Wearing a mask is not a small ask.
If it was, attendance at bars, restaurants, shows, etc. would not fall off a cliff when imposed.
If it was, attendance at bars, restaurants, shows, etc. would not fall off a cliff when imposed.
Of course it is, I have been wearing mask for 2 years now. And I am wearing glasses.
Is washing your hands too much to ask too?
> If it was, attendance at bars, restaurants, shows, etc.
That was due to social distancing and lockdowns, not masks.
For (too) many people washing hands is indeed too much to ask...
> For (too) many people washing hands is indeed too much to ask...
This. This is why Covid is here to stay.
The masks? they made everything worse. They're incredibly bothersome to wear when its hot and humid, they induce psychological pressure on you via the feeling of being "smothered," and make every social interaction much harder to understand making each interaction more tiring to be a part of. It's equivalent to being in a Zoom conversation where you can't read all the subtleties of somebody else.
That's not even mentioning the blue collar labor force which has to wear these for 40 hours a week. My friends who work as waiters, bar staff, etc. still have to wear them during the day. The last thing they want to do when they get off work is to continue wearing them.
(all of this is relative to NYC, which had a ~31% closure rate for small businesses)
I understand some people here, such as yourself, don't think the masks are a big deal. But to the vast majority of the populace, they are a burden so bad its worth _moving cities and states to avoid_.
What is the mechanism for this harm?
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.6694...