Yes, but the difference is not wearing a seatbelt doesn't tank a whole sector of the economy. You can't just ignore that - it's a huge deal with thousands upon thousands of jobs resting on it.
The mask mandate made total sense pre-vaccination. It doesn't now. You have laws when on balance it makes sense to have those laws - it makes sense to wear a seatbelt, it prevents death, there's no downside beyond a tiny amount of personal inconvenience.
I suppose you could say the same with masks re that last bit, let's be fair.
But, masks won't be mandatory forever so at some point they were always going to introduce this guidance policy.
I suppose the thing with masks that you'd have got if they kept it mandatory would be things like well you wouldn't have to wear them at a gig or in a club, but you would have to on transport or in a shop.
Now to me in all honesty that makes sense because you're more likely to spend more time in a supermarket than a gig (as in generally not in that you'd be in a supermarket for two hours at a time). Then again, you're more likely to hug and shout in a gig than in the shop.
But, in that above case you'd definitely get people saying there's a gray area etc so why do they have to follow the rules.
People are obsessed with the governments telling them exactly what to do and that baffles me, it really does. Especially of all the governments, this one.
