Someone I know has been sick with "not COVID" for a couple weeks and has lost 22 lbs. His wife, who recently had a heart attack despite an extremely active lifestyle, has lost 11 lbs from the same thing. She's down to 88 lbs. This is not a safe or healthy weight for her.
This guy made fun of my dad for masking at work but this one illness has cost this guy thousands of dollars in lost work.
Regardless of what it is (almost definitely COVID), WHY would you choose not to mask when you don't have any sick pay?!?
I don't fucking understand people. Humans are fundamentally irrational.