Granted the points in this post substantiated by scientific reasoning highlights a new norm — wearing masks.

Now let’s consider another side of our new norm. Divide and conquer.

One’s decision to wear a mask is more aesthetic (bowing to a new social norm) than practical — as pointed out in this post.

Wearing mask are now a new normal based on an illusion we’re all doing our part to stop the spread of COVID-19. This illusion contains a small grain of truth. This illusion also masks the fact the COVID-19 virus is now a tool to divide and conquer.