Most stores in Texas now do not require a mask. Some do but it is really just covering their ass legally. I will carry a mask in my pocket and if challenged and put the damn thing on or just leave the store. Oddly I have been in stores with signs that say masks are mandatory. I have went in them and shopped and none challenged me. I did carry that stupid mask in my pocket if needed. I never needed it.
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I am a medical professional. If one looks at the masks and viral size it is about like throwing sand at a chain link fence. It means nothing unless coughing which the mask may stop some larger particles. Oddly those particle are large and will not remain airborne for long. Several studies have confirmed this.
Even the ‘rona knows better than to mess with Texas.
My take on this is that masks have nearly zero impact on the spread of COVID and in any case it’s a carefully designed virus that can be used as cause of death in many cases that were already approaching terminal stage in other conditions. Hence a more mobile population would not see any difference in outcomes. There is a COVID virus and it is dangerous to some people. It’s up to each group at risk to figure out ways of limiting their own exposure to it, and it’s difficult for governments to make rules that will work equally well for each at-risk group. The rules they do make up are mainly to make it seem like there is a response, not really very carefully designed to create an impact on infection and mortality rates.
For about 90% of us, the risk factors are low because infection will only lead to a mild or moderate bout with a flu-like set of conditions. For the other 10% this is something to be avoided but then so are some of the things that lead to higher risk like obesity or diabetes, those are not necessarily imposed conditions that no person can avoid or mitigate.
Thanks to COVID I am now about 20% zinc and able to walk unscathed through flames etc. So I should be fine in the end times.