Given the attitudes and actions of those folks living around you, I doubt if
they do wash them. Washing them continuously isn't necessary unless you're
carrying the virus. Since you may be an unknowing carrier, you should wear and
wash it regularly.
In other words, use a bit of common sense.
I am just saying people are getting mask fatigue and that regimen is
slipping away. I bet the kid at Publix has never washed his mask and
he wears it 9 hours a day. I know some are looking pretty dingy.
It would still be interesting to culture a few and see exactly what is
growing in there. It might not be covid but there are hundreds of
bacteria and viruses that can make you sick, irritate your skin or
contaminate your hands.
I understand 20 years of Army discipline may have you doing all the
right things but folks like you are about 0.5% of the population. I
even catch myself not hand sanitizing as much as I was and I am
somewhat to a germaphobe according to my friends.
I've not seen anybody in any store here without a mask. Every shop I've been in
requires a mask for entry. I keep two or three hanging from my turn signal
stalk. No big deal. You keep making statements about the folks down there. Maybe
those folks don't have enough sense to wash their masks. And maybe their masks
are full of the virus. That's OK. The purpose of the mask is to help prevent the
spread to *others*.
If I see someone making a deal about not wearing a mask into a store, I'll think
he's an asshole. Amen.
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