Plenty of selfish Americans would think doing anything that's done in Asia is unamerican cause personal responsibility and all that.

It's a position that makes no sense but I bet we can expect people who put on masks to be harassed in the long term.

This makes complete sense. It’s really just like having the courtesy to use a tissue when you blow your nose or cough.

nice

I think that's not quite what we want, however it might be what we have to accept.

Ideally, people who are stick will stay home, rather than put on a mask and go out into public. However the current state (pre-pandemic) is 'be sick, go out into public and claim it's just allergies'. So perhaps putting a mask on is a good substitute.

A lot of people will simply lose their jobs if they don't go in to work, whether they're sick or not. A lot of those jobs are in food service. Wearing masks in extremely crowded public areas going forward is probably a good idea.

It depends. You are right that if you can work from home, you definitely should, if infected. But we cannot expect people to be quarantined because of a cold, you might have to buy groceries for example. Or travel to a doctor. Or if you have to come to work. In those cases, wear a mask!

There are simply situations where people are sick but still need to be out in the public. For example, if you are sick but your child still needs to be taken a school event or needs something from the store, you may still need to go out in public.

No we cannot wear mask because there will be no scientific research showing that masks will specifically reduce the transmission of what you have.

We are science oriented here folks, not a flat earther.

It's the reason Fauci used in the beginning where they didn't recommend masks.

What an idiot. Fauci is fortunate that Trump was a bigger idiot.