Fat chance of the UK government acting like that.
They even made wearing face coverings optional, by exempting people who "cannot wear one" and NOT REQUIRING ANY PROOF of medical reasons. Hence there are many more people just not bothering. Usually the riff raff, malcontents etc.
What we need is a long list of freedoms for those who have double vaccination and restrictions for those who refused a vaccination.
arsenal (June 24th, 2021), gerefan2 (June 24th, 2021), Nirish guy (June 24th, 2021)
Who also worked out that they can pop on to ebay, buy a yellow flower pin badge or lanyard for about £3 and then point to that shouting " I CANT get vaccinated, I have ASTHMA ! I have a BADGE !!" - usually followed up with "now get out of my way so that I can get into the shop to buy by 60 cigarettes for smoking today and hurry up and move as I need to lift my DLA and benefits money from the ATM machine so I can get to my bingo tonight for a damn good drink - and where I WONT be wearing a mask either as I'm EXEMPT and I can prove it cause I have a fucking BADGE you know !!"Originally Posted by goji
I swear after all myself and others have been through this year work, money, stress wise etc I dont know how more of them haven't been found face down dead in a ditch, choked with their very own £3 fucking lanyard !
Ok, time for me to go on the decaf I think this morning before someone gets hurt ! :-)
That would be me. A mask is highly inconvenient when you wear glasses and a beard. Either glasses or a beard should be sufficient reason not to have to wear a mask.
Sorry Christian but those are not valid excuses to not wear a mask.
As someone who wears glasses myself IMO it’s just a question of wearing the mask correctly although moving between air-conditioned indoors and the great outdoors has its own challenges (glasses fogging up). As for beards, my recollection is that Christian admitted in his blog a few years ago that he’d only just realised that many Asian boys detest them, so it’s interesting to read he still has one.
Your memory is right. Years ago, I had several boys in Thailand tell me they don't like beards, so I started to shave more often than twice per month. I don't wear a beard for fashion, I'm just to lazy to shave every day, or every week.
But then I had one Cambodian boy who told me he likes my beard, so I grew it before meeting him. We are both in Cambodia now and I saw him several times, so I grew my beard up to 3 months to set a personal record. During these three months I asked other boys, and to most it doesn't seem to make a difference, and similar numbers of positive or negative response.
Those several boys in Thailand years ago telling me they don't like beards seem to have been a statistical outlier. Or I projected my likes and dislikes (I have a strong dislike for body hair; beard would not be so much of a problem but is an indicator for body hair) on the boys.
I regularly wear glasses or sunglasses and the condensation is mildly inconvenient, but it does not stop me wearing a mask. There are obvious solutions, like wearing a mask that fits more closely around the top, using an anti fog spray for the glasses or wearing contact lenses. A valved mask would also work, although reducing the benefit for others. I wore a valved FFP3 mask in early 2020 before everyone else was bothering to wear a mask.
A razor would modify the beard sufficiently to wear a mask.
Finally, the UK government specified "face coverings", which also includes those large transparent visors. These avoid both of your problems.
Of course they are much less effective, bordering on useless, however instead of an exemption, they should have reminded people of this option.
If people had the choice of a proper mask or a visor, we would find more people find they can wear the proper mask after all.
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