't help but wonder if they're one of the ones who'd like to force me to wear a mask.

Agreed. I too am a bit traumatized and unsure what to do when I see staff wearing a mask. I feel if the folks working have a mask on I suppose I should too to not freak them out. Otherwise I could give a damn about it all. I'd like to just grocery shop unmasked for once.

More likely, the people are in one of either two camps (1) they've not heard of the reversal of the mandate yet or (2) they've weighed their personal costs and benefits and decided that for them, given they already bought the masks, they'd prefer to use them.

Other people wearing a mask does not affect me, except for the fact that I don't get to see their face ... on average I think that's a positive.

To work and/or to any public place...i have diligently worn a mask (with liners or filters since March 8, 2020..

If something happens now? Then it's unfortunate but as of today, due to masking, hand sanitizer (kept in the kitchen, bathroom, car and bedroom), distancing, shopping at highly unpopular times (7am), and copious hand washing...not even regarding the safety routines at work....the sheer fact that the mask has kept me ANY illness free for over 735 days is proof extreme that masks work.

I AM the Data.

Lighten up, Mr. 2600.

I'm inclined to continue to mask when going to the store (I work from home, and this is about the only time I'm around a lot of people), and I'd also mask on a plane.

I'd imagine in addition to COVID it would tend to reduce the potential for catching colds and flu.

Seems to me there's potential upside and no downside.

That's a non-sequitur. In Seattle, you had to show a vax card AND wear a mask to get in most places.

This is spot on. It really is unbelievable that some are saying’ “You’re free to do whatever, so why are you mocking people who wear masks?”
That has not been the case, and we were all forced to wear masks here in Seattle.

And arunnerinwa is spot on. Majority of people would love it here in Seattle if mask mandate was still on. When I was at Costco, I was like the only person without a mask. When I went to Bellevue mall on Saturday, there were more people without masks, but many still had theirs on.

Seattle public schools initially was going to still continue the mask mandate, but fortunately, they followed the state and county’s guidance. In my son’s class, he was only one of four kids without masks. Overwhelming majority of people in Seattle would prefer to have mask mandate to go on.

I live in the Seattle area and I have only shown my vax card once -- to get into Canada to ski in December.