[TaylorAlexander]

If I was surrounded by falling bricks I’d definitely consider it!

For me the costs aren’t just wearing a mask or getting sick. I also have vulnerable people in my life. My partner, their partners, my elderly parents, friends with unknown connections.

If I walked around the grocery store without a mask I could at any time pick up the virus and even if I don’t get very sick I could give it to friends or loved ones. So then there is a mental load of worrying if I’m feeling fatigue due to poor sleep or onset of the virus (which is how it happened when I actually had it), and wondering if I should cancel social plans when I’m not feeling 100% normal.

If I am always wearing masks in public I can relax about it more when seeing friends. I’m being responsible and while accidents do happen I’m at least not being negligent.

I notice a lot of people not masking are only talking about themselves. It’s like they don’t think about how transmitting the illness affects others.

[blockwriter]

You can relax in public without the mask as well. There are more pressing moral and social concerns in our day to day lives.