I’ve been waiting for some public figure to make this point, but I haven’t heard it yet. If I’ve missed it, please forgive me. People remember things easier if they have something to compare. Metaphors serve this purpose.
Your right to get as drunk as you want ends when you get behind the wheel of a car. Just as your right to not wear a mask ends where it threatens the lives of others.
And in real life, if you’re infected and asymptomatic, not wearing a mask is actually more dangerous to the public than a drunk driver. (I’m not talking about a repeat offender. Well, maybe.)
A drunk driver exposes themselves to possible death if they have a wreck. They also expose the general public and more specifically any person they involve in a car accident. In a car accident their damage ends with the wreck. (We’ll not go into the psychological effects of losing someone, just the physical effect.) However, an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient is contaminating everyone they come in contact. They are spreading the virus with every breath they exhale and every word they speak.
So choosing not to wear a mask because you don’t think you’re sick or you know you haven’t been exposed isn’t really your right. Until we have a working vaccine, no one knows for sure if they’ve been exposed. The experts are telling us that even some people who have been infected experience symptoms so mild the don’t realize they’re sick, but others die. So ask yourself;
Are you willing to take the chance of killing your grandmother or someone else because you don’t like wearing a mask?
A mask is prophylactic device, at the height of the AIDS epidemic, would you have even thought about not wearing a condom?