If you (individual or country) are still masking, why will you ever stop?

I still wear cloth masks at work and most other public places for a combination of practical and personal reasons;

  • I come into contact with literally thousands of people a day at work and, let’s face it, the general public is gross
  • I don’t have to force a smile when interacting with people and nobody can complain that I’m not smiling
  • Wearing a mask hides the seborrheic dermatitis I often get on my lower face and hides the fact that I’m missing teeth
  • It’s not as blatantly obvious if I go a day or two without shaving
  • I now have a huge collection of several dozen masks with different faces on them (Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Guy Fawkes, Batman, the Joker, Shrek, my own face, etc.) and I’ve got a reputation as “the funny mask guy” at work that I’ve got to maintain