There is a notable difference if you walk around the streets of Nerja and if you do the same as on the streets of Salobreña or Almuñécar: masks.
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In the predominantly Spanish towns there are still quite a few people who have chosen to continue wearing mask, whereas in Nerja, with its predominantly foreign population, especially British tourists, the number of people on the streets wearing masks are few and far between.
There’s not right nor wrong to this; it’s just a curious reflection on how different nationalities chose to proceed now that masks are no longer obligatory.
Private businesses are divided, but not equally, no matter where you are on the Costa Tropical, over whether to impose continued mask usage amongst their staff. The majority have left it up to the individual members of staff to decide, or have taken a quick vote on it to decide one way or the other.
It will be a long time before mask use disappears on a voluntary basis because quite frankly, people have become use to them and some feel ‘naked’ or uneasy with out.
There is also no doubt that hand gel and mask use cut down on the number of normal respiratory infections, nor is there much doubt that constantly breathing in part of your own exhaled carbon dioxide may have had adverse effects on our health.
Yet one thing is for certainly, when we see city-dwelling citizens in Asian countries wearing masks because of the polution, it will no longer seem so alien to us.
(News: Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
Where is the scientific envidence to show wearing masks OUTSIDE prevents Covid?
Yet every day I see young Spaniards, including fit young men wearing these masks. It
doesn’t make any sense unless they are brainwashed by the media and Governments.
The Costa Tropical doesnt have a pollution problem, (except possibly during the sand storms).
Tokyo, Chinese cities and other industrial places do have a problem with pollution and I can understand why some of their people might want to wear a mask outside. I also accept that at this time of year the olive pollen count is high and might affect people with asthma or other allergic conditions.
I do believe fear has been a part of all of this which is a deriment to children and the future generations.
umm…..just read in the Guardian that 7 in 10 Brits have had Covid. So, you lovely Brits in Nerja stay in the sunshine but wear your mask in Almunecar. Oh by the way, Covid doesn’t discriminate
nerja – england with sunshine!
What was interesting here in Ireland back in early March when mask mandate ended was that many shop staff followed the customer’s behaviour. Where most customers wore masks, do did staff. Ditto where non mask wearing customers went. In shops with few customers, staff would take off or put on mask as customer entered based on customer using a mask. It made the customer feel comfortable.
In time, we got used to our ‘nakedness’ – took a few weeks, though. I’d expect Spain to follow similar path, we’re all human and westerners.