Why can’t we all just get along? Just do your thing, let me do mine, and us and the world will all be fine

Recently I read an article here on Medium titled (and I’m not sure I’m getting it exact, though hopefully close) “The Politics of the Mask.” It was a good thought-provoking read, not to mention an inspiration to me to write an article along the lines of the same topic, that of wearing masks in public in hopes of preventing/slowing down the spread of Covid-19.

During the two-plus month “shutdown” of, basically, the world due to the novel coronavirus, a…