Focusing on employers, it is understandable to not require or ask employees to wear if they don’t want to, especially if that sort of thing is no longer mandated.  That said, it is tautological that the dollars and sense of illness is that an unhealthy workforce leads to disruptions in staffing and production.   And, unlike the common cold or even. The flu, COVID-19 (even a mild case) could ultimately decimate a valued team member if their fight with this little spiked-tip monster ends in LONG Covid.

Although COVID-19 is, thankfully, not as virulent as it was when it first arrived on the scene – for every one of us; (a) it is still out there; (b) any of us can still get it; (c) which means we can still get LONG Covid, and; (d) no one knows what  LONG Covid will look like on you or what it will do to you next month, next year, or ten years from now.

The blog post critically discusses a study that found that individuals who perceive themselves as more attractive are less likely to wear a face mask because they believe it reduces their attractiveness.  Additionally, the article promotes the VeraShield XP, a fashion-forward face mask designed also for active protection.

We look at a site which kept an updated list of mask wearing recommendations and mandates around the globe, and discuss to "wear or not wear" when you are not forced to by law.

There's a big kerfuffle about whether a leading authority in science has said that face masks don help at all.  It's been a fun week.  Read all about it.

Comparing passive-filter face masks for their ability to block out the transmission of COVID viral particles (which are very small).