How To Deal with People Who Don’t Wear Face Breathers

Imagine you’re at Walmart, and suddenly you bump into someone. Startled, you look up to see an unmasked person furrowing their brows at you.

Even though CDC has clearly outlined the general public face-covering rules, the scenario mentioned above isn’t something out of the norm. In fact, more people complain about individuals roaming around without putting a face breather on or being inaccurately covered.

As a health-concerned person, it’s not enough to cover only your face in public because cross-contamination can still make its way around.

So, what to do when you encounter such people who don’t understand the risk factors they’re contributing to?

The first step: take a deep breath and understand that not every person can see your point of view.

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Moving on, let’s discuss the ways you can deal with people who refuse to wear surgical masks for protection.

1. Acknowledge Your Concern

 It’s understandable to be irrational in voicing your thoughts. Especially if it’s a matter of health safety, many of us tend to get vocal. But here, a little empathy can work wonders.

Before acknowledging your concern, identify if the said individual:

• Is medically compromised.
• Can buy face breathers.
• Has a fear of shutting down their airway.

 If none of the above tallies, voice your concern politely while highlighting the benefits they can add by covering themselves with appropriate face gear.

2. Don’t Shame Publicly

 While approaching individuals who refuse to wear face respirators, you have to keep one thing in mind: public shaming is not the right way to alter someone’s behavior.

If anything, it can worsen the way a person feels, making them rebellious about their non-wearing stance.

3. Ask Them to Maintain Social Boundary

 Even after getting your message across, it’s highly likely that such individuals won’t budge. In such cases, the least yet effective measure you can do is ask them to maintain social distance.

If it’s someone you know, you can easily ask them to interact via text or call. Tell them that your ‘social interaction circle’ includes only those who follow CDC-approved guidelines.

And if it’s someone you don’t know, you can ask them to step back. If they refuse, you can implement it yourself by maintaining a six-foot distance.

The best option here: leave the spot and save yourself the trouble of interacting with individuals who don’t understand the significance of wearing face breathers in public.

4. Reach Out to Authorities if Needed

 While shopping down the aisle, you might see people wearing face respirators inappropriately or not at all.

One way to effective implementation is by reaching out to the authorities.

In a shop, that means approaching the manager.

If you’re a business owner and see your employees disobeying the general workplace rules, you can use your authority and ask them to leave.

Because when it’s about health safety, businesses only thrive when given in the hands of rule-abiding individuals.

5. Keep Face Breathers at Hand to Offer

 You might think that it’s costly to have excess face breathers with yourself.

But not when you encounter such individuals.

Given any reason, they might feel uncomfortable wearing respirators. Or the hefty costs some manufacturers put on their respirators may prevent them from buying.

Here, initiating a kind gesture like offering them a face breather not only eases your concerns but reduces the major risk of cross-infection, too.

Find out more about types of respirators to wear through our blog Different Types of Respirators & the Level of Protection They Provide.

What If Everything Fails?

No matter how polite you are in voicing your concerns or doing everything appropriately, sometimes, you can’t change the general mindset.

The reason behind why some people strongly condemn wearing face breathers are numerous. Some of the reasons might be:

• The thought that respirators aren’t helpful to reduce the spread.
• The thought of unease and discomfort that wearing respirators makes them feel.
• The thought that Covid-19 doesn’t exist and it’s all propaganda.

So, confrontation or wasting hours trying to reason with such people is a futile attempt and something you’re better off without. What you can do here is:

• Carry on with the protective measures you’ve been practicing.
• Avoid going to places where there’s a crowd.
• Minimize social interactions with unmasked individuals.
• Wait for the pandemic to eradicate from the world completely.

There’s Light at the End of Every Tunnel

It’s been more than a year since the world saw the first case of Covid-19. Although the situation isn’t anywhere near to a close, things are definitely looking up.

Currently, vaccinations have been underway with successful results. So, it’s not too far stretched to say that it won’t be long before we wave the pandemic goodbye. But before that happens, we need protective measures in place.

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Whether you’re a business or an individual looking for affordable face respirators in stock, we have something for everyone.