It used to be a valid question because the culture around masks was different before covid (where I live). Now people are more informed about types of masks and how to utilize them properly. If someone asks now, I just inform them; but the taboo is no longer really a thing. Some masks can protect others, some masks can protect both user and others.
Most I deal with now is someone pushing their ideologies about "not wearing one if you're not sick". And I'll try and inform them if they care to listen. My wife is immunosuppressed and I work as an ICU nurse; I don't play with fire when it could possibly end with me losing her, over something as simple as being aware. And neither of us have gotten covid yet, so we're doing something right.
Misinformation about masking and general public hygiene is it's own pandemic
Wear a mask appropriately, wash your hands, and be safe! And mRNA based vaccines are heavily researched already (and freaking cool to me), but sorry you have go through a website TOS to get a vaccine... that does sound kinda dumb for accessibility. I can just walk into a pharmacy and ask for one the same day. Though I'm pretty sure I'm still signing a TOS on paper regardless, cause that's just kinda how risk/benefit works. Wish you all the best though and good luck!
That's the damn truth lol. I wish I would've known and used masks more appropriately before; could have avoided a bunch of little respiratory infections. The most I would have had to deal with is people asking "are you sick?" because I'm wearing a mask
Wear a Mask. Get vaccinated. Stop spreading misinformation
Since the anti-mask/vax comments seem to be flooding in, figured I'd make my opinion known too... as obnoxiously as I can, because apparently that's how it's done
The anti maskers/vaxxers are just loud and like to make their opinion known. I don't really give a fuck anymore who wears a mask or not, I just stay safe and try to keep others safe. People are gonna be dumb no matter what you do. Just wish they weren't so fucking vocal about pushing misinformation, while being so confidently incorrect.
I really like the KF94's personally, they're more comfortable for me. Definitely look into them if you haven't already!
Edit: By looking at your upvotes vs the loud minority, you can tell what people around here think lol. A lot of instances don't allow downvotes (mine for one), so upvotes are the only option
Equity. I just don't know how we'll ever achieve it. A common enemy of the human race, maybe? We've already perfected fighting each other. Maybe if a "physical something" were attacking us, that we could kill; we might find a little more "human camaraderie".
Put a scooby-doo-type mask on climate change, so we can have something physical to try and punch. But "Jinkies! It was something intangible this whole time!".
Speaking from the US, so please forgive my underlying bias:
If we could figure out how to actually maintain a "separation of powers" maybe we could actually have a little more "for the people, by the people". And I don't mean it as just a US standpoint (though I am quoting our doctines), because I do believe that those ideologies have merit. But here I am in the US, still "wondering" how "separation of church and state" can't be (and never truly was) maintained.
People hold the power AND people need to be held accountable. I really wish we could find a way to balance that appropriately. Maybe simply throwing around a few more "-isms" could fix it (the last sentence is sarcasm)
I also wake up to take my adhd medicine, and then sleep for another hour. Makes waking up less... chaotic