Wear an N95 mask to own the dummies..
I wore an N95 mask that I got off Amazon into a convenience store in rural Idaho today. Of course I was the only one in the store wearing a mask of any kind.
I picked up all the important food groups, six pack of Uinta Brewing Hazy Nosh IPA (you can get good beer almost everywhere these days), a box of Wheat Thins (an American classic), and a Hagen Das Dark Chocolate ice cream bar. Standing waiting my turn at the register, a guy crossed the store to ask me why I was wearing a mask. Before I could answer, he said, “you know that masks don’t protect you, don’t you? They only protect other people.” And he said it in a way that implied I was dumber than he was.
I stepped into his space and said, “you got it wrong pal. It’s those blue masks that protect other people. This is an N95s mask that protects me from people who don’t wear masks. I don’t really give a shit about anybody but me. That answer your question?”
I held his gaze while he fish mouthed for a few seconds then turned away.
The moral of this story is that it’s easy to get N95 and KN95 masks which really do protect the wearer from exposure to airborne viruses like Covid. They’re not 100% effective but way, way more than those blue and white masks are at self protection. There’s a ready supply from various well known suppliers like 3M on Amazon. Since a large percentage of the general population refuses to do the decent thing and wear a mask to try to protect the people around them, you may as well protect yourself from them by wearing an N95 mask.
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