Covid May Be The First Reason People Started Wearing Face Masks, But People In This Online Group Discovered 30 More Advantages Of Them

A great accessory to hide my Resting B***h Face :)

Amen, sister

This one should be higher up!

I remember seeing a shot from China (before covid) where it was the social norm to do exactly this: mask up if you're sick. I remember thinking then "wow, I'd like to live in a society with those kind of values" - got my wakeup call when covid came around. The US is not that society.

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It's going to be my new normal. This is the healthiest I, along with my kids, have ever been and it only took a pandemic to make this happen. Oh, the irony.

I haven't had a cold in 2 years; I love my masks.

This. I habitually get at least one nasty cold per winter. About half the time, it escalates into bronchitis. The past two winters, I haven't gotten a single cold. Masks FTW!

Since mask mandates happened, I've not caught so much as a cold. This is huge for me as I've got four autoimmune disorders that, because of the meds I have to take to control them, have left me with essentially no immune system. I used to get colds at least once a month, strep throat five or six times a year, the flu at least three times a year, among other common maladies. Since COVID came along and I've been wearing a mask in public and been vigilant about sanitizing/washing my hands...no illnesses. I will always wear a mask in public, even if COVID is ever controlled enough to not necessarily need one.

I've gotten so used to this that I also assume they can't hear me. They can.

When we won't have to wear masks anymore, I am going to need to shut up and I have no idea how I will do this.

I can sing for myself while walking the dogs :)

YES! Oh, I'm not alone....it's going to be terrible if I have to give up my masks in stores and my quiet rants are HEARD: "you look terrible, punk, pull up your pants". (I'm 78.)

Given the amount of people saying this, I think we should just normalize talking to ourselves.

I don't want to be mistaken for a Republican.

It's nice and warm until, in -15C / 5F, you take it off for a bit because you're outside alone and it's getting a little damp. No forget that - it's soaked. And while you had it off you face, it froze solid. And now that you need to go in somewhere to get a coffee, you can't get it back on your face until you warm it in your hands for a few minutes. It's a double-edged sword... :)

So true!! They are unbearable in summer but in winter i wear them even when walking alone in the park so my nose doesn't fall from the cold

Fake photo - his glasses are not fogged up.

I just noticed this for the very first time yesterday...

Someone needs to tell those people that you're not supposed to bathe in the stuff, that only someone close to you should be able to smell your perfume.

The worst is when people spray perfume in a plane or tiny office.

Last time on work I swear one of the customers had showered in perfume, the smell lingered long after they went to the other side of the shop. i could taste the perfume droblets like they had freshly sprayed it. I could not smell the stinky cheese, That is too much perfume.

It doesn't keep the perfume out, though.

Yes, I do enjoy the fact I didn't smell the mangoes in the supermarket!

Australian here, very confused that a basic health action has become so politicized.

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A bit off-topic, but, damn, you people surely are obsessed with that little trumpet, even now that he's no longer in that seat. *preparing the pop-corn for all the replies that will prove my point*

This is overlooked too often! So many people I know, including myself, have commented on how much better they feel during allergy season thanks to masks!

Mowed my lawn in a mask. Game changer for my allergies!

Same with forest fire smoke. We live hundred of kilometres from the nearest forest, but get the smoke anyway. Last year I noticed my mask could filter out a good deal of it.

This is common knowledge in places like Japan where masks were used before covid. My foam ones even say they block 99% of pollen.

Compared to other people's comments mine is lame, but I like the fact that I don't have to wear lipstick anymore. (And I feel much more comfortable).

All of u who commented here: I salute you! I'm praying for your health, and I bow to your bravery!

That's my every day reality, living with four autoimmune disorders. I'm in immunosuppressive medications for life that have, in the past, left me open to every single opportunistic infection known to man. Something as simple as a scratch that breaks the skin has seen me in the ICU with sepsis. I've gone through 46 bouts of sepsis since 2017. I nearly lost my right arm after a very minor cat bite last year; three emergency surgeries during lockdown saved my arm and my life. Right before being wheeled into the OR with the first surgery, the surgeon warned me that he'd likely have to amputate right below the elbow if the infection had gotten into the bone. It was a very close call; the infection had reached the bone but not yet gotten inside.

I get to childishly stick my tongue out at people. I like that.

Honestly I keep catching myself walking around the grocery store with my mouth just WIDE OPEN under my mask. Idk why and I hope I wasn’t doing it before without noticing…..

Same in hospitality