Hi XCR
Another good observation. Regarding workers being required to wear masks, that’s a condition of their employment. While on the clock, their time is not their own and they have to follow the employers rules in exchange for a paycheck. Their option is to quit and work somewhere else that doesn’t require masks.
My first job was as a drugstore cashier. I was philosophically opposed to ringing up people’s cigarettes but I realized that I was doing so in my capacity as an employee of the company, not in my own personal capacity. I didn’t like doing it but I did it because if the employment construct.
Regarding the What’s the Harm doctrine that many people have raised, its logically infirm. Extend that thinking logically and it applies to anything. For instance what’s the harm in wearing a mask from the time you leave the house until you return? What’s the harm in voluntarily driving a maximum of ten miles an hour to reduce the risk of a collision? Etc.
The better question than What’s the Harm is What’s the Use?
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