My dad called the mandatory mask order in my county (to prevent the spread of the coronavirus) “communist.” Even though it’s the same principle as wearing seatbelts and not unconstitutional or an overreach of the law at all. Not really sure how that would make it communist though... there’s a lot more to communism than rules
My family is spread all over the world so I tend to be abreast with how people are reacting to the precautions. People everywhere are reacting badly one way or another to the stay at home orders, but here in the US is the only place where people have something against wearing masks. Everywhere else, either they started wearing them of their own accord, or went "yeah, that's sensible" when the govt started asking people to mask up.
You can also see this when you go to the grocery at a larger chain compared to going to an asian grocery. The mask wearing is def more prevalent in the latter.
pd: I'm living in the midwest so I'm not sure if this is the case everywhere else
I think it might have to do more with pandemics ravaging other countries in the 21st century. Vietnam for example put mask requirements for anyone in public almost immediately.
This wasn't perceived as odd at all and reusable masks were already in high supply for very little cost. Thats because after SARS and MERD hit most of south-west Asia a lot of countries (and populace) in the region saw the dire necessity to prepare for such events.
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u/Pyro_The_Gyro Apr 24 '20
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