Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term
No. I refuse.<p>I&#x27;m vaccinated. I social distance. I have good personal hygiene. I&#x27;ve made efforts to mitigate the risks to my family and others we might encounter.<p>I respect your right to decide for yourself. I respect a brick-and-mortar business deciding it would only prefer to serve people who wear masks. I respect a workplace defining whether its employees should wear a mask (while providing reasonable accommodations to those would prefer otherwise).<p>But I have genuine doubts about the efficacy of the masks that are widely sold, used, and accepted. When I see selective enforcement and selective outrage, it&#x27;s hard not to see so many of our government leaders as blatant hypocrites. When I see absolutely no sense of humility from our policy makers on what they actually know and don&#x27;t know, it&#x27;s hard not to completely lose trust in their leadership. And then, when so many peer appeals to mask or vaccinate don&#x27;t come from a place of genuine concern or care but of a &quot;you are irresponsible and brought this on yourself&quot; or &quot;you deserve to be punished&quot;, it&#x27;s as if many are desperate to confirm the worst stereotypes that they are just authoritarian nannies.<p>And as a result of all that, it&#x27;s difficult not to have an impulsive response of &#x27;mind your own business&#x27;. I&#x27;m open to data. I&#x27;m open to discussion. But those who only bring condescension can go **** themselves.