> Masks, gloves, and frequent hand washing with soap and warm water have been proven to work for both COVID and other viral diseases and this has been settled s

> Masks, gloves, and frequent hand washing with soap and warm water have been proven to work for both COVID and other viral diseases and this has been settled science for a long, long, time. Before COVID times people didn't even do the most basic of measures like staying home while sick, regular hand washing, sneezing into elbows instead of the air or their hands, etc. Once COVID happened and the media told them that they had to everybody became hyper-vigilant about preventative measures. Now that it's been a few years since the height of the pandemic people are back to being out and about with little consideration for how their actions affect others. People go out sick, nobody's getting seasonal vaccines, nobody cares (of course I'm being slightly hyperbolic and n=1 in my anecdata). I shouldn't be surprised but it is a bit disheartening to be sitting next to somebody at a bar or restaurant and hear them say "oh I'm kind of sick right now" :-/