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To me it seems the opposite - persuasion didn't get people to wear masks, and enforcement did.

• dnautics 7y ago
  yes, that's because you're reading it the way the author wants you to. There are other ways to read the same set of facts.
  • azernik 7y ago
    Sure. I just happen to agree with the author's reading and disagree with yours. You're placing a very high weight on relatively mild side effects (a small amount of political dissent and violence), and a low weight on the main effects (a reduction in R0 for the duration of the measures). One bomb, which would have killed maybe low-single-digit numbers of people if it had worked; and a demonstration which erased the effects of maybe a half a week of compulsory mask-wearing.