# Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448 "2020-04-23T16:39:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/157 "2021-07-23T20:00:17Z")

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> [@DMC](#):
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> Now we know more and “not generally necessary” could use a revisit.

Possibly, but as far as I know, the guidelines have NOT changed yet. Do you know something we don’t?

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