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- Embed this noticeIIUC the implications of what you're saying, one could always do more to protect oneself and others, so everyone has to draw the line somewhere, and different people may legitimately choose different spots, even down to zero, when exposed to similar public risk profiles. I can't disagree with that.
it strikes me as odd, however, to suggest "long enough" should play a role in this assessment. absent changes to the risk profile, it seems illogical to me to decide "I've sacrificed long enough; no more!". if it made sense to wear masks (or hazmat suits) before, and the risks didn't change, it would still make just as much sense to wear them.
but the risk profile hasn't remained the same. you and others you care about have aged (not much, but that risk is going up, not down), and there's a new wave spreading incredibly fast, and without any evidence of lowering the risk of long-term chronic disability to as much as balancing out the increased risk of catching, passing on, giving rise to mutations, or getting your immune system weakened against opportunistic infections (which some new variants seem to do). so I find an "enough!" decision quite illogical at this moment. if it was reasonable to wear a mask before, now it would be a time to wear a better mask, not to drop it.