I am the only person at my gym who consistently takes steps to keep myself safe.
I wish everyone did, but I know better. There was a two-week period in June 2020 when Kansas City reopened without a mask mandate, and the carelessness on display told me everything I need to know. And then we had the Delta variant, whose epicenter was Springfield, Missouri.
People are disgusting. I 100% trust people to do the wrong thing.
I’m bracing for an influx of in-flight tantrums.
We are heading into election season. No one is going to reinstitute mask mandates at the federal level.
Watching those idiots get kicked off planes is food for my soul.
Obviously not great for the other people on the plane.
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 really wish masks were required all the time at medical facilities. I think this alone could blunt most spikes. I also wish folks would realize mask recommendations help prevent mask mandates and business closures. Its to prevent things getting worse were that might be necessary. Its a good thing.
People will abide if they want to. The best way to make people refuse would be to “require masks”.
I can smell the soy here
