What is your reasoning for going maskless?
Mine is that a person I live with a lot has been going maskless. When I go out with them, I feel there’s no point in wearing a mask if they’re not going to. If they catch an illness we’re both going to regardless. I’ve been criticizing people in my head about no one wearing a mask, but I have to admit, now that I’ve been out without a mask I can see the temptation of things “feeling normal.”
As CommunistCuddlefish said, their rationale for stores especially makes no sense and definitely needs to be reevaluated. Airborne pathogens can stay viable for several hours and travel long distances, and are still shed by people with asymptomatic infections, so you can’t just judge it based off of whether people nearby seem sick or not. This is why even unmasking outdoors in public is still not without risk. For that matter, a gym is a pretty bad place to unmask as well, since particles containing COVID pathogens are continuously shed through heavy breathing.