Why do people wear masks on their chins? Asked people and got 3 interesting explanations
In winter, most of us do not leave the house without a hat, in the summer without sunglasses, and in the strange spring of 2020 without medical masks. The alarming April attribute can be seen on every second passer-by. Both in cities and in villages. Well, maybe the villages are smaller ...
I increasingly notice that many people wear a mask very suspiciously - on the chin. You don't need to have a medical education to understand: the benefits of this device come to naught if the fabric does not cover the nose and mouth. Therefore, undoubtedly, I was interested: why, in fact, do this?
I decided to ask my friends who themselves practice a useless way of using primitive personal protective equipment. It turns out that everyone has different motives. I am talking about each of them.
Attention! My note is a retelling of opinions, not a guide to action. I emphasize the importance of following the recommendations of the Ministry of Health: wear a mask, keep your hands clean, keep your distance and, if possible, stay at home. This is important for the health of you, your loved ones and those around you.
Maria - cashier at a gas station: "In an hour I feel like in a bathhouse"
My first interlocutor was Masha, a young girl standing behind the cash register at the nearest gas station. The passability of the point is small, but the work makes contact for a shift with a string of random people: both local and visiting summer residents. There is a risk, and rather big!
I constantly refuel here, so I am on friendly terms with Masha. Already two weeks ago, I noticed that the girl wears a mask not as in the first days, as expected, but on her chin. Yesterday I jokingly asked Maria why she was doing this: “Rubbed her nose?”, And the interlocutor shared her vision of the situation:
And you would try to defend in a mask for 8 hours! You see how stuffy it is here. Within an hour, the whole mask is wet, it is impossible to breathe. Even on the face irritation appeared. And I'm not afraid to get sick - I am young, there will be no complications.
Yes, you can understand the girl. Moreover, a wet mask, which is worn for 8 hours, is itself a breeding ground for bacteria.
BUT! I notice that many people don't understand the meaning of wearing protective equipment. A medical mask is needed not so much to protect yourself from infection. It somehow reduces the risk that a person will not infect others (including his children and parents).
Uncle Misha, car mechanic: there is still a shit in Pocherovnitsy
Uncle Misha, a car mechanic in the only service in the district, and also a neighbor two houses away. In the past - a favorite of women (again, in the entire district), in the present - a smart mustachioed uncle and a famous joker.
It's impossible not to start a conversation with the typical extrovert! Taking this opportunity, while changing winter tires to summer ones (finally!) I asked Uncle Misha a question that worries me: "Why is the mask on the chin?"
The boss said that the mask should be worn. Or the service may have problems. Why do I need it? I don’t know what everyone’s running around with this cold, I don’t care at all.
I still objected to Uncle Misha. After all, his age is already approaching a respectable one, which means that the health risk is increasing. But I was not even surprised when I received this answer:
As long as I am destined to live, I will live that much. I was told 5 years ago after a heart attack that I would not last a couple of years. All my life I was engaged in zinc welding. And you see, I'm jumping like a horse. So your wheels are ready!
Amazing tranquility. But very reckless. Probably... In general, I noticed that for some reason people with such a philosophy of the disease are usually bypassed.
Retired neighbor: "I can't take it anymore"
The conversation with the elderly neighbor turned out to be sad and touched me to the very heart.
When they announced self-isolation, Zoya Mikhailovna disappeared. We, neighbors, even began to worry: the dear old woman did not leave the house for several days. We went in and found out that the children had brought masks, antiseptics, food supplies from the city and left with a strict order to stay at home.
And Zoya Mikhailovna was sitting. After 2 weeks, we noticed that the woman nevertheless began to go to the store, wearing a mask and wiping her hands with antibacterial wipes. And recently she began to go out with a mask on her chin.
I'm tired of being afraid. On TV they only say how tense the situation is. I'm going crazy at home: just me, the TV and the cat. The pressure rises, I constantly think about the bad... I don't care anymore, but I can't be afraid anymore. And I put a mask on at least on my chin, because my daughter said not to go out without her. The daughter is so calmer.
Sadly, I realized that the mask became, in Zoya Mikhailovna's understanding, not a means of protection, but an attribute of stress, loneliness and domestic confinement.
Do you wear a mask? Should it be worn by others or do you adhere to the position of one of the heroes of the note?