(05-10-2020 11:59 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  I went to the store yesterday. There were probably 75 people in the store between employees and customers. OUt of that group of 75, I counted 5 people wearing a mask, and there was almost no attempt to social distance. With so few people following the rest of the guidelines, those 5 masks would do almost nothing to slow the spread. They become effective if everyone is wearing them, but alas we are nation of rights, and states have generally decided that they can't enforce mask wearing in public.

Now...I'm sure if you were in Little Rock or Memphis, or any large city, you'd see a lot more mask wearing. But not everyone out without a mask is out there simply to be a contrarian.

Three concerns I have with masks.

1. I have had a hard time finding them, and will people buying them make them unavailable for health care workers who really need them if there are other localized outbreaks down the road? I'm fine with lifting restrictions before there's any vaccine or 0 cases, but as long as we are that's a possibility.

2. If I'm in the minority wearing masks I'm worried about what someone might do to me if they see the mask and assume I am infected and contagious.

3. The things don't have nanometer-scale filtration and I'm not sure there really are any cloths out there that do and will allow you to breathe. If I have no cough, is there really any point to them?