Why aren't we all wearing face masks if we know that they can limit the transmission of the coronavirus? 'There’s a certain bravado of being angry and defying requirements to wear a mask,' an NYU professor of social and behavioral science said.
When Delaware International Speedway, a raceway in Delmar, Del., reopened to spectators earlier this month, attendees were forewarned that they had to wear face masks.
Related: ‘I woke up in a free country’: Costco shopper gets bounced from store after refusing to wear a mask “Ultimately it is a choice we make, and I hope it’s made based on the best available/current science, and a desire to do all we can to help others and ourselves/our communities,” he said in a subsequent tweet. “Like vaccines, the more who participate, the greater the impact.”
Pence violated the standards of the famed the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and did not wear one during an April visit when he met with staff and patients. Americans who choose not to wear masks, Abrams said he suspects, “don’t want to admit that this is the new normal,” he said. “They want the old America that they’re used to.”
Demographic disparities when it comes to wearing a face mask Gender, political affiliation, race, income and geography all appear to play a role when it comes to wearing a mask or not — some determining factors:
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