Govt. Update on Masks

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I am enjoying the people who are going to continue wearing masks to prove that they hate Trump or whatever.  It's the MAGA hat of the left.

Unless you plan on wearing it for the rest of your life, I'm not sure why you wouldn't just go ahead and not wear it any longer starting now. But whatever.

I got made fun of for wearing it before the pandemic started and I'm going to keep wearing it. I had an organ transplant my immune system is messed up so I'm gonna keep wearing it.

I was more talking about people walking on a path, completely alone and never within 6' (or 10' or 15') from others; people driving alone in their cars; people hiking a pretty strenuous path where it's hard to breathe; all kinds of places where it's silly to wear a mask, but they wear it anyways.  I've seen it first hand.

Like I said, in many places, it's become a sign of something - "Trump said not to wear a mask, so I am going to wear one ALL THE TIME."  Obviously some people will have a good reason to wear one.

On the one hand, you say some people will have a good reason to wear one. On the other hand, you seen to be deciding for yourself that their reasons are bad without knowing what they are, since you are judging the decisions of people who you randomly spot on the street.

As I already pointed out on this thread, I and other people wear masks outside because of allergies. In some areas of the country (including where I live), it is also recommended for certain populations to wear them in certain situations because of the risk of fungal lung infections. Don't assume you know why people are wearing masks or that it is a political statement. No, people may not need to wear masks outside to prevent COVID transmission, but they may need to wear them for other reasons.

Driving alone in cars: it's easier to keep a mask on than take it on and off constantly every time you get out of your car. Especially if you are taping it to your face to prevent glasses fogging.

By the way, the CDC is the one making mask recommendations at this point, not the former president. So if you're going to assume that people wearing masks are doing it to spite current mask recommendations, then clearly they would be spiting the CDC, not him.

I do know people personally who wear them because they are anti-Trump.  It's their thing.