@GregDance @AvengingFemme The virus mutated. The strain that caused the big spike in mortality 3 years ago is extinct. The strain that exists today is far less pathogenic.
Society has decided as a whole that the downside of restrictions is worse than the downside of the disease **as it exists today**. You may disagree, and you're free to behave however you wish, however your view is no longer the consensus.
@weebull @GregDance @AvengingFemme The downside of wearing a bleeding mask is basically zero. The whole "masks bad" thing is manufactured controversy. Masks should be no more controversial than handwashing.