| > It is a symbol of fear and control. Perhaps to some. That feeling is probably largely driven by one's overall outlook. We started masking before any of the mandates because it just made sense to do so, to us at least. > It never ever should never have been mandated, only recommended. That's a hard question in my opinion. I naturally tend toward letting people do what they want unless they're clearly hurting others. Others have argued that masking does unambiguously reduce harm to others, but I don't find it so clear cut. I'm personally less uncomfortable with mask mandates than the widespread shutdowns. Those shutdowns caused massive harm to people. Masking? Not so much. Note I'm not quite willing, even now, to fully support mask mandates, now or previously. I see both sides of the issue. > It’s sad you get downvoted. Agreed, it is sad that opposing, perhaps uncomfortable viewpoints get pushed down. |