Reply To: COVID Confusion

@Syag-Lchochma My mistake then. We are in agreement that masks are incredibly important and everyone should keep wearing them.

Again, I’m not belittling your friends depression. But you have to understand the difficult situation the world is currently in. Your friend faces a phobia and depression because people wear masks, yes? But there are far more people facing depression because people don’t wear masks. Remember April of 2020 when you literally could not walk outside? That is the reality if we don’t take care and wear masks, which is one of the reasons they are so important. So with all due respect to your friend, she has to get a competent psychologist that will help her through this really really difficult time. But she, and others with a mask phobia, is not a compelling reason to tell people to stop wearing masks.

(Also, check your numbers. COVID-19 unchecked could lead to millions dead, far worse than suicide. So far we are at 200,000 just in the US partially because people are wearing masks and social distancing. And national suicide rates have barely budged.)