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Nobody is ever going to “shut me down” or shame me or bully me into not doing my own research & thinking for myself. Thank God for people in the world who have the courage to question everything and anyone who says someone is wrong for looking into something (anything) for himself is basically a coward.

there are plenty of people in the medical profession who are allergic to some component of the masks when worn for long periods of time, but they do it anyway because they have to. most of the people who are anti-mask are dumb selfish a******s. i'm sure there are conditions out there that would keep one from wearing a mask, but they're in the vast minority of people not wearing masks.

Let me guess you're an anti-vaxxer too right? It's not courageous to reject established science it's being childish and willfully ignorant because you don't like someone else telling you what to do or you believe you're smarter or have some special knowledge that thousands of scientist around the world are "hiding" or don't know. Researching information is never a bad thing but don't confuse your little bit of Google research with the collective thousands of hours of study and actual hands on experience the scientists at the CDC and all around the world have spent on diseases, treating them and preventing the spread of them. You do NOT know better.

Nobody has a problem with people researching to verify information. If you use reliable sources, you should come to the same conclusion. That doesn't mean the CDC bullied you. Since wearing a mask protects others more than you, wearing one also shows you are responsible rather than an entitled jerk only caring about yourself. It also sets an example for the others around you, encouraging them to wear masks. When the people around you wear masks, that protects you, so even if you are selfish and thinking only of you, wearing a mask is still the best choice. I'm curious in what way you have determined that it's not the best choice.

And how do you plan to do your research? Been around Covid-19 patients lately and did research in person? I think not. Your comment is 1 week old now, so how did your online research go? All the info you need is obtainable in a day. If you decided you will be an asymptomatic carrier, you're a jerk.

you're a morally blind, selfish a*****e. just put on a mask and stop wasting your time here.

You're not "thinking for yourself". You're not smart enough to do that. All you virus skeptics and anti-vaxxers claim to think for yourselves and "do your own research". In reality you all just parrot the same exact things some famous moron with no actual background or real knowledge of science beyond required high school science classes (if they even made it through) like Jenny McCarthy or Trump say about. You follow "experts" who push debunked and totally false or misleading information. When you "research" you spend a couple of hours on Google only looking up information that fits your narrative but never even considering that the CDC and others are actually telling the truth or know what they're talking about. You don't understand that your freedoms end where others safety and health begin. There's more to liberty and freedom than you being able to do whatever you want. You live in a society, a community and that comes with certain rights and responsibilities.

Problem is, when most people "do their own research", they go out and find articles that say exactly what they *want* to believe. They "think for themselves" and decide those articles are more credible than the ones by mainstream scientists. This is why conspiracy theorists always tell you to "do your own research" and "think for yourself."

Fine (up to the point), but have the honesty to not call it 'research'. You Google for the answer you wanted to hear and/or people you politically agree with, then call that "my own research". If you assign the same probability of being right to a random FB or YouTube account over a network of hundreds of thousands of researchers paid by many different institutes and countries (which can easily make a great career by being the first to publish a contradictory finding that turns out to be right!), you're simply unhinged.

Iduots... lol.

The microchip is making me work (in spite of my boss not looking over my shoulder), do a little more housework, go on social media, comment on rumours and conspiracy theories. Bill Gates is also making me donate to charities. Sad.