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1. Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:05:15 UTC Katie Mack

   Traveling today on two full flights and wondering why anyone would choose to NOT wear a mask on an airplane now that good masks are easy to acquire and wearing one in such an environment is pretty universally socially acceptable.

   • powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:05:56 UTC powersoffour

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     @AstroKatie no kidding, right?! It boggles my mind.

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:08:43 UTC Katie Mack

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     “I am stuck for several hours in a narrow metal tube in intimate proximity to multiple strangers; straight up breathing in everything they exhale is definitely going to add pleasure to this experience” 🫠

   • Yvonne Caruthers (grammasaurus@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:09:27 UTC Yvonne Caruthers

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     @AstroKatie I was the only one masked on a full flight last week, but no one seemed to care.

   • Tae Kim (firstadopter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:10:27 UTC Tae Kim

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     @AstroKatie no one wears masks anymore on my packed daily commuter train into nyc - except me. 😔

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:11:11 UTC Katie Mack

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     • Tae Kim

     @firstadopter I absolutely do not understand it

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:12:01 UTC Katie Mack

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     • eagerpebble

     @eagerpebble Same on my first flight. Better than nothing for sure, but… 🤷🏼♀️ (Also he only wore it while we were airborne, not during boarding or deplaning, when the air is the worst!)

   • eagerpebble (eagerpebble@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:12:02 UTC eagerpebble

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     @AstroKatie I'm on a plane right now and can't believe how few masks there are and how crappy most of those few are. There's literally a guy with a cloth mask a la early 2020 in my row.

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:13:01 UTC Katie Mack

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     • David Harrison

     @dharrison Yeah, absolutely. A lot of people REALLY don’t want to stand out.

   • David Harrison (dharrison@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:13:02 UTC David Harrison

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     @AstroKatie I've seen a recent Canadian survey that showed ~75% would support mask mandates in such circumstances. And yet, these people are not wearing masks.

     I think peer pressure is very much in play and is a hell of a drug.

   • Christopher White (stoneymonster@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:14:08 UTC Christopher White

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     @AstroKatie There were quite a few people in the health clinic waiting room I was at this morning without them. Of all places to go yolo commando…

   • acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:15:50 UTC acb

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     @AstroKatie Isn’t the air on an airliner replaced continuously, at least while it’s in motion, making it one of the more COVID-safe enclosed spaces one can be in?

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:19:15 UTC Katie Mack

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     • acb

     @acb It’s a complicated question. The ventilation tends not to be very good when the plane is on the ground — that’s true. And they rely mostly on filtration, not replacement — the CO2 can get very high. The thing about that is, you’re so close to your neighbors that most of their air is going to get to you directly, not go into the filters first. And there’s no easy way to know how effective the filters are.

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:20:31 UTC Katie Mack

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     • acb

     @acb Planes are likely often better than trains and buses (and of course cars) in terms of filtration, but actual data on that is hard to come by.

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:22:10 UTC Katie Mack

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     • Daniel Howard 🌻

     @dannyman It’s a bit of a complicated question! https://mastodon.social/@AstroKatie/110215060087818868

   • Daniel Howard 🌻 (dannyman@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:22:11 UTC Daniel Howard 🌻

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     @AstroKatie During the Pandemic i heard that most of the air on an airplane is vented through from outside, and passengers don't share much air beyond their immediate neighbors.

   • GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺 (eetschrijver@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:22:30 UTC GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

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     @AstroKatie I was told that wearing (or mandating) masks makes us AFRAID. Which of course makes perfect sense. 🙄

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:22:56 UTC Katie Mack

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     • Sivation

     @Sivation Oof, yeah, Underground air is……. very bad. Even if there are no viruses in it, the particulate count can be INCREDIBLY high!

   • Sivation (sivation@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:22:57 UTC Sivation

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     @AstroKatie I had to use London Underground yesterday and I was pretty much the only person wearing a mask on it 😢
     Even though it wasn't that crowded - compared to the weekday rush hour - I still felt decidedly twitchy. Even with a decent mask on myself.

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:29:18 UTC Katie Mack

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     • Stone Bear

     @stonebear Yeah. Depends on where in the airport you are (sometimes I find quiet/empty places with a CO2 of like 550 ppm) but boarding areas, security lines, restaurants (😱) — all those can be really bad

   • Stone Bear (stonebear@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 16:29:19 UTC Stone Bear

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     @AstroKatie (the other thing is, airPORTS are definitely worse than airPLANES... the HVAC sucks, you're around a lot more people who work hourly and probably can't afford time off (which is JUST WRONG on the part of employers)... and those back-and-forth TSA lines mean you're in close proximity to EVERYBODY not just a few... oof da.

     We ran a 241-person masked-and-vaxed event in October. *1* case... pretty sure it was in the airport on the way home, from the timing.)

   • Richard Broekman (rbroekman@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 17:11:36 UTC Richard Broekman

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     @AstroKatie I don't get it either. Recent flight from EU to US and back. Two major airports, two packed flights. About 5% of people wearing masks. Ouch.

   • Nihl L'Amas (nih_llamas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 17:22:48 UTC Nihl L'Amas

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     @AstroKatie All of my numerous doctors are now "optional" for masks.

   • cpgorski@mastodon.social's status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 17:47:08 UTC cpgorski

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     @AstroKatie I'm told that while in flight a surprising amount of air is bleed air from outside, not recirculated... I'm certainly still masking on the plane with that kind of proximity, but it makes me feel a little better knowing most of the air I breathe in there isn't directly from the sick passenger's lungs...

   • Troll (troll5@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 19:50:21 UTC Troll

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     @AstroKatie I still wear a mask, but I refuse to accept the “new normal” of washing your hands with soap in a public restroom.

   • Pi Fisher (3geek14@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 04:20:37 UTC Pi Fisher

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     @AstroKatie for years my mother has always worn masks on planes. The recorded air gets too dry, and the mask traps in moisture. She's thrilled that nobody will ever again see her put on her mask on the plane and think she's doing it because she's sick.

     In case you were looking for more reasons to mask on planes 😉

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   • m̴i̸rth (mirth@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Apr-2023 06:06:53 UTC m̴i̸rth

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     @AstroKatie I started masking on flights a decade ago because I saw everybody in Asia doing it and it turned out I suddenly stopped getting those colds I seemed to come down with while traveling. It is mystifying to me why there are such weird choices and attitudes about masking in the U.S., it’s just a good idea in some circumstances.

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   • Cabeceo_Queen (rhimg@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 16:42:57 UTC Cabeceo_Queen

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     @AstroKatie I feel your pain. For all-my-life flying has always made me extremely sick due to an #autoimmune condition. 1 week of pleasure spent on holiday followed by 3 weeks of respiratory problems #chestinfection #pneumonia

   • Scott McNulty (blankbaby@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 03:24:36 UTC Scott McNulty

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     @AstroKatie I know you posted this awhile ago but I had the exact same thought on my full flight earlier this week. Seems crazy to me!

   • Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 03:27:25 UTC Katie Mack

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     • Scott McNulty

     @blankbaby Right??