It’s really weird. I can wear a mask and even a cartridge respirator while working with hazardous chemicals or heavy dust with no issues.
But, slapping on a completely useless fashion mask for a jaunt to Walmart makes me absolutely sick. My heart rate rises, it’s difficult to breathe, my glasses steam up and I am perpetually angry.
It’s because the mask is not a symbol of safety. Instead it is nothing more than a yellow star, a symbol of repression and government control.
Thus, I wear one very infrequently.
I’m a complete hypocrite though. I’m helping to run a weeklong summer camp and just ordered $400 worth of Buff masks for all of the kids. I have no expectations that they will be worn. We spent the money just to be able to say that we provided them, useless as they may be.
I got the same at a Wal-Mart. I was forced to wear a mask. I used a fresh disposable one. Besides the normal fogged glasses, my sinuses blocked up after about 15 minutes. At about 20 minutes I started getting dizzy and wobbly kneed like I was about to pass out. I will never wear that type of mask again. It took days for my sinuses to clear up. If forced to wear a mask, I will wear my homemade cloth one. Otherwise, no mask.