About "Wearing a Mask"..will become as common as.."Putting On A Seatbelt:

[Stuart G]

Yes, When you get into a car, you put it on. It saves lives. Many true stories about that....

Mask wearing will be exactly the same. Awful, petty, ugly....but,................

It saves lives...!!!!!...

.....I remember arguing in a high school class (in late 80s) that I taught, about .....wearing a seatbelt...

This was long before it became a law in almost all states....(?).

Now, you just do it...same with masks...Everyone will just ....do it..It will become part of the deal...

[FreeState]

1. Mid 80s to 90s

Depending on the state you live in. It was law in the state I grew up by time I started driving (1985).

I don’t think I’d be here if it were not a law - been in more than one accident where the belt saved me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_laws_in_the_United_States

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Unfortunaely, there are still people who won't wear them.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. My car wouldn't let me forget, a little alarm sounds off

And I've seen lighted signs on the roads recently that remind us that seatbelts are now required in back seats too.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. On my weekly foray to the Grocery Store today in Central ME......

Most of the people wore masks. One of the notables that didn't was a police officer at a local convenience store. Felt like giving him shit, but didn't.

[Initech]

4. We won't be like this forever though.

[frazzled]

14. But people will hopefully continue to wear masks when

they have a cold or such, but still are well enough to go out—to prevent giving it to others, or even to protect themselves when bad colds are going around. People have been doing this in Japan, South Korea, and China for many decades, and it’s very commonplace.

I know I’ll wear one when I get back to riding the trains and buses during cold season.

[Initech]

15. Well I hope so but then you cannot fix stupid people.

I personally hope to be vaccinated against this ASAP.

[moonscape]

16. I wore one on busy places during flu outbreaks

(vented Vogmasks) once I had cancer and was on chemo. I’ll still do that with my non-vented ones since I’ll remain on chemo for life, but now I won’t be getting the same looks as
I did before.

[The Genealogist]

5. I remember what a big deal it was when Missouri got a seatbelt law.

Oh, the wringing of hands! Nobody around me wore seatbelts very often. My dad was afraid he'd be trapped in a burning car. One grandma thought they were uncomfortable and mussed her clothes (she got a ticket for no seatbelt once, and boy the outrage). My other grandparents only wore them on road trips. When I was a child, I tended to climb all over in the car, back seat to front. I thought it was silly to wear a seat belt. Of course, it didn't take long til it was automatic for me to put one on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Not really.

Mask wearing will become standard until the vaccine successfully tamps down on the risks of transmission to the public. After that you will slowly see mask wearing wane away for the most part.

Risk of automobile accidents don’t ebb and flow like contagious viruses do, so that is here to stay forever.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Yes! I even wear a clip on, on my belt, w/ extra masks (and of course keep extras in the car)...

It's a routine that I think will be around for quite some time I think. Even w/ the advent of the vaccines coming out, it will take time to finally stamp this thing out (hoping that in the meantime the CV doesn't mutate too drastically either).

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Wish people would wear their masks

properly . So many do not cover their noses. As for seat belts,if you used a corporate car or truck,you had to buckle up and that was in the sixties.

[brooklynite]

9. If you DON'T put on a seatbelt, you can be fined by the police...

...that's the missing element of not wearing masks.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. ONLY if there are fines for NOT wearing one

That is the only reason many people wear a seat belt. It will be the only reason many wear a face mask.

[Stuart G]

11. I believe that after a while,there will be fines for not wearing a mask..great idea, that is coming.

That will take some time, but I think that is coming at some time in the future...

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. I hope you are right. The problem is this...

It can't be done by the states. If it is, some states will have fines and some wont and that will solve nothing. To continue this line of thinking, if it is Government mandated, it must be done by a Democratic administration. This could backfire big time at election time.
Unfortunately, it is the 'Merica we live in.

[Initech]

13. We will not be like this forever though.

Only while this damn virus is running rampant.

[frazzled]

17. How often are seatbelt laws actually enforced, though

(I asked my spouse and he said: “Next to never?”)

I’ve been wearing seatbelts since 1984, when it became law in New York), and I can recall only one time, probably 15 years ago, where I recall a roadblock stop and check for seatbelts.

Mostly, it’s used to pull over and harass Black drivers, I suspect, as secondary enforcement.

I think most people wear seatbelts because (a) it’s a law; and (b) many years of state and national safety education and promotion. I don’t think it’s because of the threat of a fine. People do it because they finally got it through their heads that it could prevent fatalities.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Started wearing seat belts in 1968

My oldest brother bought a new convertible in 1968. It had seat belts and he wouldn't start it unless everyone was buckled, "It's got em; you wear 'em." I was just the right age that a ride in a ragtop with a 396 was nirvanna. I buckled that belt. Hey, NHRA and NASCAR insisted on belts. I adopted his rule when I was in the driver's seat, too.

[treestar]

20. I wonder if they wear seatbelts

when they say they won't "live in fear" of the virus by wearing a mask. If they don't want to "live in fear" then why do they bother with other precautions?