I believe you are correct. Life is a navigation and we must each choose for ourselves the hills we are willing to die on. So we need to make it count.

When I absolutely have to wear a face covering I am at least going to do it in such a way that does not harm me physically. Plus it does snap people awake at the same time. I have an N95 mask that has a personal HEPA filter that pumps filtered air to the mask. When someone asks about it I can simply tell them that masks do not protect them and they are sucking up all their own toxic exhalations. That, according to OSHA air quality standards, is not healthy. The expressions on their faces at that point are priceless.

My personal HEPA filter will remove particles down to about 1 micron, the size of some of these so called infectious particles. In addition, it gives me cleaner air that is pumped into my mask creating a positive air flow. This is opposite of what everyone around me is doing making their lungs work harder trying to breath in their own exhaled CO2 and sucking in the unfiltered surrounding air - creating a negative air flow. It does get people's attention and they don't know what to say. It certainly gives them something to consider. So, like @sleepydude states, if we much comply, go further. Sometimes that action in the end will do more to wake others up than defiance.

I believe you are correct. Life is a navigation and we must each chose for ourselves the hills we are willing to die on. So we need to make it count.

When I absolutely have to wear a face covering I am at least going to do it in such a way that does not harm me physically. Plus it does snap people awake at the same time. I have an N95 mask that has a personal HEPA filter that pumps filtered air to the mask. When someone asks about it I can simply tell them that masks do not protect them and they are sucking up all their own toxic exhalations. That, according to OSHA air quality standards, is not healthy. The expressions on their faces at that point are priceless.

My personal HEPA filter will remove particles down to about 1 micron, the size of some of these so called infectious particles. In addition, it gives me cleaner air that is pumped into my mask creating a positive air flow. This is opposite of what everyone around me is doing making their lungs work harder trying to breath in their own exhaled CO2 and sucking in the unfiltered surrounding air - creating a negative air flow. It does get people's attention and they don't know what to say. It certainly gives them something to consider. So, like @sleepydude states, if we much comply, go further. Sometimes that action in the end will do more to wake others up than defiance.