โNot likingโ masks isnโt a good enough excuse to me when not wearing one is enabling the spread of a disabling neurotrophic virus. Sorry. Get over yourself lmao
Some may just not like them. Or find the risk reduction does not offset the hassle or the added risks from wearing them. Others might be reluctant to put on a mask without a clear/firm understanding on when it in the same situation a mask is not expected to be worn.
Maybe for others, in spite of four years of so many people talking about masks (sometimes zero, sometimes one, sometimes two, sometimes cloth, surgical or N95) they are still not aware, or just it somehow has not โclickedโ for them.
What is the criteria? What metric? How does one decide whether or not a mask is to be worn (besides other people telling you that you should)?
1) infection rate?
2) tests positivity?
3) hospitalizations?
4) mortality?
5) etc
Risk reduction is an indefinite term. It is unsatisfactory.
How is risk to be calculated for each person and situation. What is the trigger threshold?
In the meantime,
a) stay healthy, keep immune system strong.
b) avoid environments that increase risk.
c) shorten duration in risky environments and situations.
d) use other practices to reduce risk.
e) avoid people that appear sick, while at the same time minimizing possible fomite spread as if they were.
g) get recommended amounts of fresh air an sunlight each day.
h) breath through your nose.
etc
If your only tool is a hammer, your whole world is a nail.
Knowledge of SARS-COV-2 and their own health might help someone know how much of a statistical risk they may have for complications from COVID, but that does mean wearing a mask in the best solution.