Quote Originally Posted by dado potato View Post
I am listening to an audiobook, Apollo's Arrow, written by an M.D. virologist, before vaccines had come into use. He makes a strong case for not "mixing" indoors with people (who may be asymptomatic and spreading the virus). He says masks reduce transmission by intercepting some of the droplets coming out of the wearer's mouth and nose, especially when sneezing, yelling, or talking. So, more people wearing masks reduces the spread. "My mask protects YOU. Your mask protects ME."

During the "Spanish Flu" epidemic, he says masking was quite readily accepted by the mainstreet American public... as can be seen in photographs from that era. But today there is resistance to wearing a mask.

Limiting my mixing and wearing a mask indoors seems like a reasonable precaution to me (along with vaccines and boosters). A dividend is that in addition to not getting a case of COVID, I have not had a cold or flu in over 2 years... not even a sniffle.

Stay safe.
DH and I are taking similar precautions (also hand sanitation) with similar results. I've had lots of experience with head colds over the years, and I've probably averaged 2 per year for most of my life. I haven't had one since 2019, so that's adequate proof for me that these precautions are protecting me from viral transmissions.