How do you respond to people who tell you that you are being selfish if you don’t treat Covid like the zombie apocalypse where millions are dying each day?
I live in Texas and the governor recently lifted the mask mandate. Now a lot of businesses will still require them but so many people are freaking out and local news agencies are only talking to “experts” that think this is a horrible decision. I fear this may cost him the election because now the local and national media will go into hysterics over any cases let alone deaths.
And of course now there are people posting on Facebook that they choose to wear a mask. So virtuous and brave. To me it’s counterproductive to make a fuss at a store about it so I wear it where required but I’m very comfortable going without one.
If you mean general strangers in public, I'll just ignore them and walk away. I didn't go out to have a confrontation with a random person. They can run their mouth all they want. Physical confrontation? Yeah they don't want to play that game.
Amongst people I know, I usually go to either how I've seen zero evidence that they work. I don't have that many friends and acquaintances that are totally nuts, so usually can at least end the conversation with this. I've actually read a lot of the actual medical journal publications on it and tell them I'm willing to review any raw empirical data or published peer-reviewed medical study on it with a totally open mind. Editorialized data or studies by a journalist, political figure, an infographic, Youtuber, etc? No go. I don't give a shit how cool their Youtube video is, if you want me to trust "science" present me with the highest form of it. I've never really turned it into a good discussion though. Even amongst friends they are either on my side already or don't want to hear different.
Aside from that, I can always go to how much I hate the damn things. If you told me that it was totally inescapable that everywhere on Earth would require me to wear a mask anytime I left my house for the rest of my life, I'd most likely take up arms against the nearest government outlet knowing damn well that I'd end up dead. I am not spending the rest of my life breathing all over my fogged up glasses and if another libtard tells me to get different glasses like the ugly crap they wear or to smear some nasty filmy crap on them they are out of their mind. They don't get it. I wouldn't wear the mask the rest of my life if the virus was 5x as bad as they think it is. For me, the quality of what life I have outweighs the willingness to remain alive. Living is what I'm doing with my life, not the fact that I'm breathing.