Refusing to Wear a Mask

People who refuse to wear masks are weird. There are a lot of things you could protest, but protesting masks —a precautionary measure you can use to stop the spread of COVID-19 — seems dumb.

The science on masks isn’t accurate. Maybe they work, maybe they don’t. But like driving on a highway at a hundred miles an hour, it’s just common sense that the slower you go, your chances of crashing decrease.

Not wearing masks then — it’s almost like rebelling for the sake of rebelling. Which makes you think that maybe if the state governments and scientists stopped talking about masks, people might be inclined to wear them just because.

But maybe that’s asking too much these days. In a society where everyone seems out for themselves, and there is a distrust of authority, of news media, of science — some of which, I get, is totally justified — masks are a tough sell.

The way I see it, if you’re out in the sticks, it’s obviously not essential to have a mask on. I see people around my neighborhood, they’re five hundred feet away from me, and anything else resembling actual life, and they’ve got a mask on. They look a little silly, but I can’t fault them for being precautious.

And then there's the people who won’t wear masks, period. They’re going on with their lives, willy nilly. They still think coronavirus is no worse than the flu, even though their fearless leader is on tape saying it’s worse than the flu. They don’t care, so why should we? Like smoking, if you want to get…