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They're keeping their masks on. Their reasons extend beyond their health.
NBC ^ | May 25, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT | By Elizabeth Chuck

Posted on 05/25/2021 12:00:47 PM PDT by conservative98

When federal health officials recently announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks in most situations, Jaz Johnson was among those who kept hers on.

Johnson, 46, of Kansas City, Missouri, has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but she has no desire to go maskless.

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In addition to helping keep her and her family healthy, masks have offered Johnson something else: the chance to hide emotions, such as contempt when someone is standing too close to her in a checkout line, or boredom when a relative tells the same story for the tenth time.

“I am one of those people that cannot lie or get away with anything,” Johnson, who works in information technology, said. “It’s been pretty fun now that no one really knows, necessarily, what I’m thinking.”

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some people are continuing to do so — having come to appreciate the reprieve they provide from stifling social expectations while out in public.

These mask-wearers say they see a multitude of benefits to covering up. No one can tell you to smile when you don’t feel like it. It gives you a break from putting on makeup. And it provides a degree of anonymity.

“It’s exhausting having to put on this smiling, very calm, brave face,” said Cassidy, 35, of Lake Tahoe, Nevada, who asked to be identified by first name only for privacy.

A Navy veteran, Cassidy has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and agoraphobia and said masks feel like a “shield” that prevent uncomfortable interactions while running errands: “I can absorb the environment in a much more controlled manner without having to think about what my face is doing, and having to think about someone seeing my face.”

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To: conservative98
AS LONG AS YOU RIGHT-WING, RACIST, TREASONOUS, TRUMPNAZIS CONTINUE TO LIE ABOUT BEING VACCINATED THE REST OF US PATRIOTIC AMERICANS WHO GOT VACCINATED TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WEAR OUR MASKS UNTIL WHICH TIME YOU ARE FORCED TO VACCINATE, OR DIE FROM COVID-45!— Maynard G. Krebs (@SSilverbergh) May 25, 2021

Uh, if the vax works and protects you, why are you worried if someone else hasn't got it yet?

It's because that's what the TV told them and they are so invested in "the science" they refuse to even think about it.

21 posted on 05/25/2021 12:23:04 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: conservative98

Face burkha.


22 posted on 05/25/2021 12:24:21 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: conservative98

Maybe she likes popping zits.


23 posted on 05/25/2021 12:25:30 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: conservative98

Translation: Hard to virtue signal w/o your mask.


24 posted on 05/25/2021 12:26:14 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: conservative98

This is the proper use of masks.

25 posted on 05/25/2021 12:26:28 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: conservative98

Mental illness is the reason.


26 posted on 05/25/2021 12:27:01 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: conservative98

Upset with the in-laws you have to visit? “Hey I hear there’s a Covid uprising on your block, got my mask on!”


27 posted on 05/25/2021 12:27:02 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump took down ISIS; Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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To: BenLurkin

Today a Karen gave me a mask with tongs. I started laughing.


28 posted on 05/25/2021 12:27:14 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: central_va

i love her


29 posted on 05/25/2021 12:28:21 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: conservative98

But what about Japan?

2014 article:

Why do Japanese people wear surgical masks? It’s not always for health reasons

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/why-do-japanese-people-wear-surgical-masks-its-not-always-for-health-reasons

Main reasons: social anxiety, don’t want to talk to people, don’t want to wear makeup, warmth, and fashion accessory.


30 posted on 05/25/2021 12:28:34 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

They love the virtue signal.


31 posted on 05/25/2021 12:28:49 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: conservative98

Keep wearing them you freaks


32 posted on 05/25/2021 12:28:51 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: WildHighlander57

I am in that same boat. I have to wear hearing aids and I still have to read lips. In the past I explain that to others and they drop the mask and we can communicate. For those that don’t, I walk away.


33 posted on 05/25/2021 12:30:04 PM PDT by Texas resident (Silver alert: There is a guy running around DC claiming he is the President.)
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To: conservative98

I have rarely had any communication with someone masked that I haven’t had them repeat what they say or actually ask them to pull the mask away from their mouth. At my age hearing and recognizing words can be a struggle which people talking to me masked making them sound like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon.


34 posted on 05/25/2021 12:30:35 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: SamAdams76
Not true at all. I can easily detect people's emotions even when they are wearing a mask.

I agree. The eyes are the windows to the soul. The most common emotions I see on the masked are fear or anger. But not always. I’ve detected smiles from the masked on occasion.

35 posted on 05/25/2021 12:30:48 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: conservative98

Hope they enjoy their maskne and other skin and breathing problems that are bound to crop up.


36 posted on 05/25/2021 12:31:08 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: conservative98

I’m a warm-and-fuzzy kind of good person. I love smiles. I love relating to folks. I have no phobias that would keep me from relating to my fellow man. These folks are nuts, IMO.


37 posted on 05/25/2021 12:33:28 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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To: BlackAdderess

“Couldn’t wait to get rid of mine!”

I have no masks any longer. I am not worried about someone’s cooties.


38 posted on 05/25/2021 12:35:45 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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To: BenLurkin

What a bunch of sad human lemmings. If biden ate dog poop so would they.


39 posted on 05/25/2021 12:38:27 PM PDT by Pilated
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To: SamAdams76

“Not true at all. I can easily detect people’s emotions even when they are wearing a mask.”

Good post. Yes, you can instantly tell a lot about folks who are still wearing masks, especially outside. Like: how smart they are? Are they independent thinkers? Are they hiding some phobia? Hair lipped, perhaps? Democrat? Dumb?

(my apologies if I offended anyone who is hair lipped.)


40 posted on 05/25/2021 12:39:50 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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