The "you can't tell me what to do!" contingent won already. Intelligent people, OTOH, will still mask up when COVID cases rise and they can't avoid "people-y" situations.
I don't know. Covid is rising in my area, yet I was one of only two people at the grocery store wearing masks today. The lady with her germy kid behind me at the checkout kept crowding forward into me as well. When I asked her to give me space, she just gave me a filthy look. I had to move my cart behind me to force more space between us.
The problem is that wearing a mask only provides a limited amount of protection for the wearer. The best results are when people who are shedding the virus (unaware, I assume) wear a mask. That limits the radius that airborne droplets containing virus particles can spread.
The "you can't tell me what to do!" contingent won already. Intelligent people, OTOH, will still mask up when COVID cases rise and they can't avoid "people-y" situations.
I don't know. Covid is rising in my area, yet I was one of only two people at the grocery store wearing masks today. The lady with her germy kid behind me at the checkout kept crowding forward into me as well. When I asked her to give me space, she just gave me a filthy look. I had to move my cart behind me to force more space between us.
The problem is that wearing a mask only provides a limited amount of protection for the wearer. The best results are when people who are shedding the virus (unaware, I assume) wear a mask. That limits the radius that airborne droplets containing virus particles can spread.
See this Youtube video for an example.
Edit to fix link.
I started wearing one grocery shopping (apparently no one else here is), and it's insane to me the looks I was getting.
Some people might've thought I was sick and gave me a wide berth and side eyed glare - fair enough, I get that
But then other people stared at me like I was wearing underwear on my head. They seemed confused and uncomfortable making eye contact