No, We’re Not ‘Sheeple’ For Wearing Masks

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out billions of dollars to support people and businesses. Is that part of some master plan? (No.)</p><p id="a941">So let’s get to the masks part. People are ridiculing others for wearing them, with comments like “putting someone’s old clothes over your face won’t stop you from getting (COVID-19)!” Yet, there’s the basic principle here that if you cough or sneeze, the <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/coronavirus-covid-sneeze-fluid-dynamics-in-photos/">droplets will disperse outwards</a>. A piece of anything is going to help block that.</p><h2 id="a256">Common Sense Over Fear</h2><p id="ea8f">Many people who wear masks in public understand that it was never about not getting sick — it was about making sure others who have compromised immune systems don’t get sick. Y’know, much the same way as you’d (hopefully) cover your sneeze into your elbow, to prevent spread of common germs (and not get nastiness all over the person in front of you.)</p><p id="0b2a">I <b><i>don’t wear a mask everywhere I go</i></b>. I understand they can be uncomfortable, and they’re not the easiest to breathe through, especially in warmer weather. But it’s not about having a mask on <i>all the time</i> (although that’s a personal choice I support) — I wear mine when I’m entering a public closed space. Otherwise, I do my best to keep my two-meter distance from others.</p><p id="0a26">It’s pretty easy and simple. I don’t feel “controlled” by the government. It’s not even mandatory for the general public to wear masks, at least in Canada — although some businesses have chosen to implement this. Think about that — <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/6984311/coronavirus-business-masks-experts-law/">private enterprises have mandated masks</a>, not the government. Are they sheeple? (No.)</p><p id="0a41">As someone pointed out recently online, the sam

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e people who are saying masks are a form of government control are probably the same ones who say vaccines are poison forced on us. (Apparently, the anti-vaxxers were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/anti-vaxxers-coronavirus-protests.html">coming out in force to protest</a>, at least in California.) Um, no. It’s about protecting the wider population, which is in the best interest of a government — if not from a moral standpoint, then from a financial one.</p><h2 id="dd08">Past Pandemics Are Not The Best Examples</h2><p id="baf2">Some may try to discredit masks by tracing back to prior pandemics — let’s choose the 1918 flu outbreak (a.k.a. the Spanish Flu) as an example. However, it wasn’t so much that masks didn’t help then — it’s more that people didn’t know how to use them properly. They also apparently <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200508.769108/full/#:~:text=Advocates%20of%20%E2%80%9CMasks%20for%20All,behavior%2C%20interactions%2C%20and%20attitudes.">used them more in open, public spaces</a> than in private, closed-in spaces, which doesn’t make a lot of sense.</p><p id="2301">Anyhow, I’m not telling you what to do. I can’t. I won’t even try. But what I can do is tell you that most people I know (including me) who wear masks aren’t walking around scared, begging for our government to please save them. I will wear a mask into high-risk spaces — if not to protect the vulnerable, to show respect for front-line workers like grocery store clerks.</p><p id="081d">I’ll leave it there. In the meantime, we’ll wait for the <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/brazil-to-produce-30m-doses-of-promising-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine-1.5002716">coronavirus vaccine</a> — that a lot of people will probably claim is dangerous (while others continue to ingest household cleaner.)</p></article></body>

It’s About Common Sense, Not Fear of Government Control

We’ve all seen the posts: wearing a mask (during a pandemic, no less) makes you a mindless sheep, content to be controlled by the government.

These posts sometimes are accompanied by a reference to a book or quote from some famous historical figure that has nothing to do with viruses or protecting yourself from one. This helps create the illusion that these people know something you don’t, and that you need to “wake up.”

Okay, so I get it. The government doesn’t always have our best interests in mind. There are many reasons to be wary of governments.

But this isn’t one of them.

Let’s rewind here: we have conspiracy theorists (and world leaders) out there claiming the virus escaped from a lab or that it was planted by the government. I’m not that clear about the next parts. But why would a government do that? To reduce their tax base? To overload their hospitals? To destroy their own economies due to lockdowns? Please explain the motivation to me, if you’re so tuned in.

What I see is a lot of countries caught off guard, and unsure what to do. Here in Canada, our response has been adequate — aside from the health directives (we actually flip-flopped on recommending wearing non-medical grade masks), our government is literally doling out billions of dollars to support people and businesses. Is that part of some master plan? (No.)

So let’s get to the masks part. People are ridiculing others for wearing them, with comments like “putting someone’s old clothes over your face won’t stop you from getting (COVID-19)!” Yet, there’s the basic principle here that if you cough or sneeze, the droplets will disperse outwards. A piece of anything is going to help block that.

Common Sense Over Fear

Many people who wear masks in public understand that it was never about not getting sick — it was about making sure others who have compromised immune systems don’t get sick. Y’know, much the same way as you’d (hopefully) cover your sneeze into your elbow, to prevent spread of common germs (and not get nastiness all over the person in front of you.)

I don’t wear a mask everywhere I go. I understand they can be uncomfortable, and they’re not the easiest to breathe through, especially in warmer weather. But it’s not about having a mask on all the time (although that’s a personal choice I support) — I wear mine when I’m entering a public closed space. Otherwise, I do my best to keep my two-meter distance from others.

It’s pretty easy and simple. I don’t feel “controlled” by the government. It’s not even mandatory for the general public to wear masks, at least in Canada — although some businesses have chosen to implement this. Think about that — private enterprises have mandated masks, not the government. Are they sheeple? (No.)

As someone pointed out recently online, the same people who are saying masks are a form of government control are probably the same ones who say vaccines are poison forced on us. (Apparently, the anti-vaxxers were coming out in force to protest, at least in California.) Um, no. It’s about protecting the wider population, which is in the best interest of a government — if not from a moral standpoint, then from a financial one.

Past Pandemics Are Not The Best Examples

Some may try to discredit masks by tracing back to prior pandemics — let’s choose the 1918 flu outbreak (a.k.a. the Spanish Flu) as an example. However, it wasn’t so much that masks didn’t help then — it’s more that people didn’t know how to use them properly. They also apparently used them more in open, public spaces than in private, closed-in spaces, which doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Anyhow, I’m not telling you what to do. I can’t. I won’t even try. But what I can do is tell you that most people I know (including me) who wear masks aren’t walking around scared, begging for our government to please save them. I will wear a mask into high-risk spaces — if not to protect the vulnerable, to show respect for front-line workers like grocery store clerks.

I’ll leave it there. In the meantime, we’ll wait for the coronavirus vaccine — that a lot of people will probably claim is dangerous (while others continue to ingest household cleaner.)