No excuses necessary

Lately I’m seeing more people posting listsisting the reasons why they might feel the need to keep following pandemic mitigation guidelines. I’m so sorry that people are feeling like they need to apologize or give excuses for still wearing a mask, now that they’re not legally required.

I don’t think anyone should need an excuse for wanting to protect themself and those around them. Especially in today’s environment, where authorities are rolling back protection measures more because of COVID-19 fatigue, than any reduced need for them.

I’ve been seeing stories about it in the news, but this article does a good job of summarizing the concerted effort in progress, to legislatively remove pandemic protections, regardless of their need or effectiveness.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-09-16/over-half-of-states-have-rolled-back-public-health-powers-in-pandemic