I went to my optometrist this morning. They don't require customers to mask anymore, but were happy to have all their staff wear masks, including receptionists.

After my appointment finished, I noticed that all the waiting patients had masks as well, which I originally thought was just good luck. However, the receptionist told me that every customer had entered without a mask, and within a few minutes they all either put on their own mask or asked for one from the receptionist, noticing that they were the odd one out.

This experience powerfully showed me that for many, the decision to mask or not is heavily influenced by peer pressure.

@kh
A friend had to appear in court last week, testified unexpectedly, and the judge gruffly admonished her to speak up, through her mask, clearly annoyed. The week prior, the city prohibited visitors to jail inmates because of Covid spread (dame building), and our wastewater chart is getting nosebleeds due to the rapid climb.
@MHowell I'm glad at least that she was able to wear a mask, what with more and more stories of masks being banned in some places (I think I heard of masks being banned for juries somewhere, too)