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Dear Prudence,

My partner and I still wear KN95s indoors or in crowds. (We’re both at higher risk for COVID.) I believe masking is the considerate, sensible thing to do, but I understand not everyone feels that way, so I certainly don’t take it personally when people don’t mask around me. But if I’m traveling/sharing space with someone, I do ask that they test for COVID and then mask while we’re out and about. If they can’t or won’t do it, no problem; I just make other plans.

My family (me, my sister, her husband, and my parents) attends a big indoor festival every year. My parents live close by, so we all stay at their house for the duration of the festival. Last year, everyone agreed to wear a mask. But at the fe

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