COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

SoggyBottomBoy said
Mr. Macho-Tough-Guy-Wannabe bragging about his childish act of defiance. 😄 The person wearing a mask on that flight may not have been a COVID concern.

There's been a lot of flu and crud floating around this season. We've been hit with some of it and we've tried to restrict interaction with others, but when we had to we masked. We didn't want to spread our yuck or catch anything new. Pre-pandemic I would have never thought to do that. Now, I don't give a shirt what others think. One of the few positives that came from the pandemic, IMO.

Yep, despite all the hate masks get, they actually do slow the spread of a lot of things. And really, it's not all that new of a concept. Even pre-pandemic, there were a small subset of people who wore masks, particularly on public transportation, and they rarely got sick. They aren't perfect, but still pretty effective, particularly if worn correctly.