Pro-mask zealots actually oppose masks

2020 was such a stupid time.

One of the biggest reasons that there is lingering resentment against COVID-19 pandemic mitigation policy is the zealotry of the people pushing that policy. As an example:

From the article:

Pandemic theater did more to damage efforts to get people to mask up than anything mandate opponents said or did.

‪Telling people to mask up when there is 0% chance of spreading the COVID-19 virus to others is treating masks like religious iconography, not as a pandemic mitigation tool.

That is why I was far more pro-mask than these zealots.