theMusingPosthttps://www.musingpost.com/2024-03-28T04:50:59.525731+00:00Facemask Follies2020-05-18T09:11:20+00:002024-03-28T04:50:59.525731+00:00Ken Meyerhttps://www.musingpost.com/author/kmeyersr/https://www.musingpost.com/facemask-follies/<p>Please, stop judging people simply by what you see!</p>
<p>I tire of being judged based on someone else’s standards of behavior.</p>
<p>I am a responsible adult who knows how to, and does, practice social distancing and good hygienic habits. Not that it is really anyone else’s business, but I sanitize my hands regularly and keep sanitizer at the ready, even in my car. I am rarely in public and when I do I am am careful to not be in close quarters with fellow citizens. I am also a very healthy adult, in general, with low level of personal vulnerability.</p>
<p> I am less of a risk of spreading a contagion to others than many. I am certainly not as high a risk as those who wear masks due to social pressure and then feel invincible, self-righteous or otherwise superior as a result, but may be very sloppy with their own personal hygiene or social distancing practices.</p>
<p>I have lost count of the number of people I have witnessed in public who have a mask covering their mouth but not their nose or just dangling from their neck. Or they will simply remove it to talk, cough or sneeze…in public, or scratch their nose.</p>
<p>But some of these very people choose to judge me because of what they see, or don’t see, on my face, having no idea of my habits or actions. BS!!!</p>
<p>I understand and utilize best practices, and I do not wear a mask in public.</p>
<p>I am interested in being very responsible with my personal actions. I am not interested in wearing a mask simply to make others feel better or to project a false sense of security or to seek social acceptance.</p>
<p>Sorry, but we should all stop judging others based on our own actions or beliefs.</p>
<p>We should have a little more faith in our fellow man to do the right thing based on their circumstances…not ours.</p>
<p>Wear a mask if you like. I am fine with that. But, don’t judge me to satisfy your fears.</p>