Only time I don’t mask is when no one is around.

I sympathize with the situation of living with people who don’t mask though. I only very recently was able to move out of my parents house, and from 2023 (when they stopped masking) to a couple of months ago was masking in the house. Only place I didn’t mask was my room (where I had a window open) and when taking a shower. Was able to have a window open and have the vent open when taking a shower though.

Fortunately in my situation I was in a mid-sized and very old middle class house, so there was a good amount of space and the house was very porous (for air exchange with the outside). My mom was working in a library the whole time and as far as I know I never got Covid. This was pretty extreme though and was very stressful, so I’m not sure if it is what you want to do. If you are in cramped living quarters it might be even harder. Even if you don’t mask at home though, I don’t think masking out of the home would have no benefit. Things like viral load affect the severity of the disease and chances of developing long Covid. Also as someone else said just cause your roommate gets Covid doesn’t mean you will. If you are able to keep air flow in your living space good it will be more possible to avoid. It’s easier to avoid Covid in a space with one other person than in a cramped space with a bunch of people. So I suppose it depends if you feel those benefits are substantial enough to justify continuing to mask. Or start masking in the house if it’s important to you.

I think this includes Lebanon

Nah bro just go to trade school. There’s a plumber shortage dontchaknow

I’m not afraid of death. The moments just before death - depending on how I die that might be a bit unpleasant so I guess I’m a bit worried about that. But death itself I’m not too concerned about. A bit like going home I assume.

-Meaning. As crises compound and the world gets more confusing people turn to a place that offers them stability, identity and meaning. “Religion is the opium of the people” and all that.

-Political shift. Back in the day the cool edgy conservatism was libertarianism. This was pretty closely linked to the new atheism, and the religious right was considered pretty uncool by most. Now it seems the religious right has become the cool edgy conservatism, so this might explain some of the rise of young people.

-As people are saying, the chart is regular churchgoing by people who consider themselves Christian. Sort of unknown if churchgoing is the increasing across the population. I’d guess that it is, but we can’t be sure.