In short? Because surgical masks are about protecting other people from you. To protect yourself, you need an N95. Those can be quite uncomfortable to wear over long periods of time. But really? This is about aligning with the “the pandemic is over, time to get back to normal” mindset, without dealing with the simple fact that normal has permanently and irrevocably changed. There is a dangerous, deadly and for way too many, debilitating virus spreading through a population that is just exhausted with thinking about it. It makes me sad, but I am grateful that no one else seems to be competing with me for the N95s anymore… 
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