The second day of lifting the indoor mask mandate
According to the ‘autonomization’ of mask guidelines for each business
Conflict between “Please wear a mask” vs “Forced not to”
▲ “Please voluntarily wear a mask”
On the 31st, the day after the mandatory wearing of indoor masks was lifted, a notice to wear a mask is placed at a movie theater in Seoul. 2023.1.31 Yonhap News
Although the obligation to wear masks indoors has been lifted, some places recommend wearing them as voluntary guidelines, so conflicts over masks are brewing everywhere.
On the 31st, the day after the removal of the mask, at a cafe in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, an announcement was made that “Please wear a mask except when eating inside the cafe.” Part-time workers also took orders while wearing masks.
Mr. A, who works at this place, said, “We don’t stop people from entering because they don’t wear masks, but we keep broadcasting with the hope that customers will wear them as much as possible.” there is,” he said.
Mr. B, who went to a convenience store near his house the night before without a mask, had to blush because the manager said, ‘I will report you if you don’t wear a mask.’ Mr. B said, “I was embarrassed when the manager said, ‘You have to wear it at our convenience store.
There was also a case where a couple who had put their house on real estate and visited the house without wearing a mask were in trouble. Mr. C, who raises a young child, said, “The couple who came to see the house didn’t wear masks, so I asked them to ‘wear a mask,’ and they said, ‘The obligation to wear a mask indoors has been lifted, so I won’t use it. I feel embarrassed not to wear a mask, so I will tell the real estate agent in advance, ‘Please wear a mask and visit’.”
Regarding the fact that a re-study academy announced that “the government guidelines have been lifted, but the academy itself will make wearing a mask indoors compulsory,” online, opinions such as “Why are you forced to wear it” and “It can be so because of concerns about group infection” are tense. fiercely confronted
An official from the academy said, “Since students take classes all day, 7 days a week in the same classroom, if one person is infected with Corona 19, the entire class has to miss class and get tested that day, so the infection impact is great.” So far, we are cautious about trusting and following the government’s mask removal guidelines.”
Reporter Kwak So-young