I dislike mask mandates even more than vax mandates. And least a vax mandate is generally one and done (now that gov’ts have given up on mandating boosters).
I can’t breathe in masks at all, they are hot, they don’t work, and mask mandates are destructive to deaf people, kids, and teens (speech, learning a foreign language, socializing, self esteem) in ways we haven’t even started to fathom (some of us with kids and teens have). Even to college students—imagine trying to learn college Calculus from a professor with a thick accent AND a mask. Imagine trying to learn AP Spanish when both the student and teacher are masked.
And I hate mandates and enjoy freedom, including the freedom to breathe and be seen. And it’s all so senseless—if mask mandates worked, they would work. And they don’t. I hate that medical facilities still mandate them. . .thankfully my dentist has come to his senses.
Let them be optional.
Agreed let masking be optional & use the type of respirator used for spray painting not the cheap ass paper filter dust masks!