[antibuddy]

> In many Asian countries it's absolutely normal to wear a mask when sick, to prevent further spread possibly to the weaker among society.

"When sick" is an important distinction from the current regime.

> A hygiene regime isn't some binary thing where one failure of perfect compliance ruins the whole effort.

It's exactly like that. You get either infected or you don't. It's binary, however you maybe mean that there is a probability attached that is bound by the circumstances.

> Particularly with examples like "touching face more often", why would you even do that? You put on the mask and you leave it on, the constant touching, particularly with dirty hands, is really down to a lot of people being lazy/careless or trying to wear the mask as little as possible.

How is it better to wear masks for these "lazy/careless" people (which are apparently a lot)?

[freeflight]

> It's exactly like that. You get either infected or you don't. It's binary, however you maybe mean that there is a probability attached that is bound by the circumstances.

Sorry, but that's just not how it works, by now there's plenty of evidence that initial viral load exposure plays a major role in the later disease progression, which is not something unique to SARS-CoV-2.

As such it's very much part of the whole spectrum of outcomes from "Asymptomatic to mild symptoms" to "Ending up on a respirator and dying".

These are basics, and I'm not gonna discuss them with some random stranger who, once again, tries to politicize rather common sense, and established, medical practices.

> How is it better to wear masks for these "lazy/careless" people (which are apparently a lot)?

Yes, the top of the bell curve is sadly a very crowded place.