We are being "encouraged" to wear a mask

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

The inherent problem is that for everyone who can take responsibility for their own actions and act for (generally) the common good there is someone else who is too f*cking thick or selfish to consider the implications of their actions if they don't act for the common good. They don't give a sh*t that their actions could lead to someone else catching Covid because that has nothing to do with them.

There are some rather wild accusations flying about there!

Does that apply to nearly all the Town fans last week, presumably including a number of posters on here?

Have a look at the highlights of the Cleethorpes Town match.

People crammed around the pitch perimeter and not a mask in sight. Zero social distancing.

That of course is the real world, with real fans just enjoying a day out, just like they will at BP when the season kicks off.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I have just been in a supermarket and some people were wearing masks and some people weren't and nobody seemed to be judging anyone else. Pretty dull but there you go.

Sadly that's been the case even when masks should have been worn.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I see the club has put out a statement saying the above under the guise of health and safety.

If anybody is that worried to wear a mask in an outdoor setting then let them, but why are the rest of us being encouraged?

All they have done is sow the seeds of doubt that here we go again, another season that will be different / disrupted.

stop being such a baby FFS.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Sadly that's been the case even when masks should have been worn.

Indeed it has and it’s barely had an effect.

The Clee Town game was good for so many reasons, aside from being back at football for the first time for many, it was the fact it was normal. Queuing for a beer, no masks, no social distancing, people embracing, people talking about normal excrement, decent weather and just people seemingly having a good time…

Let's hope that nobody picked up an infection in those queues. Prevalence in the area is high enough (1 in 100 or thereabouts) that there will most likely have been a small number of people there who were  infected, probably unknowingly.

Unless they bother getting tested they’ll probably never know either…

I've come to a decision, I will not be wearing a mask at Grimsby games, instead I will take a lateral flow test on the morning of the game which are 99% accurate according to the government and if that comes back as negative then I will attend the game as normal not wearing a mask, obviously if it comes back as positive I will self isolate immediately.

It's basically brexit all over again. 2 groups of people with the irony that the liberals want the side with more rules and the not so liberals want 'freedom', which mainly seems to be about complaining rather than any actual problem.

If you are in the people should wear a mask camp, then wear an FFP3 mask and protect yourself and others properly. Let the others get on with it. No need to argue, those that care have done their part and have no reason to get drunk off at the selfishness of others because there are masks that actually protect the person wearing them.

But the main factor is that people just want to argue about something. Both sides claiming the moral high ground and thinking the other side are morons, when in reality, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Quoted from Davec

I've come to a decision, I will not be wearing a mask at Grimsby games, instead I will take a lateral flow test on the morning of the game which are 99% accurate according to the government and if that comes back as negative then I will attend the game as normal not wearing a mask, obviously if it comes back as positive I will self isolate immediately.

99%?! Not a chance

But i agree with your reasoning, i do tests 3 times a week, i wont wear a mask whilst the game is in progress but walking round the stadium with the high rates in our area i’ll have one on

Quoted from gtfc98

stop being such a baby FFS.

I don't know whether you find it difficult to follow arguments, but what I am arguing for is the exact opposite to that.

Grown people should be able to make their own choices in accordance with the current law.

Compare and contrast that with somebody like Bobby Cummings Tackle who fell into the trap of saying people were too flipping thick or selfish and don't give a excrement about others till I pointed out that most Town fans enjoyed the Cleethorpes game without masks or social distancing.