As 2023 holidays dawn, face masks have settled in as an occasional feature of the American landscape

ABC ^ | 12/16/23 | DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press

[DallasBiff]

Fauci probably got a hard on about mask mandates, can't believe what we all went through.

[butlerweave]

My neighbor wears the N95 mask everywhere even in the car with his wife and he’s an alcoholic but he worries about the phantom COVID

[so_real]

I've been watching for this during my Christmas shopping. So far I've only seen four "true believers" wearing their masks at the mall. I assume they are cancer victims or care for cancer victims, which may be the only reasonable excuse for persisting in stupidity.

[Sacajaweau]

I use it to keep my nose warm here in Upstate NY.

[9YearLurker]

It’s late December: Our 2023 holidays are not just now dawning.

[Ouderkirk]

Masks are a signal on who to avoid.

You wear one...you are invisible to me.

I fly weekly, and I refuse to acknowledge anyone wearing a mask as even alive.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

They’re still out there. A few weeks ago I saw a mother with three kids, probably ages 4-8, all four wearing masks. Those poor kids are probably vaxxed and boosted too.

[Da Coyote]

The masks are a good way to quickly determine which individuals failed science classes from the third grade on up.

[No name given]

Fraudchi needs a free helicopter ride.
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[No name given]

That’s correct. So much for demonrats being the party of science. They’re the party of science fiction.

[Fury]

Eh, who cares who is wearing a mask.

We all have agency (supposedly).

Lots of things to do, besides keep track of who is wearing a mask.

[Angelino97]

I saw a man in a mask, driving alone in his car, just a few days ago.

[OHPatriot]

Masks just make it easy to identify the SHEEP!!

I’m with you. I refuse to recognize SHEEP!

[ABN 505]

Was it a Cadillac with a Deadhead sticker on the back?

[Noumenon]

I never did participate in that dumbassery.

[piasa]

A few idiots in blue city cesspools doesn’t translate into “across the American landscape.”

[ealgeone]

Saw someone driving by themselves wearing one. Easy to spot the lib voters.

[Grampa Dave]

“There are people — lots of people. But look around, and it’s clear one thing is largely absent these days: face masks.”

“Yes, there’s the odd one here and there, but nothing like it was three years ago at the dawn of the COVID pandemic’s first winter holidays — an American moment of contentiousness, accusation and scorn on both sides of the mask debate.”

We have spent a lot of time at/in our bank, recently due to
online issues/problems, and we have yet to see a mask wearer there!

There have been zero mask wearers on the many walkers in our area.

Our grocery store has a few mask wearers who either glare at us or quickly reverse their direction.

[Allegra]

They’re still out there. A few weeks ago I saw a mother with three kids, probably ages 4-8, all four wearing masks. Those poor kids are probably vaxxed and boosted too.

Maskers are very rare where I live and I haven’t seen any where I’m visiting right now. I can ignore the rare masker, but I really hate seeing those nasty things on little kids. Their lungs are still developing and I can’t imagine breathing in their own exhaust is good for them.

[Allegra]

Anne Miller, the organization’s executive director, acknowledges she thought widespread mask usage would become the rule, not the exception.

“I thought the new normal would be like we see in other cultures and other parts of the world — where people just wear a mask out of an abundance of caution for other people,” she says.

Anne sounds disappointed.