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Originally Posted by dirk digler
I hated at first wearing a mask but now I am used to it. Here is my hot take, during flu season we should all wear masks in public moving forward. I know it probably won't happen here but it does happen in Asian countries.
I view mask wearing like wearing seat belts and it took a very long time to get people using their seat belts but now it is common.
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I honestly think that the resistance to masks is more about resistance to change than about any political beliefs. It's not consistent with other behaviors to be a true political stance. It's very consistent with a general resistance to change, and it matches the adoption patterns of other safety behaviors like seat belts. In fact, I might say that mask adoption has been successful because it's happened faster than other behavioral safety changes.
I go running on the weekends, and I wear a mask in case I pass near people. I'm generally running in non-crowded areas, so I pull the mask down off my mouth when I'm by myself, and I pull it up when someone approaches. (Yeah, yeah, not ideal behavior.) I've had times recently where I'll actually forget to pull the mask back down afterwards because I'm used to it. I'll go another couple of blocks before I notice.