“The fact that people still wear them in grocery stores or when walking alone outside is proof that with enough fear, gullibility and, perhaps, self-righteousness, people will comply with the most arbitrary and nonsensical government edicts.”

One of the most insidious aspects of the New Normal is the wearing of masks as a feature of everyday life. It is a sign that fear governs many people’s actions – whether that fear be of a mild virus, social ostracism, or harsh government penalties, and that this fear can drive people to irrational acts.

Much has been written elsewhere about the inefficacy of masks in preventing viral transmission, as well as the ever-changing health advice on wearing them. To quote Dr Fauci (in 2020, before the Science changed), “When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences— people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.”

I would object to wearing a mask even if they did work, seeing as all Covid variants are clearly not very dangerous to most people, and basic logic dictates that if masks are effective then anyone who wishes to wear one should be safe. At this point, wearing a mask is a gesture of compliance with a medical establishment that is at best incompetent and at worst dreadfully compromised.

The fact that people still wear them in grocery stores or when walking alone outside is proof that with enough fear, gullibility and, perhaps, self-righteousness, people will comply with the most arbitrary and nonsensical government edicts. One wonders what else people who wear masks alone in their cars would do if they were told to by the state or the nightly news. There are, of course, certain situations in which it is impossible to get away with not wearing one, such as in airports and planes, but I never cease to be amazed by people who go above and beyond the requirements.

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