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Mine (local supermarket team) are now masking up now that NI made it mandatory.
I was joking they should do "masks for life" they said they will get ones with logos on it.
But yeah, strange. The local pub waitress also didn't wear one, we had lunch (before the eat out...) as they cooked meals for people during lockdown so happy to help them a bit.
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does the government guidelines about wearing masks not apply to them?
Mask wearing in shops in England is the law, not just guidelines, but people working in shops are excluded.
The requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply ... to a person responsible for a relevant place or an employee of that person acting in the course of their employment
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/791/regulation/3/made
I'm not sure how much a supermarket employee can reduce their personal risk by wearing a basic face covering rather than an FFP3 mask, face shield, gown, gloves etc.
IMHO they should wear a mask to reduce the probability of passing on an infection if they are asymptomatic, like the rest of us.
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Anyone else noticed the number of supermarket employees not wearing masks? I feel like if I were in a similar job, I'd definitely try to minimise my risk personally
Masks protect other people from infections you carry really, not so much yourself from others, although the science isn't definitive.
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Anyone else noticed the number of supermarket employees not wearing masks? I feel like if I were in a similar job, I'd definitely try to minimise my risk personally - does the government guidelines about wearing masks not apply to them?
Weird.