Dear Yserbius,
1. Why is that my crowd? It is a recurrent theme of this thread, and even more on the other one, that you ascribe opinions and statements on behalf of other posters.
2. It is unclear to me what a government right is, or if such a thing exists. What is clear is that masks can be mandated. That just happened. And is still happening. I thought you would clarify why masks were mandated, and how such a mandate could have been maintained better.
3. It seems like you are reflecting the thinking that caused many public health measures to fail. Whatever is implemented, has to be done with a prudent eye toward a uniform application of standards. For example, masks were not pushed immediately in the U.S. so that the hospitals would have enough masks for their employees. There has to be a clear goal for public health. Or else it just wanders in circles. Helping enough not to give up on what is in place. But not solving anything so that the same ineffective policies stay in place.
4. Almost nobody pays serious attention to Dr. Fauci. Except for some sound bites. Some social and traditional media influencers got involved to normalize the main points of his message. Try to find quotes of him where the person quoting him was not oblivious to the context.
5. I was trying to let you in on the truth. Dr. Fauci was not going to say that we could discard our masks, until there was data that demonstrated the vaccine working in real time. The chance of the data showing a need to continue to wear masks after the vaccines take effect, was around zero. But still, if never predicts data. It is what made him a star over the last thirty years. And there is on reason for him to make assumptions now.
6. It appears to me that you are your own public health expert. You advocating for a mask policy without purpose or guidelines. If I am mistake and you do not consider yourself an expert on public health, why are you involved in how others wear or do not wear their mask?