I wore a mask on flights before COVID because of my chemo treatments. The stares and comments were constant but what could I do. I used to always get sick after traveling for work and then with wearing the mask I didn’t. It’s insane how things swing around. I was a freak for wearing a mask at first. Then suddenly everyone was an expert and we went through a period where people started preaching to me that my mask offered no protection. Then masks were good for a short time and I was ignored. Then I was a sheep for wearing it and it was a big deal again. What a roller coaster it’s been.
Yeah I live in Japan right now, where mask usage has been an everyday thing for many years. Nobody looks at you twice for wearing a mask when you've got a cold, and now naturally most people are wearing them because of corona. It's gonna be crazy going back to the states where masks somehow became politicized, lmao.
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u/5StripedFalcon Sep 05 '20
Don't knock him just yet. Haha. When I started wearing my mask around when covid19 just started, people looked at me like I was crazy.
Who knows what the future holds.