Re: further.
Well, for influenza, whether you wear a mask or not in a shop is pretty moot, because if you actually have influenza, you will almost certainly be in bed, feeling like aboslute shit.
If you're talking about "man-flu", then I think it's fair to say we probably should adopt a culture where, if someone has an infectious cold, they mask up, to reduce transmission to others, out of sheer common courtesy.
This is common in some countries, such as Japan, and is rare in this country, largely because many people have no sense of social responsibility, and never think of the welfare of others. In some countries, that sort of attitude would be frowned upon, but we seem to have imported the American "cult of the individual" where it's all "me, me, me". I think that's probably an artefact of late-stage capitalism, to be fair, where everyone becomes more mercenary in order to survive those at the top sucking up all the resources.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
