They are adults working with other adults, they do not need a parent to tell them what to do, that attitude is exactly what people are objecting to and protesting.
Oh stop it; my analogy was a parent. The REALITY is a DOCTOR telling them what to do. At LEAST with a parent you could argue the impetuosness of youth drove them to make a silly decision. But with doctors providing medical advice to adults, there is literally no rational reason to ignore so small an ask as wearing a mask.
There is CATAGORICALLY NO benefit to not wearing a mask when you are in contact with a lot of people; so in a government capacity, for example. You see pictures of reporters wearing masks but the administration doesn't? It's just dumb.
And yes. They very, very much need them to tell them what to do. WHY ARE PEOPLE protesting sound medical advice??? Is this the new America? How can I rebut against something so astronomically dumb.
Is that why they're protesting? They're protesting because they want to ignore doctor's advice or, they are protesting because they want their leaders to ignore that advice?
If that is REALLY why they are protesting, well, I can't argue with that. There have been PLENTY of great saying and quotes about arguing with stupid people.
Here are some:
"Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience".-Twain
"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person" -Bill Murray
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"-George Carlin.
There is no RATIONAL argument to not wearing a mask if you are around a lot of people. Again: No RATIONAL argument. A lot of facetious, misguided, catastrophizing ones. But nothing rational.
In this case, I'm assuming that "rational" people are interested in self preservation.