Masks are dumb. Here’s why.

[Pericles]

It's a reflection of the deep selfishness and individualistic culture of US society that people are missing the primary point of masks. That is to stop the wearer of the mask from spreading Covid to others, often it is not the mask wearer who is in danger but the vulnerable people they could infect. That requires a bit of humility, which is also surely lacking-given the incubation period and asymptomatic transmission being common you don't really know at any given moment whether you have Covid and whether you can spread it to others. So you should take that risk into account, and in a small easy way reduce the risk that others will be infected. If everybody comes together collectively and does their bit, then the spread will be a lot less than if you just keep thinking that "I'll be fine" and ignoring the potential damage you are doing to people around you and your wider community.