Echoing other comments, I certainly don't object to your coming to a conclusion different from my own and choosing to wear a mask sometimes.
(I promise this little story is true, and I'm sharing it in a lighthearted spirit.) I happened to read your comment while enjoying my annual cigar tonight, out under the stars. I doubt that anyone sitting next to me wearing anything except a sealed respirator would have failed to smell cigar smoke vividly. Nor do I expect my mask would have impeded any exhalations of cigar smoke. Taking smoke particles as a proxy for the (smaller) aerosols that spread Covid, I just can't see masks as effective protection.
I wish you and your partner excellent health and I'm glad you shared your thoughts here.
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branchandroot
Re: Masking as an informed, individual choice
Date: 2023-09-13 02:35 am (UTC)(I promise this little story is true, and I'm sharing it in a lighthearted spirit.) I happened to read your comment while enjoying my annual cigar tonight, out under the stars. I doubt that anyone sitting next to me wearing anything except a sealed respirator would have failed to smell cigar smoke vividly. Nor do I expect my mask would have impeded any exhalations of cigar smoke. Taking smoke particles as a proxy for the (smaller) aerosols that spread Covid, I just can't see masks as effective protection.
I wish you and your partner excellent health and I'm glad you shared your thoughts here.