OverSeas AG said:
BoydCrowder13 said:
I'm not afraid of catching COVID. At all. I wear a mask for one reason and one reason alone. If I do have the virus and I'm not showing symptoms, I don't want to spread it to anyone else. I'd never forgive myself if I was lazy or protesting something so simple and indirectly landed someone (especially someone older) in the hospital.
It is annoying but at the end of the day, the mask is off my face after 5 min in the store.
And what sort of mask are you wearing? N95 or better? Put it on properly? Take it off properly? Adjust it properly? Dispose of it properly?
Double layered cloth mask like the CDC suggests on the front page of their website and my wife washes our masks every other day when we do laundry. And we've got a couple each. I wear it over my mouth and nose and try to maintain the requested distance in stores.
Of course that isn't full proof. I doubt anyone is stupid enough to think that. But it certainly is at least 10% better than me standing maskless a foot away from someone in line.
Once again, I don't even fear COVID. If I get it, I get it. 99.9% chance I'm fine. I do acknowledge that people over 55 and those with preexisting conditions can have a rougher time with it. If I can lessen the chance of spreading it a little by taking a step back and having on the CDC recommended mask, why not? It is no trouble to me at all.
It's like if someone asked if we could hold to door open for older people and you were like "hell no *****. Freedom!" Literally the same difficulty level.