Why are people so anti mask?

because the media spent the last 3 decades not only cryin wolf but havin things that were nothin noteworthy be outrageous sensational breakin news and also plantin bias & lies in everythin they do for the sakea social engineerin to the point where its so fuckin obvious its insultin

now a real story comes around and nobody can take em seriously

Because they took the word of the great orange blowbag as gospel.

If they round up 1,000 people who refuse to wear masks, 1,000 who reluctantly agree to, 1,000 who state they feel wearing them is very important, and give them all IQ tests so as to compare the three averages, it will immediately become clear what the issue is.

Edit: Also the first 1,000 might end up with COVID-19 because they won't wear their fucking mask in a group of 1,000 people.

A lot of people don't like to be told what to do, especially at the expense of their comfort

Same thing happened with the Spanish Flu, women and children wore the masks but a lot of men didn't

Part of what it means to be a man is to do what you want, even if you end up cutting your nose to spite your face apparently

Just about every group that was like "yeah we're gonna meet up and party and not wear masks" at the start ended up getting it

Spring breakers in Cancun and Pastor Tony Spell, who's still not heeding the regulations set forth in his state. Not related at all, but the way he's handling things he's headed to prison, but he'll probably get a pity "aww you think you're making an impact with your religion" punishment, despite several members, including staff, dying from the virus, including another pastor and his wife who were like "if it's our time to go we won't question god" and then died like a week later or something. Great legacy you left your fifteen year old daughter! End rant

I think that for a lot of people the mask can be uncomfortable, and even disorienting, but it's the best thing going right now so I'm wearing the mask!

Because they're stupid and selfish.

I see parallels between anti-maskers and those who are vehemently opposed to laws requiring seat-belt use in cars and helmets on motorcycles.

Those people justify their stance in all sorts of ways, but what I see are teenagers who may look like adults, but have never grown up; it's the same sort of petulant, contrary-on-principal attitude that leads adolescents to do stupid, risky things just because some authority figure has told them they shouldn't do it.

Ignorance of fundamental scientific principles and basic statistics also often plays a role, as does our tendency to believe what we want to believe, and to dismiss any evidence that those beliefs are incorrect.

The most extreme examples of cognitive dissonance at work that I've ever heard about are the cases of covid-deniers who were in intensive care and so seriously ill that they were heading towards being put into a medically induced coma and put on a ventilator, but still kept asking doctors to tell them what was _really_ wrong with them.

There are fools who refuse to wear masks on some spurious grounds everywhere, but the problem is particularly acute in the States. That's partly due to the fundamental selfishness of American society which leads to people believing they should be able to do whatever they hell they want even if that puts others at risk, as well as the common attitude that the government and mainstream media always lie, either for some secret, nefarious reason or because they're incompetent.

But Trump bears a lot of responsibility as well. The man is near-enough an idiot, but he was smart enough to understand that the unexpected appearance of the virus could derail his re-election. He reacted to this by refusing to accept the reality of what was going on, and set out to make people believe there was no problem. It would all go away like magic; a magical cure would appear in just a couple of weeks; there was no need to do anything that could upset the amazing economy he'd created singlehandedly in a little more than three years.

Trump refused to wear a mask because of all this and because of his vanity - if you habitually slather on bronzer, you end up pretty damn stupid when you take off a mask and reveal pallid lines across your face. Plus, I'm sure that in his narcissistic mind, he's still the incredibly handsome guy he was at twenty, and why should he hide that behind a mask?

All that turned masks into a weapon for the culture war, and not wearing a mask became the badge of a true Trump believer.

I really don't understand why people have such a kinipshit about putting on a mask. You have to have a shirt to enter stores. Shoes to enter stores. But holy shit, you ask someone to slip on a mask and you'd swear they're gonna lose their minds. Such snowflakes. Go ahead. Get the Rona. If you're that stupid you deserve it.

It's not natural to wear a mask. More than half of the deaths in the 1917 Flu epidemic were attributed to lung disease cause by wearing a mask. Look if you want to wear a mask and get the vaccine, go for it. But don't force me to do the same. I stand a greater chance of choking on a piece of food that I would if I got the Covid. It's 99.8 % survivable.

Im not anti mask but I sometimes forget mine. In my county there is no restrictions you dont have to have mask or anything. A girl at the liquor store snapped on me about not wearing one but if its not illegal then her quarrel is witj the government.

Im not taking the vaccine either because I'm almost positive I had asymptomatic covid. I just had a slight cough but my sister, brother, wife, son all had it. So if I had covid its like taking the vaccine I have anti bodies. But even if I didnt get covid I wouldnt take the vaccine. Because I am not really scared of covid. If covid was more deadly I would get the vaccine. But after seeing my whole community get it and them all saying it was like a bad cold im not getting it.

Masks don't work. Let's be real. I don't mind wearing one if it keeps the peace, but it's clownery, and you're letting the government get their foot in the door in the name of feeling safe lmao

Because they are dumb and selfish.
It's only a mask and it's not like it's a big deal putting on a mask to visit the store or take public transport.
Of course masks aren't fun to wear I find they are a bit harder to breathe in or maybe it's just me not being used to them but it's worth it if I need to take the bus for example and it can even protect my own health too if I wear one of the more advanced types of masks. Nothing about pandemic restrictions is fun, that's not the point of them but we'll have restrictions for longer if people don't follow them which some are simply to dumb to understand.

Anti vaxxers and anti mask people are two seperate groups of people. There are more anti mask people then there are anti vaxxers.

The stupid thing is why do we need to wear the masks at this point? Should be optional. Or rather not be enforced by law. I've already had the coronovirus there is no point in me wearing a mask, hell I've used the same mask since the dawn of this pandemic.

It's a virus. It will never have a cure nor will the vaccine be perfect. Influenza is still out there. Because it mutates, same with covid.

So does this mean we will have to wear masks forever? I say fuck that. The masks are uncomfortable and wont even do shit at this point with the first wave of vaccines + all the people who have had covid. At this point this is a goverment mandated fashion change.

and why do some people refuse to stop kissing or shaking hands?

we are not ready to get out of this epidemic ...

Let all of them be like idiots.

Reverse psychology those people. Angrily tell them to not wear a mask in a big protest circle with picket signs and megaphones.

I am anti mask plus Covid proof.

I would like to add something else regarding what's wrong with mask-refusers to my previous point suggesting their stupidity.

Pay attention to their verbal refutations of masks and erroneous assertions that masks do nothing. When you notice that it's always "I could still catch it" and never "I could still give it to someone else" the quality at play besides stupidity becomes clear.

Everyone is anti-mask. Mostly everyone who preaches the importance in wearing masks have been caught without one at some point. Dr. Fauci used to be anti-mask because he said it could cause harm to your health. Now, he says 2 masks are better than one so for entire year 1 mask was not suddenly enough? I'm sick of all the lies and inconsistency.

who are you to believe? the media lies, congress lies, World health keeps changing their minds, and then all the info on the internet. who is right??? when looking up the mask issue I know from experience that a n-95 mask which is the one they say is best, does not stop drywall dust from entering your nose and mouth, yet it is 10 times larger than the virus, so go figure.

Cloth masks are absolutely useless unless you wash them in an industrial-grade washing machine. You have to actually use n95 masks, which will protect the wearer as well as those around them. Let the people actually at risk wear masks and let the rest of us get on with our lives. If you're someone who's not at risk but paranoid about catching a disease with a less than 1% death rate, then you wear a mask and stop forcing everyone else to destroy their lives for your benefit.

As for vaccines, most people don't want them because most people don't need them (again, less than 1% death rate) and the immune response that the vaccine triggers is actually more unpleasant than the disease itself. Not to mention that if you've already had covid, you don't need a vaccine. Just let people go about their lives and build up herd immunity.