I use oven mitts, but not because I’m afraid of the stove.

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It's like assuming that people who wear seatbelts are more scared riding in cars. No, man, we're less scared because we're protected. Obviously.

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I'm just one data point but I've been sick exactly twice since 2020. Once was covid from someone I was staying with who didn't mask outside our lodgings. The other was a cold from visiting my nieces who don't mask at school. Pretty sure my pre-masking illness rate was higher than twice in 6 years.

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I don't mask in public much anymore but I do at work because I probably encounter 12-15 patients per day with contagious diseases. Does it annoy some people? Have I lost patients because of it? Almost certainly. They can see Dr Gator.

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It's also such weird framing; "stress, fear of disease, and constant worry about other people" is something I have LESS OF when I'm wearing a mask, for obvious reasons! I'm way less vulnerable to all that when masked! Obviously I'm more relaxed!

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