I object to people forcing me to wear masks, stay away from work, etc admit it, those that are, are afraid of catching the virus (afraid another word for scared).
Social distancing helps protect you and other people. Wearing a cloth mask protects other people more than it protects you. Think on that for a minute, wearing a cloth mask protects others more than it does you. Many people that have this virus don't know it. They may walk around for many days shedding the virus before they get any symptoms or they may never get symptoms. Yet they are exposing others.
I don't think I have the virus but don't know that for sure. I don't want to get it and bring it home to my family or put myself through that misery the virus can cause so I try to take what simple precautions I can. They are simple, I don't find them that hard. Maybe you do. Maybe you are offended because others want you to act in a certain way. I don't much like that either, especially if I don't want to.
One place I think the media really fails is that they don't point out the misery many pf the people that get it bad but don't die go through. Most people that get it won't die. Most will not require hospitalization. But some do.
Perhaps you see me wearing a mask and trying to keep a certain distance, especially from people that won't wear a mask, as a sniveling coward, quaking and afraid of my shadow. I see it as taking reasonable precautions to protect me, my family, and others. I don't know who is forcing you to wear a mask. Perhaps some of them are afraid you will cause them to get this virus. Perhaps they see it as a civic duty to help contain this virus. If it is the city, county or state officials I suspect it might be that they have a responsibility to protect their constituents than personal fear. After all they have to come up with the money and facilities to deal with the sick people. I think some of them do really care about the people they are responsible for. I have no doubt many are looking at their reelection chances. They don't want to give their opponents the ammunition that they stood around playing a fiddle and doing nothing while people were suffering and dying. The more people that suffer or die from this the less well that will play with family and friends who might vote. Some will do the calculation that their reelection chances are enhanced by doing nothing. I think I'm seeing some state governors change their minds about that.
I still talk to my neighbors. I don't wear a mask when I'm doing yard work. If they get what I consider too close I back up. If they consider me a sniveling coward for doing that I can live with that. I go shopping when I need to. I appreciate it when the people working there wear masks when dealing with customers and have protocols in place to protect the workers and customers. If the customers aren't wearing a mask I try to avoid them. I don't find it that hard but that mask does get uncomfortable.
