could've done it sooner

From ROK Drop, this headline:

Mandatory Mask-wearing Ends in Korean Hospitals

A medical worker wearing a mask walks past a notice regarding mask-wearing guidelines at a university hospital in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 30, 2024, one day prior to the deregulation of mandatory mask wearing at hospitals in more than four years after the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country.

So I was one of the last of the in-hospital mask-wearers whenever I was out of my bed and shuffling along those hallways. Fuck.