This is the reason I am still wearing a mask.

[panfluteman]

27. I Was Born and Raised in Japan, Where People Wore Masks if They Had a Cold or the Flu

Long before COVID ever came along, just to keep others from getting what they had. That's why I, like you, am not averse to wearing a mask. Yet, when I was driving through red state middle America last summer on my way to visit the Black Hills in South Dakota, I saw many people who were very hostile to mask wearing, and signs up that read, "Get your ideology off my face!" Of course, that's not exactly the way I see it, but I also see it as a kind of social and cultural thing as well. In cultures that are less individualistic, like Japan, mask wearing is a simple act of consideration, and no big thing. But here in the good ole US of A, it is very strongly resented as an infringement on a person's liberty and freedom. I can understand why some on the right wing are averse to wearing masks themselves, but when they get all upset when someone else wears a mask, and demand that they take the mask off, well heck - isn't that interfering with the other person's right to choose to wear a mask? After surviving my bout with COVID unvaccinated, and pushing 70, I would definitely call it the flu bug from hell, and wouldn't wish it on anyone. The bottom line, I suppose, is that prevention is the best medicine. Much better to prevent it than to deal with it after the fact.