Face masks are now recommended 'on busy streets' and public asked to use 'common sense'

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Taoiseach asks people to use 'common sense' and wear masks on busy streets this Christmas

PEOPLE WILL NOW be asked to wear face masks or coverings on “busy streets” and in other settings under new guidance from the government.

In an address to the nation this evening, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the government’s guidance on mask-wearing has had “an incredibly positive impact” and was being expanded. “The government is also updating its guidance on masks. In July, we introduced guidance on wearing masks indoors. And this has had an incredibly positive impact,” he said.

We’re now adding to that guidance and, from 1 December, people will be asked to also wear their masks outdoors on busy streets, within crowded indoor workplaces and in places of worship. The move means that masks will be recommended in the above cited places but is different to the legal requirement that people wear makes on public transport and in shops where a failure to do so can result in fines.

“We don’t envisage going down that route, that’s not what we’re at here,” the Taoiseach said when asked about this distinction. “I think people have responded magnificently in terms of shops and public transport.

 

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Evidence that this is an issue please. If you are suggesting such drastic measures I presume you have evidence that it's necessary and it will do anything. The more ludicrous the recommendations the closer to mass non-compliance and civil unrest we get.

Is it not bad enough not being able to breed in the shops without being muzzled outside in fresh air 🙄

I will not be wearing mask in the streets it is bad enough in doors there will be major problems with this

NO

Can someone explain to our dear Taoiseach that virtually the whole Country are wearing masks incorrectly which makes it a futile exercise

Gotcha Taoiseach

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