I am proud to say that we don’t own a single cloth mask anymore, and while I’m sure we have a box of disposable masks somewhere, I haven’t the faintest clue where we might’ve stashed them. I don’t even wear a mask to my doctor’s appointments anymore, which is refreshing because I find comfort in seeing my doctor’s facial expressions when she tells me what I need to do to be healthier.
Just because my family has stopped wearing masks doesn’t mean we don’t still see them from time to time. For example, just today, at my kid’s swim school, the teenagers working the counter wore masks, and the instructors in the pools wore face shields.
I don’t mind seeing the sporadic establishment wearing masks or a random person on the metro train wearing one; I figure it’s that business and person’s prerogative, and I go about my day.
However, a growing group of individuals thinks we all must mask up indefinitely. Their platform looks suspiciously similar to that of communist China. -- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."