I live in Japan and this is still so prevalent that it drives me crazy. People on here make jokes about sometimes seeing people driving alone in cars while wearing masks and I see that crap all the time.
Yes, but it's only gotten worse since then. In prior years, if they had a cold or bad allergies, people would wear masks. The problem is that people who were sick with a fever would wear a damned mask and go to work, infecting others. When Covid came along though. there was a zero tolerance for fevers. Workers and students alike were sent home as a result of the rigorous temperature checking. So, sick people could not wear a mask and infect others. Since sick people were sent home, illnesses were not being spread so much and people believed that it was due to the masks.
I went to the clinic yesterday to get some Chinese herbal decongestant and eye drops for my allergies, and for once I was not asked to wear a damned fearmask. I dunno about other places though, as I haven't been anywhere else lately other than to get my back X-rayed in March.
I live in Japan and this is still so prevalent that it drives me crazy. People on here make jokes about sometimes seeing people driving alone in cars while wearing masks and I see that crap all the time.
Wasn’t Japan doing that well before Covid?
Yes, but it's only gotten worse since then. In prior years, if they had a cold or bad allergies, people would wear masks. The problem is that people who were sick with a fever would wear a damned mask and go to work, infecting others. When Covid came along though. there was a zero tolerance for fevers. Workers and students alike were sent home as a result of the rigorous temperature checking. So, sick people could not wear a mask and infect others. Since sick people were sent home, illnesses were not being spread so much and people believed that it was due to the masks.
I went to the clinic yesterday to get some Chinese herbal decongestant and eye drops for my allergies, and for once I was not asked to wear a damned fearmask. I dunno about other places though, as I haven't been anywhere else lately other than to get my back X-rayed in March.