For all the banter here about masks, are there really
significant numbers of people in TV who are not masking?
Here's the Johns Hopkins
Sumter County COVID-19 Stat Map:
Sumter County COVID-19 Statistics
Population: 121,000
Total confirmed COVID cases: 757
COVID-attributed deaths: 19
Population age 65+: 67,271
Population UP TO age 34: 19,384
Fatality rate per population: ~.6%
Fatality rate per confirmed cases: 2.51%
I read an anecdotal report from someone here in this thread who stated that in their observation - as a grocery store worker - teenagers and 20ish people are more vigilant about wearing masks, and if there are those who are not wearing them, they are most likely to be seniors.
I found this quite curious - given that seniors make up the
overwhelming percentage of the population around TV, why wouldn't it follow that one might see more seniors without masks than young people? That's a given, based on numbers alone.
I wear masks, period. But as to "why" some might push back - notwithstanding whether it's smart or responsible - you might want to look at political decisions that mandated all manner of restrictions due to COVID-19, but somehow gave a pass to thousands upon thousands of protest marchers around the country. That civil right, as we were told, was too important to ignore. It was more important than people's actual lives.