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Went grocery shopping. Yes, the grocery store, that social barometer from which we judge our worth and freedom through purchase of consumables. A place where legends are made, where we saw the heroics of our grocery clerks under covid.
Almost everyone in the place was masked. Not me of course, and a few others.
It was pitiful to see children still being made to wear it. I walked by one little boy who saw my face, and I gently smiled. Hello there, this is what people look like.
Walking through Loblaws, it’s like an idiot poll. I’d estimate about 80% of the populace, or more. Some may do it out of peer pressure, like my elderly mother in law admitted.
You dont have to wear it Ethel, I told her. Fuck the cowards.
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I still wear a mask on the bus - helps keep the B.O. miasma less overwhelming. On the bus, about 80% of the riders are masked - I guess because most people understand that close confines can result in the spread of many things besides Covid.
When I go to the grocery store, about 50% of the people are masked. I don't find it necessary in stores, or the mall, or at work - but some people still do. Maybe the anti-masker bunch could respect that, instead of calling them names.
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I rode a train, then rapid transit, then bus on my way to work and home for 2 years, Pre Covid. Masks were not a thing then, and really, since bussing and such started up, no one has worn masks.
Now, if a person wants to wear or not wear a mask, that is fine. But the idea of protecting oneself from any bugs or viruses may not be a good thing.
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I think in Ontario masks are still mandatory on public transportation.