Fighting it works.
I was in Lowes and home depot yesterday. Three days ago the governor made masks mandatory.
I didn’t wear a mask. Not only did nobody care, but I was working with emplooyees and they took this thing as seriously as I did. :)
And this is in the Seattle Suburbs. :)
The population is wising up. This whole thing really was just the flu. And if you are under 80 and not in a retirement home, less of a risk than the flu.
“The population is wising up”
In the Twin Cities, I have noticed a difference between the blue and red areas.
On Saturday, the wife and I were at a large floral and garden retailer in the city of Minneapolis. Everyone was wearing a mask. EVERYONE - employees and staff. I got a phone call from our vet and stepped aside to take it. I pulled my mask down (my wife insisted I wear it) and someone walked by and gave me “The Look”. In return, I gave her the “I’m blowing you off” look.
Later hat day, we were at a Lowe’s in a red third ring suburb of Minneapolis. My best guess is that 40-50% of people were wearing masks.
But people in general are still scared and whether we like it or not, way too many of them are still getting their news from CNN, NBC, etc - and we knw how those networks feel about keeping the anxiety ginned up. They love it.
The wife and I went to Menards without masks. We got in the front door and one of the employees came running over and said we had to have masks. They will sell you one for about a dollar. I said screw this, I’ll go to Lowes.