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Originally Posted by dchan
The only place I see masks consistently worn outdoors is in Flushing and other Asian/Chinese communities. The Chinese are a bunch of hypochondriacs. Meanwhile, I went up to Catskill to visit the Thomas Cole Historic Site, and the workers didn't even wear masks at the diner. I had a lovely and shockingly inexpensive meal there.
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I have Indian and Chinese patients. Less of the latter. More Korean.
Observed tendencies:
Most hypochondriac: Indian
Most prone to silly outdoor mask wearing: Chinese
Conclusion: mask wearing is more cultural to the East Asians than having anything to do with being a hypochondriac. Some people who refuse vaccines also tend to be hypochondriacs—so much so that their nitpicky views on health make them scared of the “unknown effects” of the vaccines.
I’m in downtown Chicago this weekend and mask compliance here is WAY higher here than in the burbs. At Whole Foods they even have a security guard going around to remind people to wear their mask—something unheard of in the burbs. Very authoritarian around here but also fascinating in how dumb it all is, because as soon as you go to the bars and restaurants, it’s literally jam packed to the gills with maskless people. What’s the point?