Just about everyone in my neck of the woods opposes mandatory masks. Small wonder, since our county has had THREE Covid-related deaths in SIX MONTHS — a 90 year old man, a man in his 50s who died from a different, long-term illness but was found to test positive for Covid, and a “newly arrived” immigrant.
While their deaths are tragic, more tragic is radically altering the lives of 50,000 people.
My experience has been that people don’t care about the stats. Their eyes glaze over. Its all about emotion.