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Many Bay Area residents feel free keeping their masks on. Across the Bay Area, people are still wearing their masks — and many say it’s because other people are doing it
Mercury News ^ | June 22, 2021 | ALDO TOLEDO

Posted on 06/22/2021 8:39:04 PM PDT by conservative98

It’s not surprising to Michel Courtoy, of Saratoga, that people are still being careful. Courtoy walked around Santana Row without a mask because he now feels he has “the freedom to make my own decisions and act in a way I feel appropriate.”

Still, Courtoy wears his mask inside stores and when a majority of people around him are wearing one. It’s not out of “social pressure.” It’s a sign of “respect for other people.”

“I think if a majority of people in a confined space indoors stop wearing them, I feel I’ll follow the group,” Courtoy said. “But it’s like a snake biting its tail: You’re waiting for other people to give you the signal, and they’re waiting for your signals. It’s a difficult situation.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: california; covid; masks; sanfrancisco; virtuesignaling
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To: conservative98

I live in the Bay Area and I’m not wearing a mask anymore. It’s not a “sign of respect for other people” to wear a mask after I’ve been vaccinated - it’s an indulgence of their neurosis, one I’m not willing to make.


21 posted on 06/22/2021 9:23:07 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: conservative98

It covers up the stench of human feces.


22 posted on 06/22/2021 9:23:49 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: CatOwner

The irony of that statement is from my point of view, the average Asian woman retain her youthful or ‘ageless’ appearance for far longer than most other races, even w/o surgery. She has the advantage of that bone structure, with those high cheekbones Liz Warren used to brag about so much.


23 posted on 06/22/2021 9:24:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: conservative98

Because the local media refuses to tell them the rest of the USA has moved on.
One Party Rule


24 posted on 06/22/2021 9:25:23 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: conservative98

This was released over a year ago, and it’s more relevant than ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DDXG-dHugc


25 posted on 06/22/2021 9:35:58 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: hercuroc
Just the kind that would happily follow orders putting you in a boxcar.

But only if he "felt" that it was expected of him!

Regards,

26 posted on 06/22/2021 9:36:03 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: conservative98

I went to a window screen shop in Mt. View, CA yesterday. I walked in and went right to the counter. They started yelling at me to get back behind the counter blocking the front door (with a huge plexiglass screen) and put my mask on. I said I don’ have a mask, so the woman started to get me one. I said there is no way I’m putting on a mask and I’m going elsewhere. I walked out and won’t be going back there again.

How long will these idiots do this crap?


27 posted on 06/22/2021 9:36:57 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Pour les vaincre il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace")
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To: conservative98

Many Bay Area residents are gutless, retarded imbeciles. But hey, they’ve got plenty of fellow gutless retards all over the place.


28 posted on 06/22/2021 9:40:03 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I am in Ventura County I have been out and about EVERYWHERE since the 15th with no mask and thus far have not run into any mask Karen’s YET!! I can’t believe how many people still have the damn masks on GEEZE!! I am not vaccinated nor will I EVER BE no one has asked for proof of vaccine!! I have heard people say they are vaccinated and STILL wearing the mask because they are afraid of people like me who are not vaccinated!! If you are vaccinated what the hell difference does it make if someone is not vaccinated, you can’t fix STUPID!!


29 posted on 06/22/2021 9:42:44 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: conservative98

It’s retard land out here in the gay bay

Demoncat master says. The sheep 🐑 obey

The mask thing is WEIRD.

IVE NEVER WORE ONE EXCEPT WHEN I HAVE TO


30 posted on 06/22/2021 9:47:38 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: Jamestown1630

herein Los Angeles, some are wearing masks and others not. Same with stores, some require, others no.

I no longer wear my mask unless someplace requires it.

I did not get the vaccination and do not plan to get it.


31 posted on 06/22/2021 10:04:25 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love BULL MARKETS! HEAD EQUITIES TRADER FOR 30 YEARS!)
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To: Jamestown1630

I never wore a mask (doctor’s office the exception) and have not been vaccinated. In 71 years, never had a flu shot. Not a sheep and don’t believe in fads.


32 posted on 06/22/2021 11:21:39 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: conservative98

I feel I’ll follow the group

“Baaaa”

Simply will not do it anymore. Never accosted, even in stores still with the mask mandate: TJ Maxx...looking at you, nor stared at to my knowledge.

Dude: DO IT!


33 posted on 06/23/2021 2:00:37 AM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: conservative98

I never wore a mask outdoors, from the beginning, and got a mask with breathing holes for indoors.

I am sorry to say I got the first ‘moderna death shot’ (easier to visit my folks who are in assisted living and still have to wear a mask while visiting)


34 posted on 06/23/2021 3:12:50 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn."m)
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To: conservative98

Conformance is not a surprise, folks. Asch studied this years ago and concluded a large majority of humans (75%) are worthless lemmings.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBOtC05yQ0


35 posted on 06/23/2021 3:35:53 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I identify as vaccinated. If someone challenges me they are ab antiantivaxxiphobe and are simply bigoted against my community and must be subject to diversity training......


36 posted on 06/23/2021 4:04:53 AM PDT by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will not purchase Coke Products- Get woke go broke-)
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To: conservative98

No need to glance for the Biden-Harris 2020 bumper sticker.


37 posted on 06/23/2021 3:03:56 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Masking is clearly nothing more than bad habit ... a nasty, dirty unhealthful bad habit ... and as many of us know, bad habits can be difficult to break as to do so requires courage and strength.

Fortunately I never acquired that bad habit -- never over the past 15 months -- so it's not a problem. Just keep going maskless ... you're helping weak people little by little ... but it'll take time.

38 posted on 06/23/2021 3:09:00 PM PDT by glennaro ("Until it's safe" means "never" (Dennis Prager))
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To: glennaro

Me, either. I wore a mask the absolutely least possible time — only when entering a store or barbershop. I’d put it on after entering and rip it off after checking out.

I got harassed twice, both times in the great outdoors, once by a woman and once by a man. I basically told both to butt out.

Two of my kids in their mid and early were maybe the worst, constantly haranguing me to put the mask on. I did put it on now and then for family harmony.


39 posted on 06/23/2021 3:12:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Pour les vaincre il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace")
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To: Persevero

I guess a lot of people just have all kinds of fears.

And there’s not much that you can do about other peoples’ fears.


40 posted on 06/23/2021 8:12:04 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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