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{"id":4462,"date":"2020-05-27T12:48:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2020-05-27T12:48:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:48:46","slug":"should-you-still-wear-a-facial-covering-when-out-and-about-in-portland-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/?p=4462","title":{"rendered":"Should You Still Wear A Facial Covering When Out and About in Portland Oregon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4463\" src=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/facial-coverings.jpeg 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With Portland in the process of reopening right now, many people are wondering if they should still be wearing a mask, or facial covering, when visiting businesses in the local area. the answer to this question is it depends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your desire to wear a facial covering or mask should depend entirely on your personal preferences. This means that if you or someone in your family has a health condition and you don&#8217;t want to risk potentially bringing back any viral infection into your home, then you may want to consider wearing a facial covering or mask when you&#8217;re out in public for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Most Businesses Prefer, but Don&#8217;t Enforce Facial Coverings<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although we&#8217;ve all grown accustomed to wearing facial coverings in public over the last two months, the reality is that with <a href=\"https:\/\/pdxpeople.com\/jamaal-lane-a-portland-business-owner-refuses-to-give-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland<\/a> in the process of reopening, most businesses would still prefer that their customers wear facial coverings, but they don&#8217;t enforce it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes, there are some businesses like Costco that require people to wear masks inside their stores but the reality is that the actual number of companies in the PDX area that enforce their customers wearing facial coverings while they&#8217;re inside their stores is very low.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What to Do If You Can&#8217;t Find A Facial Covering Or Surgical Style Mask?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can&#8217;t find a surgical style face mask to wear when you&#8217;re out in public? If so, you&#8217;re not alone. The reality is that surgical style face masks have been challenging to find in recent months so if you want to wear a facial covering when you&#8217;re out in public in Portland, you should consider either tying a bandana around your mouth and nose, or searching the internet to learn how to create a do-it-yourself face mask from home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To learn how to make a DIY facial covering from home, just use Google, or your favorite search engine, to learn how to make a facial covering from your house so that you can protect yourself while you&#8217;re out in public and do your part to avoid spreading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/27\/world\/coronavirus-news.html\">Coronavirus<\/a> or any bacteria while our country it&#8217;s still dealing with eliminating it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Portland in the process of reopening right now, many people are wondering if they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1178],"tags":[1163,1182,1179,230,488,1180,1096,1181],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facial Coverings - Should You Still Wear One When At Local Businesses?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Should you still wear facial coverings when visiting local businesses in Portland Oregon? 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