Living in fear
People who refuse wearing a mask during this pandemic probably get triggered by anything that's imposed on them, even if it means saving not only their lives but the lives of others.
You obviously do not understand anything about epidemics, so I will explain.
There are several known successful strategies for ending epidemic quickly, and quickly is the single most important thing, as they rapidly grow otherwise.
If the epidemic is very lethal, then the strategy is full quarantine, with contract tracing, masks, travel bans, etc.
The reason everyone decided against full quarantine is that covid is NOT lethal enough. Its lethality is only about 0.2% of those infected.
So then the quick strategy for less lethal epidemics is deliberate infection, variolation, of those least likely to be harm by it,
The idea being you quickly reach herd immunity and end it, so that the vulnerable will never become infected by it and be at risk.
But we did not do any of the normal, known, or successful strategies.
Instead we did a partial combination we called, "flattening the curve", which can never succeed to end any epidemic, and by stretching out indefinitely, ensures the greatest possible death toll.
So getting back to mask, they are only good in a full quarantine. If you wear a mask when the epidemic is not lethal enough for a full quarantine, you kill far more people because you prevent herd immunity. You need to spread it as quickly as possible among the healthy, so that you can quickly achieve herd immunity and end it permanently. Masks are not like a helmet because helmets do no harm. Masks are extremely harmful when the goal it to try to quickly achieve herd immunity.