Thread by @gauravsabnis

I walk out in my nabe in #NYC and 95% people are still wearing masks properly even though the infection numbers here have been below 2% for months and half the popn vaccinated.
Or maybe, the infection numbers remain so low BECAUSE 95% people are still wearing masks properly?

Even as the city looks almost 75% back to normal in terms of its crowds and economic activity, conscientious mask wearing is still universal. There's always one or two recalcitrants, often wearing Trump hats or t-shirts. But overwhelmingly, #NYC is sticking to mask and SD.

BTW this has been a sad and annoying thing in the city since Biden won. Random folks in trump hats or t-shirts trying to bait people by walking around maskless and saying passive aggressive things loudly, as if looking for a fight. Never seen anyone engage with them luckily.

I know where it's coming from cos there's a coordinated campaign on republican social media to "pwnthe libs" and hopefully get a confrontation on video of an angry liberal getting violent at a maga person. So fucker Carlson can turn it into a national story.

But at least so far, I've seen normal people just ignoring these baiters. One time a white woman kept yelling random slurs at a black security guard from our complex. Some of us started to speak up but he said "nah, that's what she wants, holding her phone. Ignore her." We did.

Another dude said "Still upset about the pussy grabber losing?" as she raised her phone to record. She immediately lowered it. 🤣🤣
We all just walked away and she looked so sad that she didn't get her viral video with 4 brown/black dudes hassling her. I love #NYC!