Mask mandates are coming down all over the country and with two vaccines and a booster, with another one coming soon, I'm feeling more relaxed about not wearing a pandemic mask.
Actually where I live I'd say the majority, possibly the vast majority, of residents never have worn a mask.
The percentage of people who've been vaccinated just recently hit 70 after hovering at 69 percent for months.
But I have been faithful to the scientific guidelines and have been going into stores looking like a bandit for months.
Actually I guess I could say "for years".
And, actually, I guess I could say "an aging bandit".
But lately, with even the President frequently going out without a mask, I have doffed mine too.
Except at medical offices.
They still require them.
Even if you're just there to deliver or pick someone up.
Like I was the other day waiting for SWMBO at a medical lab.
It's not particularly flattering.
But some of my very near and dear relatives would say, "You ought to see him without it!"
Like the comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to say, "I don't get no respect!"
