I only gave it up a year ago after COVID had begun, but suddenly everyone around me is snorting and hacking, and apparently very few people bother covering their mouth when they do anymore. It’s just for crowded spaces but 1 in 65 people in Canada have COVID right now, and while I’m super ultra vaccinated I don’t want to catch anything in general. It feels strange.
I wear a mask selectively to give a non-verbal “keep the fuck away from me” signal. Most frequently I wear it while grocery shopping; people keep their distance better when I have a mask.