I am in no way making this an “all or nothing” thing. Use the best quality of mask, stay up to date with vaccination, try as hard as you can to maintain a safe distance but accept that you can get COVID anyway.

I have done and continue to do all of that shit yet got COVID from my kid sister in October because her school just lets everyone roam maskless and be right next to each other.

In short, do what you can to avoid infection but society is currently in a place that runs directly counter to those preparations.

It shouldn’t fucking be this way but our government (both this administration and the former one) is willing to throw it’s citizenry under the bus to appease those who can’t stand to wear a cloth over their face