Wearing a mask is roughly as annoying as returning a shopping cart to the rack after we’ve unloaded our car—it takes more effort than just doing nothing, but barely more effort, really, and when we run through the pros and cons of mask-wearing it becomes ludicrous not to do it. Here’s what was asked of us: buy a two-dollar face covering and use it when you go outside. Here’s who would benefit: everyone, everywhere on earth. Here’s how they’d benefit: society returns to normal much faster, and everybody doesn’t get sick and die. A global pandemic is, oddly, an ideal scenario to illustrate
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