I am quite far on the covid-paranoid side (one of the few remaining people in my bubble who didn’t get covid yet), and yet I use a simple rule of thumb: mask inside (other than at your home), no mask outside.
Wearing masks outside is not about micromorts; it is costly social signalling. A group that chooses “masks outside” as their signal of loyalty seems quite stupid to me. But of course, the more stupid something is, the better costly signal it makes.
(Someone please tell those kids and their parents that it is scientifically proved that wearing masks outside is racist… probably the only argument they would listen to.)
This is completely stupid.
I am quite far on the covid-paranoid side (one of the few remaining people in my bubble who didn’t get covid yet), and yet I use a simple rule of thumb: mask inside (other than at your home), no mask outside.
Wearing masks outside is not about micromorts; it is costly social signalling. A group that chooses “masks outside” as their signal of loyalty seems quite stupid to me. But of course, the more stupid something is, the better costly signal it makes.
(Someone please tell those kids and their parents that it is scientifically proved that wearing masks outside is racist… probably the only argument they would listen to.)