> No, it most certainly could not. This is just the slippery slope fallacy. It absolutely could. This is just the "slippery slope fallacy fallacy": assuming th

> No, it most certainly could not. This is just the slippery slope fallacy. It absolutely could. This is just the "slippery slope fallacy fallacy": assuming that all slippery slope arguments are fallacious. Another mistake you make is assuming that everybody you talk to on this site lives in the US. I can assure you that not only I was "forced" to wear a mask, in many parts of the world people lost their jobs for refusing to do so. But I see I am talking to someone who not only believes that he is "on the right side of history", but also that the history has "the right side". I deeply regret to say that I will not modify my way of interacting with others, especially now that we know that the pandemic is over. I hold a strong conviction that face-to-face communication has been a successful method for thousands of years, and I am not inclined to adopt a technique of uncertain effectiveness and potential unknown consequences, solely due to the influence of a minority of individuals who suffer from health anxiety (and I don't use the word hypochondriasis as a gesture of good will here).