To mask or not to mask… that is the (curious) question.

Date Sunday, May 10, 2020

Regarding this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, should my title question here even be considered a legitimate question?  To me, it seems like a slam-dunk, no-brainer of a question.  I think to any reasonable, responsible person, it should be a no-brainer, but….  Yes, always the dreaded “but.”

BUT… when it comes to mask-wearing, Americans are split between the more careful among us, and the more daring among us.  The answer seems to be a hard “yes/no” for virtually everyone.  Boom!  No room for wishy-washiness there. :-O

Now the political kicker to this is, in some kind of ironic twist, the more careful-types are viewed by the greater society as likely belonging to the “politically liberal” crowd, and the more daring-types are viewed as likely belonging to the more “politically conservative” crowd.  (See what I did there?  Careful = liberal ~ Daring = conservative ;)  To put it simply, if you wear a mask, you likely skew Democratic; if not, you likely skew Republican.  For some, it has almost become an outward personal “political symbol/statement.”

Now some questions:

Q1: How does the whole of a society get convinced that all its members should “mask-up”; that it’s for everyone’s own good?

Q2: Should/Can a society make all of its members mask-up.  Or is that a personal affront on our freedoms?

Q3: If/When you go out into the public, do you mask-up?

Q4: Are you, do you, skew politically liberal or politically conservative?

Thanks for posting and recommending.