SigningLady
Wardrobe Stylist to the Mannequins
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My county just imposed mandatory face masks.
I don't understand my reaction to it. I lost my job, but I can understand it. Hate it, but understand it. I can no longer eat out with my daughter, which was a fun activity, but I can understand. I can't continue whittling away at the things I planned on doing at least once before leaving, but I understand. I hate shopping for toilet paper but the fault lies solely with the hoarders, I can understand the non-hoarders and business' frustrations and the inability to prevent hoarding from people that will hide their identity for round two and three and four of the day.
But masks? Now they are mandating that I put something over my mouth and nose? That I have to have the icky feeling of having something there, and it be ugly to boot (since when is anything covering a face not ugly)? And it's not even to protect me, a mask actually heightens the risk. If I absolutely need to go out, I have to cover half my face because it protects the rest of the world. The rest of the world gets protection in case I'm too stupid to know I'm sick while at the same time my risk is raised slightly. That I'm being forced to wear something I can't stand the thought of. What's next, burqas?
The intellectual side is understanding. Normally when intellectual side and emotional side are in disagreement I can hear both sides and muscle past emotional side. This time though intellectual side is whispering and emotional side is screaming so loud I have to force myself to listen, normal day I can't hear past the screaming.
It makes me so mad at the world it feels like when I have a cold. A cold, I'm mad at the world for catching it and a perverse part of me wants to pass it on as revenge at the world, so I live my life with the usual touching of things to sate my feelings of anger.
Seriously, put stuff over my mouth and nose, inherently ugly since nothing should cover the face, binding the breathing and make it icky wet feeling...the emotional side says that's way too far to demand. The emotional side says that social distancing and isolation is a failure because people are doing fake social distancing and no isolation, if I doing it correctly there would be no need for me to wear a mask.
Why am I so knee jerk that a mandatory mask is way, way too far past what is reasonable?
I totally understand what you are saying. I have no desire to wear a mask either, but then I think What if I had covid and didn't know it. Buuuut what's the likelihood that would happen so I do nothing. I really feel like I would touch my face more with a mask on because I'd constantly adjust it. I keep my hands clean, if I need to sneeze or cough (allergies as the trees are budding here) I cover with my elbow, I minimize touching my face, and keep my distance from all the guests best I can.
If it becomes mandatory here in MN, I will deal with it. So far, our infection and hospitalization rate is pretty low compared to the rest of the states which is good. But as we know, anything and everything could change so quickly.