At present, various localities have issued relevant orders, decisions and notices, and adopted a series of temporary control measures, including wearing masks in public places, prohibiting people from going out, restricting crowd gathering, and closing pipelines in residential areas, which all residents should strictly abide by. Any unit or individual who refuses to accept the decisions and orders issued by the local people's government and its relevant departments or fails to cooperate with the measures taken according to law, which constitutes a violation of public security management, shall be extracted by the public security organ according to law or fined below 200 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 5 days 10 days, and may also be fined up to 500 yuan. In short, for the vast majority of people who insist on not wearing masks, the expected benefits of not wearing masks are generally greater than the expected losses caused by this behavior. Here are some typical examples:
1. During the epidemic period, even in areas with high epidemic risk level, there will still be quarrels or conflicts between intruders and workers who do not wear masks at the entrances of various public places (such as shopping malls, office buildings, residential quarters, etc.). For intruders who forget to wear or carry a mask, following the rules of wearing a mask means that they need to get a mask first: they either spend money on a mask or spend time and kindness asking people around them to send a mask. In most cases, insisting on forced entry without wearing a mask does not require spending money, time or human feelings. Without the protection of compulsory force, it is difficult for staff to persuade, stop or even warn intruders of substantial losses. Even if a typical woman like "Australian Runner" is punished, on the whole, similar punishment only affects a very small number of unruly people. Comparing the stakes, it is profitable to insist on breaking in without wearing a mask. However, when inspectors become police, soldiers and other coercive groups, the behavior of intruders who are still "head iron" will be significantly reduced. When coercive forces intervene, the interests are reversed. Forced entry is not only unprofitable, but even severely punished.
2. Preventive medicine believes that for a certain type of infectious disease, if the proportion of people vaccinated reaches a certain value, even those who have not been vaccinated are hard to be infected again. For example, for measles, this value is considered to be 92%~95%. Similarly, if the vast majority of people wear masks, even if a few people don't wear masks, it will be difficult for the COVID-19 epidemic to spread widely, because the probability of COVID-19 in the environment is very low. At this time, the benefits of not wearing a mask include more comfortable face and smoother breathing, but the risk required is very low. However, this kind of behavior has the risk of damaging the public interest and is not worth promoting.
Brave and fearless is a person who can bring superiority to many people. At the beginning of the epidemic, many people thought wearing a mask was a timid and exaggerated behavior due to their ignorance and underestimation of the epidemic in COVID-19. Not wearing a mask at this time represents courage and "seeing the world", which can give many people great psychological satisfaction. However, with the gradual enrichment of knowledge about the epidemic situation in COVID-19, not wearing a mask can sometimes not only bring psychological satisfaction, but even be criticized by public opinion. At this time, there are fewer and fewer stubborn people. However, there are still some people who refuse to wear masks because of some deviations in cognitive acquisition methods, do not believe in the severity of the epidemic. Considering that within extreme groups, the recognition of extreme views is often higher, these people have gained a stronger sense of group identity and superiority in the process of insisting on not wearing masks, and the potential benefits at the psychological level are greater, so it is more difficult to change their behavior.