It's funny because no one made this argument before COVID.
If you asked anyone before COVID they'd tell you masks probably do help.
Now the issue has been weirdly politized.
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It's funny because no one made this argument before COVID.
If you asked anyone before COVID they'd tell you masks probably do help.
Now the issue has been weirdly politized.
In other countries (especially east asia), it's considered polite to wear a mask when you have the common cold. That way, you're spreading less of whatever crud you picked up with the people around you. For densely populated areas like Tokyo or Shanghai, this is actually a really important thing for reducing the spread of whatever crud is going around!
What I find especially fascinating is how this is becoming a government mandate instead of a "don't be a dick" campaign. You would think that people would be more concerned with how they look to others, especially in the era of social media. Look at r/publicfreakout. They've had a field day with the Karens flipping shit over mask policies. Nobody in their right mind ever wants to be featured on there. It's a mark of ridicule, a point of derision, to be feature there. If you show up on there, you're an idiot and:
I would think a campaign to not be ridiculed for being obtuse would work better for ensuring compliance and convincing others to consider the lives of those around them.
It is interesting how it became a hot button issue. Presumably, some of it is the "DON"T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" knee-jerk reaction that hopefully everybody has 😅