Comment by qcnguy
4 days ago
Sorry to hear that. The people you know are not representative.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/26/the-great-cove...
"The psychology of masks: why have so many people stopped covering their faces? (This article is more than 3 years old)
In England, masks are expected and recommended in crowded and enclosed spaces – but not legally required. Many have abandoned them altogether. What would convince everyone to put them back on?"
That story opens with a vox pop from Dave The Normal Guy:
Dave stopped wearing his face mask “the second I didn’t have to. I grudgingly wore it, because it was the right thing to do and because it was mandatory,” says the teacher from East Sussex. “But I felt, and still do, that the reason we were told to wear masks was to make scared people feel less scared.” He didn’t feel awkward abandoning his mask, he says, as “hardly anybody bothers”, but he will put one on when visiting the vet, pharmacist or doctor, because he knows they want him to. “I feel it’s the respectful thing to do, but it’s a bit of theatre.”
Dave was 100% correct.
A quotation from someone named Dave in a Guardian article doesn't constitute a representative sample either. But that's beside the point. Your post said that "nobody" could be persuaded to wear masks and "everybody" could see that they didn't work. That's clear hyperbole.