Our mandate is masks required outside when social distancing is unable to be maintained but also includes outdoor dining when you're not actively eating/drinking or getting up from the table. I agree with that. I don't think you need one walking on a trail unless everyone is all so tight together (which shouldn't be happening anyways). Or if you're at something outside but able to adequately distance yourself from someone. Or even walking in the parking lot as I've seen people state you must do because I've yet to be that close to someone in a parking lot itself (up by the entrance of a store yes but not the parking lot).
I do think there is mask shaming but in many times I think it's the delivery because sometimes it's really just the people geniuninely concerned about public safety and they aren't the overboard kind of people. I live in the Midwest and for me we say "ope sorry" when it's the other person's fault for running into us haha that kind of thing plays into how I interact with people face to face when it comes to this kind of stuff so you'll be less likely to see me taking some video or photo and blasting it all over social media or calling people names or things like that (I really dislike the covidiot term for instance). Not a con against other people but that is just how I am.
Honestly though? Personally proper mask wearing is kind of my thing I get irritated about. I appreciate the effort but wearing a mask, especially a waiter/waitress/retail worker/etc who is in constant contact with everyone having that mask under their nose is problematic. Covering your nose is actually very important in fact. Here's what a recent study showed results on.
"..found the cells that line the nose were significantly more likely to become infected and shed virus compared to the throat or lungs. That means, every time a person exhales through their nose, they are likely generating a higher concentration of infectious aerosol than if they were simply breathing from their mouth. It also means, in order to block that infectious cloud from escaping to infect other people, it's just as important to cover your nose with a mask." https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30675-9 To me this kind of seemed logical but I think most of the talk has centered around covering your mouth for coughing and talking loud so people don't see as much the issue with bringing a mask down under your nose (especially because well that makes it easier to breath in something that is making it harder to breathe) but I always thought well the nose, especially if you or someone else sneezes (which IIRC sneezing can actually carry particles in the air further than the average cough..don't quote me on that but I feel like I remember reading that).
So I may be more about "we need to wear masks properly" but I'm not approaching it in a way I've seen other people do it throughout the months and many threads on this topic (at least I hope I'm not being that way and sincerely apologize if I have done that to someone).
I don't disagree with mandating things based on what we've learned. If stay at home orders are issued in the future it's my hope that we formulate them based on the increased knowledge we have.
