Where it comes to wearing a mask do you;

If they won't let me in someplace without it, and driving to another location would take too much time, I will wear one.  If its not required, then I won't voluntarily put it on.  Many cities in SoCal are now "recommending" masks but not requiring them.  However, its still up to individual businesses out of concern for their employees.  My office has been open throughout the coronavirus, and every one of my employees takes off their mask as soon as they are inside the front door.  I'm happy to say I have no "Chicken Littles" working for me.

i wear a mask when entering public places ..  nearly all my clients require when I or my techs enter the house ...    

And even if it's not, depending on where I'm going and how crowded it'll be, I'll wear one. My family members are older with conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus so I try to minimize the chances. Why chance it??
I'm not one of those who's thinks they're "too cool for school" to not wear one.

If I'm going to a store or other crowded place, I wear the mask. If I'm taking the dog for a walk on a regional trail or seeing one of my girlfriends,  no mask.

only wear a mask if it is required

B. But I'm in a high risk group due to age and preexisting conditions.  

I keep masks in the car so I always have one where ever I go.  

so I have it when I feel I need it.  

I was in Dallas, Tysons Corner,VA and Miami for work know one was wearing mask the past two weeks.
Only people wearing masks we're the workers and etc.

I wear a mask whenever I leave the house, in my car, walking to/from my business destination and inside the destination. I take my mask off when I get home or when I go into a home of a trusted friend (currently only 3 on my "trusted" list).  
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But no mask when banging my SB's or a pro.  
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I even wear a mask when I go to sleep!
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OK, it's a CPAP mask to due to sleep apnea, but still... :p  
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Life is good.
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The Cat

I wear it more as a courtesy to others who are concerned, whether real or not. This area, Washington, DC, is filled with drama queens. So, just easier to avoid the paranoia by wearing a mask versus people making comments at you when you walk by them.

Wear mask anytime I'm entering public establishment (which is basically relegated to groceries, laundromat & drug store).
Don't wear when I go for walks by myself and always give plenty of distance when I encounter others even if they are wearing masks cos its on me imho.
I've had a few masked/social distancing escort sessions with new clients where it was agreed upon before hand.
Recently also done handful of standard sessions with long time regulars after we've discussed what we've both been doing vis-a-vis safety. I have no illusions that I am opening up myself to some risk during such, but a tgirl gots to pay da rent ya know.
For last 4 days been to my gym that only "encourages" masks & social distancing (e.g., they've taken every other cardio machine out of service). I was surprised by majority of peeps not wearing masks or social distancing. Gym is skeleton staffing & other than temp checks when you enter, they are doing little else. I'm wearing mask from entry to exit, sanitizing a lot & keeping distance in weights area. Like escort sessions, I'm hoping for the best cos I'm a morning workout addict and would rather take the dirt nap than not get my fix.
Stay safe y'all,
Kacy TGirl

I'm a C)
But if you think a mask is going to save you, think again.
And, if you're afraid of getting sick, stay the fuck home.

...are about it for me. I'm in a small town about 30 miles north of the CA border and it's about the only place where people congregate. I do my shopping and get out (targeted buying with a list).

C

They say 5% of US has been infected and eventually it will hit 60% of  the country.  It ain't over.

C  for me

It costs me just about nothing to wear a mask while the benefits are potentially substantial. For my entire life I've been able to comply with the old "no shoes no shirt no service" signs without seeing the hand of Big Brother or a Constitutional crisis. Adding masks to that list doesn't make me feel any less like a citizen.

Yes, I'll concede it's called 'Novel Corona Virus'; which in layman's terms means unique virus.

Well following WHO advise has been pretty much proven to be a bad plan. That is one organization that has consistently been a dollar short and a day late on pretty much everything.

The town I live in requires them, That is the only reason I wear one.

That I take all of it with a grain of salt.  

My point was just that anyone listening to WHO would be better off asking Groucho Marx.

None of your options apply to me. I don’t wear a mask most of the time because I’m at home (working and chilling) most of the time.  When I’m outdoors, eg running or walking the dog, I make sure I steer clear of others so I don’t wear a mask then. I wear a mask whenever I might be indoors with other people, eg shopping or the gym.  And as others have noted, it isn’t for my benefit, since I don’t have an N95. It’s for others. I’d never go out if I knew I was sick, but I might be asymptomatic and still be able to infect others. I’ve seen enough scientific evidence on the ability of masks to limit the spread of CV to others that I believe it’s the right thing to do.

I think you are rather confused on pretty much everything you've said here. We can start with H1N1 claim. WHICH particular H1N1 version are you suggesting SARS-CoV-2 is similar to regarding mortality?

I wear a mask when going into public places which is required in the DC area. I still work everyday and in my office we do not wear masks; however we require anyone coming in too.

Enter at your own Risk..
Kisses

No mask outdoors - golf, tennis, running, hiking.

I own a mask but only because my dentist gave it to  me. I wasn't allowed in the office without one. They met me outside to check my temperature and sanitize my hands. I  used it when I went to my medical doctor's office for a check up. They wouldn't let me in without one either.

C because for retail is it similar to "No shirt, no shoes, no service."  It's not a hill worth the trouble of dying on.

Working from home and, aside from playing poker with the guys, typically have been in public less than 4 hours in any week. For poker at 55 I am the youngest there. Some have medical issues and nobody wore a mask and nobody asked me to wear one. After meeting every Sunday for the last 7 weeks nobody has C-19. The longest I wore one was 5 straight hours when a local casino opened up and required mask at all times, plus temp check and hand sanitizer at the door.

I can't believe I am saying this, but I think they have cured me of casino gambling. It's like fucking in a full body condom, it's simply not worth the effort and they have taken all the fun out of it. It's a hard pass for me.

I wear it when I'm near other people.   Why?  It protects others more than it protects the one who wears it, and the virus is  mostly spread by air droplets.  Spread may occur when you are presymptomatic, so wearing the mask just makes sense.  Considering that over 100K are dead and more bodies are piling up every day, especially in the vulnerable population, why is this concept so hard for people?  That's why I wear the fucking uncomfortable mask.

How does a "masked/social distancing escort session" work?

sits across from the client and diddles herself while he can elect to do the same or simply watch passively.

It’s a simple risk-benefit analysis. It doesn’t hurt to wear a mask, so why not? If there’s a 1% chance it can reduce my risk of COVID it’s worth the minor inconvenience. I don’t wear one on the golf course, but do virtually everywhere else in public.

I have three immediate family members at great risk. One has COPD and already damaged lungs. Two have auto-immune diseases that require heavy meds to quash over-active immune systems. All three have been told by Docs that contracting Covid could be fatal. So, I'm cautious and have learned to wear a mask everytime I'm around people (even though I hate  it).

I do not think the masks are necessary. I feel the world overreacted for a regular flu virus!! No masks needed to meet me!!!

Inside, yes.

C. In my area, if you want to go inside a store or anything like that, a mask is required. so I HAVE to wear a mask. If I'm out for my evening walk, I do not wear my mask.  

Mask wearing is mandatory in California everywhere you go in public.   Workplace requires it and all the stores too.  I hate it, and it is uncomfortable to wear.

is they’re in a delivery business or something else that requires they get out of the car a lot and get close to others.

Why do so many people get worked up about someone else wearing a mask. Really, lets all have some arguments about wearing shoes, or brown shoes, or lace-up shoes so maybe hats.

If mask wearers can tell me that I am "killing grandma" by not wearing a mask, especially when there are ZERO high risk people that I interact with on a regular basis, I can most certainly appreciate someone else pointing out how ridiculous it looks when someone is so scared that they still wear a mask even when they are alone. It's like wearing a condom when jacking off.  

Well, there is some truth to that claim. The mask is primarily to keep the person wearing the mask from spreading whatever one it worried about in the exhale and much less about what is breathed in. You need to get a respirator to protect yourself.

Like I said earlier, you do you and I'll do me!

why do you make such shit up? Because you believe in shaming people on different reasons and occasion!!

For example, Uber (maybe other rideshare companies too) requires that the driver confirm he or she is wearing a mask before they’re allowed to accept a trip.  That means they’re driving alone wearing a mask sometimes.  

but when I get out of the car I put it on - regardless of how many people are near me.

It's not hard to wear a mask so the return on investment (even if it offers a small level of protection) seems worth it to me.  I am old enough to remember pre-seat belt days. People would complain about wearing them and we got used to them. I see masks similarly.

Sorry, but I still reserve the right to make fun of people when they do things that make them look foolish,  

I thought you would. You like to use it as well -- probably could say I learned it from you

and please don't conflate laughing at a person out there all by himself wearing a mask although there is not another person within sixty feet much less six, with the people who attempt to "shame" me, those are two very different acts, but of course I am sure you will admit there is a lot of crossover.

I live in the suburbs of Chicago and I ONLY wear a mask at the grocery store or Walgreen's. Even then I only cover my mouth, not my nose. Every outdoor patio (5 of them) I have been to these past three weeks there has been 99% non-masked customers...and social distancing, lol! Most people around here have moved on and this Friday indoor bar and dining will re-open. I will say this as an obsevervation, the most compliant mask wearers are blacks, Mexicans, Orientals and white woman....the least, guilty as charged LOL!

Well I suppose the reason I find it offensive it that's it's true. Orientals seem to wear face masks over ANYTHING, present company excepted of course, as I said in my OP "I don't even own a mask"

You know damn well I am not giving you any permission nor do I think I am.

And all he said was "what's up with the jackasses...."  Laughing at dumb people is just one of the things we do here, it was you and Trevor getting your panties in a twist over it.

of words and attempts at misdirection in all your posts in this thread, I think it’s clear you win the Panty Twisting Award for this thread... if not for all time on TER.  

Is just like the morons who get bent out of shape when someone used the "R word" RETARD, as if a truly mentally handicapped person is actually ever going to log onto TER to read the word, much less ever get offended about it.

"as if a truly mentally handicapped person is actually ever going to log onto TER"
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Well, I can think of a few examples.  

on this board than on the other board.  Lol

Such sessions I've done during the age of corna-varius:
-Set up was like he was coming over after we had a few dates where I had wine & snacks on table in middle of room (prep'd in gloves lol), we wore masks and took them off when we sat in chairs 6' feet apart, it was 1st meet & so we chatted and broke ice, & then we got into naughty chat, I stripped & "played" by myself and as the reply below said, he diddled until he puddled (sorry, I couldn't come up with good rhyme there). Did a few of these with minor variation.
-For a "foot enthusiast" regular, we were masked entire time and only contact was my giving him footjob (I'm only 5'8" so proper soc distancing was not observed lol). For another regular there was masking and gloves entire time, but other "touching" beyond the feets
Haven't had a lot of these sessions, but at this point any revenue stream (even a trickle) is welcome.  
xoxo
Kacy TGirl

get all bent out of shape because they see someone driving by themselves... wearing (gasp!) a mask!  And others get in a tizzy because they *read* about someone wearing a mask while driving and rant about how such people will be in their face about not wearing a mask.  Then they get even more bent out of shape when someone disagrees with their point of view on that in a thread that ASKS for different points of view on wearing masks.  

Someone is perhaps a little too “thin skinned

Short answer is a hard no. The WHO and the cdc reverse themselves too often for my taste. I’ll trust my immune system that’s been honed for thousands of years against viruses. Look at from the viruses perspective, if it contacts me it has a 99.9 percent chance of losing.

CDC manybe -- pretty much all organizations under some political structure become a bit suspect and the higher the level of politics the more suspect I think.

I am like, "Stripper Shoes? YES Breathing Mask? NO"  LOL : D  I seriously got my first breathing mask now BC i am flying to NJ for sex work + Supposedly, I have to have a breathing mask on @ the aiport, so I did buy my first breathing mask at Walgreen's RN.  

Data driven scientists, which epidemiologists are, make recommendations based on available data. As they accumulate more data, they periodically REVISE their recommendations. Sometimes it may seem like a complete reversal, but it is based on honest assessment of current data. As more data comes in, they will revise their recommendations again. That's just how good science works.

I'm in Spain and when we saw the disaster in Italy nobody give a sh**t, then the disaster came here so fast with 1000 dead per day.  

Here is the problem, a lot of scientist hate to admit "they just don't know yet" so they give their best advice, people follow it blindly and then when the scientist figure they got it wrong they are forced to walk back their original advice.  

Science is not Gospel. Some talk of "scientific truths". But other scientists do not like to use that term, either. Science draws conclusions based on facts. Sometimes the facts change: an experimental error was found; new data is more accurate than the old data; new data ADDS to the old data altering a trend; etc.. Most good scientists admit that there is a lot that they don't know. Fauci has said "we don't know" or "we won't know until ..." and so on on many occasions.  
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There are many parameters that guide predictions and recommendations from the CDC, WHO, and other agencies. http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html  There is new data that suggests that blood type might be correlated with infection and survival. However, "blood type" has not yet made it into the models, as far as I know. For large populations, you would be comparing averages, not individual blood types. If A+ is high risk and O- is low risk, you want to know the occurrence of those types in NYC compared to Dallas. If NYC has a high A+/O- ratio compared to Dallas, they might predict higher risks and worse outcomes for NYC.  
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Maybe you have a better way to make such decisions: astrology? reading tea leaves? chicken bones? You got something better than science?
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"I review all the available information and weigh for myself what makes the most sense ***for me.***" You might want to think about what makes the most sense FOR EVERYONE, which includes you. The anti-vaxxer holdouts who have prevented the eradication of measles and polio and mumps and few others are harming EVERYONE.  
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It is not a big deal to wear a mask and doing so protects OTHERS from possible infection from an asymptomatic carrier. YOU might be an asymptomatic carrier. Do your neighbors a solid: when out in public wear a mask to cut down on the risk of transmission. Or just to make them feel a little safer. Also, they wouldn't have to look see as much of your ugly mug.

I have NEVER bought the idea that we have only had a little over 2 million cases with over 100,000 deaths. These new numbers, ALSO from the CDC make a lot more sense to me and are a LOT less scary. The CDC estimates that the actual number of cases is more like TWENTY MILLION, which puts the number of deaths into a completely different perspective, according to these new numbers from the CDC the fatality rate is more like one half of one percent and if you factor in the fact that almost half the deaths are in nursing homes we are down to one quarter of one percent and then factor in the number of people who died with preexisting conditions, the average person is much more likely to die in a car wreck on the way to get tested than to die from the virus itself.

I don’t know how really he is in his real life but on the boards here he projects a very self centered, narcissistic and outright intellectually fraud persona simply to support Trump’s agenda and mischiefs.