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I think I've figured out the disconnect here. Fenix is talking about cloth masks as protection for the wearer, which is indeed a rather shoddy barrier. I'm talking about cloth masks as protection from the wearer...including me if I, who am fully vaccinated, happen to become an asymptomatic carrier as a result of some jack*** who won't get vaccinated and won't wear any sort of mask spewing their germs everywhere in my vicinity.
And because businesses are opting to go with the "honor system" (anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers have no honor) instead of any sort of verification process, and because too many people are refusing vaccination for us to reach herd immunity, and because anti-vax and anti-mask go hand in hand, I have to assume that the unmasked people around me are potential carriers, and continue to wear mine, and do what I can to make myself the last link in any infection chain, even if it won't harm me personally. It's called compassion for others.
And because businesses are opting to go with the "honor system" (anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers have no honor) instead of any sort of verification process, and because too many people are refusing vaccination for us to reach herd immunity, and because anti-vax and anti-mask go hand in hand, I have to assume that the unmasked people around me are potential carriers, and continue to wear mine, and do what I can to make myself the last link in any infection chain, even if it won't harm me personally. It's called compassion for others.
