Really Josho. Believe and think as you wish. Are you going to at least look behind why he says this, what you quoted here? Are you at least interested that he does not have an agenda or not? Or you dare not question him because of his holy title? Religious folks are also politically biased, they are not immune to this human condition.
Just saying...APAK
Well some people care about keeping each other safe. Let me give you a list of nations where a majority see the reality and seriousness of this global pandemic.
Australia, New Zealand, Every pacific island Nation, all countries in the UK, India, Italy, even the Vatican, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan..... And maybe you can go and ask some New Yorkers in your own country, they surely saw that it wasn't a hoax and some of your Floridans would agree that the pandemic is real too, Greg Abbott of Texas didn't see it as a joke in the end did he?
You get the idea, surely it must not be a hoax, otherwise there wouldn't have been mass graves that were dug in Brazil or way more people than usual dying in India....
What I hear from the anti-maskers is a lot of whinging and complaining and trying to come up with any excuse they can use not to obey the health and safety guidelines.