@taylan @lain @EvolLove @bonifartius I disagree that mask wearing causes barely any inconvenience.
It was a massive imposition on our lives. It was especially egregious to claim that non-compliance was a social failing. But that was the point.
I have already set you links to how they pollute the environment, contain microplastics, impair breathing, delay development in children and how it even says on the box that they don't work.
They have had years and years to come up with data to prove that masks work, and yet they haven't. As soon as enough evidence comes in that they do, then we shall see. You could be hit on the head by falling debris from aircraft. Be prepared to wear a hard hat for the rest of your life. Better still, demand that everyone wear a hard hat to keep you safe from falling debris.

Seatbelts are a poor analogy. There is clear data about the reduction in death when seatbelts are used. I'm old enough to remember the time before mandatory seatbelts. Seatbelts only protect the wearer (except in the car when a back seat passenger not wearing a seatbelt could cause death to the person sitting immediately in front which can be dealt with by those travelling in the car); my not wearing a seatbelt will have no effect whatsoever on other road users.

Mask wearing was sold as a *I wear my mask to protect you* as was *vaccination* which is clearly false. It was a marketing tool to promote uniformity of thought. It was an Asch Conformity Test across the globe. An Abilene Paradox. A virtue signal. I don't need to pretend to care or tell the world how much I care to actually do no harm and go about my life in peace. We were herded like cattle. I'm not cattle.

This is what I mean by the identifiable marker. It was a way of seeing at a glance who was being a Good German.
https://off-guardian.org/2023/02/15/face-masks-medical-protection-or-badge-of-obedience/

If you want to believe that mask wearing really did save lives because you invested time and energy complying or you believed what you were told by the MSM and various celebrities, politicians, and bought and paid for credentialed *academics* then I won't stop you. You can wear them every day for the rest of your life if it makes you feel better. You're a grown up and you can make your own decisions. You can shout about how stupid I am or that I'm a conspiracy theorist or covidiot or tin foil hat wearer or evil anti-vaxxer or whatever you want. I've heard it all. If I do *die suddenly* from not wearing a mask/having a *vaccine*/not dancing on ticktock/ not clapping for the NHS during (insert new *plandemic* here) then it will be my choice and you are free to dance on my grave and sing "I told you so" with all the glee you can muster.

I've told you my views. Go well.