> Around here (US), some people still even refuse to wear masks. A number of European countries do not mandate masks at all, or the mandate is de facto only en

> Around here (US), some people still even refuse to wear masks. A number of European countries do not mandate masks at all, or the mandate is de facto only enforced in the largest cities and not in smaller towns. In many places where masks are a mere recommendation, only some people wear them and other people don’t. Observance of the "safety distance" in queues can be very lax indeed, and among the supermarket aisles people move around each other as closely as they ever have. I am always amazed at people from the USA speaking of Europe as if everyone on this continent is deeply committed to what these Americans consider the proper public-health etiquette, but that just isn’t the case.