They held out as long as they could. Until one or the other took over. Fear or facts. There are a few holdovers, still arguing with complete strangers about how rediculous 'you all' look while they plant themselves in a grocery store entrance to throw a temper tantrum because they don't want to wear a mask. They don't want to follow the 'guidelines' or 'recommendations' of their 'leaders' (I'm not sure which is more questionable) that while it may or may not keep them healthy, it is the very least they could do, except for staying home completely, for their fellow man. It's sad, really. How easily people can deny what is happening around them. The It Only Affects You When It Affects YOU Syndrome. As the virus spreads and more become sick, the closer it will get to those who will have to decide what is real, when it is happening to them, instead of when it was still not quite a possibility that it might happen to them and something could have been done. To late. Yesterday there was one person without a mask lecturing a man, most likely strangers to each other, about how rediculous everyone looked in their masks and how 'this isn't real.' Personally I don't mind the mask. I haven't had a shave in three months and my skin is probably its best condition in years. The mask is providing me the best sun protection possible during the Arizona summer. Or anytime in Arizona. When all this is over, and someday it will be over, my skin will look better, and I will have fought off some sun damage. But that guy without the mask doing the lecturing? He was older, heavy, and wearing the worst hairpiece ever. If he ends up in the ER, he could be graded as someone no worthy of saving versus a younger person without one of those basketball beer bellies (yet). Or he'll survive this too and still look like that. Or worse with the sun damage and a few more pounds. It's just a mask. No one is asking him to enlist. But someone else might have to make the decision whether he lives or dies. It's not real.