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I take my 2 year old swimming weekly and last week one of the lifeguards didn't wear his mask and he was smiling, laughing and making facial play expressions wi

I take my 2 year old swimming weekly and last week one of the lifeguards didn't wear his mask and he was smiling, laughing and making facial play expressions with the kids. The kids LOVED it. Prior to that when he wore his mask, he looked really scary and pissed off all the time. Sure other culture may cover their faces (I am from Asia myself so it's common to wear them due to air pollution) but coming from that to a Western country where emotions and feelings are valid and starting to be recognized, it's a lot more liberating than what I grew up in.

jollybean 5y ago
I think we all understand that. The question posed was 'why are people vehemently opposed' and the context is 'a pandemic'. It would be 'vehemently ridiculous' for people to arbitrarily wear masks, but missing your swimming instructors smile is a relatively small price to pay for controlling a pandemic which is still unfortunately ongoing, and which has major consequences. If wearing masks for 6 more months can materially push COVID out of business, then the trade off is a 'no brainer'. The arguments made here seem to really lack context, it doesn't give confidence. We already know wearing masks sucks, that's not the point. The point is wearing them in the context of a deflating but nevertheless persisting public health crisis.