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There are a whole lot of Japanese who dispute this position, and I find it reasonable to wear masks now when there’s a good chance I’ll sniffle or sneeze. The
by jleyank 4y ago
There are a whole lot of Japanese who dispute this position, and I find it reasonable to wear masks now when there’s a good chance I’ll sniffle or sneeze. The mask keeps the goo that results under better control than my hand or arm did pre covid and I don’t have to worry about exchanging a mask like shaking hands previously.
Call it politeness but I’m comfortable being polite to others. Doesn’t diminish my self worth.
- sterlind 4y agoI'm baffled that you've been downvoted. I've been harangued for wearing a mask as well - I don't know why it offends people, I don't make others wear one, I'm just doing me. Also the study of surgical masks being non-inferior to N95 masks has some issues: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-masks-vs-n95-respirators-health-workers-spurs-concerns https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-masks-vs-n95-respi... Personally, I'm trying to get comfortable taking off my mask, but I have chronic illness so covid worries me. I've still never had it.
- gigibec 4y ago[dead]
- bsder 4y ago> There are a whole lot of Japanese who dispute this position Not just Japanese. It seems to be a generally Asian thing. In addition, I would very much like you to be wearing a mask if you are coughing your lungs out on a transcontinental flight whether it's Covid, flu, a cold, whatever. I have had about 1/3 of my vacations that started with an airplane trip interrupted by getting sick because I came down with something 7-10 days after somebody on a plane was hacking their guts out.