A nation economy can be sustained/revived by a sustainable human resources -work force-. Human resources are browbeat by
+ Disease and sickness like the covid-19
+ War,
+ drought,
+ disaster,
+ Mortality and more
For flourishing economy, nations should sort means to preserve there human resources -work force-, the pandemic covid-19 has begot a drop In human resources, some ill and at worse mortality rate rises It has been dark times around the world.
To curtail the spread of the virus world health organization -WHO- had given some guiding safety measures
+ Washing of hand - sanitizer or soap-
+ Social distancing
+ Cover your face while coughing
+ Wear a face mask
+ No hand shake, avoid touching facial orifices
This measures does not make you invisible to the corona virus.
Now to my point there are other highly communicable diseases not just covid-19, disease like tuberculosis, Lassa fever, Ebola virus amongst other leaves you open to contacting them.
The safety measures to the covid-19 virus has made us more civilized and more aware to it dangers. Even my country where you take a bus and encounter more passenger than the bus can carry some standing and clustering now it's more civilized, you go to a restaurant, mall, bar and things are done with consideration to human health.
Measure like wearing of face mask might be asking for much but others can still be maintained for a better living.
It can for sure be done , but would people do it ?
You cannot just take responsibility for everyone , even a mistake of one person can cause problems to the whole locality.
It is always advisable to do these things even without the Corona virus , the malls , Restaurants are just taking those precautions now but it should have been a routine for them . These might as well prevent many communicable diseases and at the same time wearing masks while you are sick should be mandatory if you choose to go out.
Masks are to protect the infection from person wearing it mainly , therefore one should always take care of it . For more severe diseases we use N95 but unfortunately it's not feasible , so you can even dab while you are sneezing at least to reduce the airborne particular matter.
I am studying medicine so quite frequently we have to face situations like these even when its mandatory to touch the cadavers with gloves students often try and be cool , hold them in hands and take pictures, even though they are dipped in a solution which could literally even strip every living cell off , one should still follow the rules .
Plus if you are sick you have to actually go to the doctor with a mask , not coughing and sneezing. I agree with you 100% about doing these things even without the Corona pandemic. A pandemic should not the only one to teach you how to be hygienic .