[mdifrgechd]

Judging by the replies a lot of people agree with those concerned citizens. I hope that the majority are terrified by this. It is one thing to recommend masks for legit health concerns, but it's a very slippery slope that we've already gone far down towards them becoming a religious/ political talisman that signified whether you are willing to shut up and agree with your leaders, or be an "anti-masker". We need to be more outspoken about all these baby steps toward complete submission to superstition.

[nextaccountic]

The trouble is that there are actual "anti-masker" that don't wear masks in crowded areas and are actually responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.

[notassigned]

>actually responsible for the deaths of thousands of people

No proof

[ryandrake]

Wow, so that’s where we are now: following sensible public health advice by wearing a little piece of cloth on your face = baby steps toward complete submission to superstition.

If anything, I hope this pandemic helps to normalize mask wearing. People’s mouths and noses are disgusting, and a common source of non-lethal aerosolized diseases. Prior to COVID people used to sneeze and cough all over everything in public without even thinking about it, and I used to get colds all the time. Haven’t even got the sniffles since masks became mandated. Sure, sample size of one, and all. I’ll probably continue to wear a mask in public after this all goes away. When I see an unmasked face now, I mentally think “disease carrier” and avoid. We really could use this small norm-change society-wide.