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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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1 posted on 05/25/2021 12:00:47 PM PDT by conservative98
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Those wearing masks for reasons beyond their health told me that by covering their faces, no one can tell them to smile when they don’t feel like it. It offers a break from putting on makeup. And it provides a degree of anonymity. https://t.co/kmFESW1xRt— Elizabeth Chuck (@echuckles) May 25, 2021

Yes, I think this helps my anxiety. I’m not sure just yet how I feel about going maskless.🤷🏽‍♀️— LilOlMe🦄🌊🏝🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌮 (@ESMERALDAPANAT1) May 25, 2021

Wearing a mask helps with unwanted male gaze. I'm going to miss that.— Jane V (@JaneVelocity) May 25, 2021


2 posted on 05/25/2021 12:00:57 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

She craves attention, yes?


3 posted on 05/25/2021 12:01:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

Me: What are your specials today?

Masked Waitress: blah, blah, blah, blah, and blah.

Me: I just have a cold beer.


4 posted on 05/25/2021 12:05:55 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: conservative98
Masks still fog up my glasses even though I have been fully vaccinated!
5 posted on 05/25/2021 12:06:24 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!)
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To: conservative98

I don’t give two craps about Jaz Johnson. Her irrational thinking should be ridiculed and abused. She knows not of freedom and for all I care she can drop off the face of the earth.


6 posted on 05/25/2021 12:06:42 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: conservative98

Psychological damage to millions who will not go maskless thanks to the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the world just so Trump could be taken out.


7 posted on 05/25/2021 12:07:36 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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1. Yet more evidence that progressivism is a mental disorder, as if we needed it.

2. I love this evidence-free gem: “ The public health benefits of masking combined with social distancing were striking this past year. U.S. flu deaths, normally in the tens of thousands annually, were significantly lower.” I’ll put that right next to “global warming causes hurricanes.”


8 posted on 05/25/2021 12:08:20 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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Masks still fog up my glasses even though I have been fully vaccinated!

That's spike protein mist. Only breathe at people you don't like.

9 posted on 05/25/2021 12:09:04 PM PDT by Stentor
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Couldn’t wait to get rid of mine!


10 posted on 05/25/2021 12:10:12 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (...and then, what?)
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To: conservative98

But “follow the science!”


11 posted on 05/25/2021 12:11:09 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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Once when a clerk told me, “Smile. It’s not that bad,” I had the perfect retort.

“My grandmother just died. Excuse me if I’m sad.”

It was true at the time.

I bet it was the last day that clerk said that to anyone.

My people aren’t rude enough to tell someone else to smile, perhaps because it was explained to them once why someone did not feel like smiling.

All you have to do is tell someone off who tells you to smile. You don’t have to wear a mask to prevent them from being rude. Just be rude back.


12 posted on 05/25/2021 12:12:06 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: conservative98

Beyond physical health, to mental illness...


13 posted on 05/25/2021 12:14:02 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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Healthy body, sick mind.

It’s all too common now.


14 posted on 05/25/2021 12:14:28 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: immadashell

Masks make communication impossible for hearing disabled folks that don’t know sign language and must lip-read.


15 posted on 05/25/2021 12:16:24 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: conservative98

I keep saying a mask makes it harder to pick you out of a lineup.


16 posted on 05/25/2021 12:19:00 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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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

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

17 posted on 05/25/2021 12:19:06 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: The Pack Knight

I love that line. Masks and social (why not call it what it really is, physical) distancing stopped the Flu, but somehow made no difference with Rona.

They spot the lines but never actually think about what they Just said.


18 posted on 05/25/2021 12:20:09 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: conservative98

The loonies are out in force.


19 posted on 05/25/2021 12:21:44 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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Maskerbaters...


20 posted on 05/25/2021 12:22:49 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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