[fintstone]

The only time people that wear them in the county where I live is when they go to a doctor or to a big box store that makes them. If you take your pet to the Vet, go to an auto repair, gas station, smaller grocery store, gun store, etc....none of the employees wear them...and most customers do not. A few elderly people in nursing homes have died here in the past year (but they were isolated from the rest of us...and may well have died anyways...as people died there almost every day before the pandemic). No real lockdowns otherwise although a lot of people just get their restaurant food to go.

When I drove cross country this past summer, it was the same most places. People looked at you like you had two heads if you were wearing a cloth mask. Locals did not wear them.

If you want/need protection, someone else wearing one of these silly masks will not provide it. If you are at risk, you need to keep your distance and/or wear a respirator (N95 or better) to protect yourself.