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> I don't think that's contradicting. Sure it is. Only means exclusively, one, no more. They're saying, "You exclusively need to wear a mask if you're taking c

• ketzu 6y ago
  "Only" qualifies "need". "you only need to wear a seat belt on public roads" and "you should wear a seat belt on private roads" are not contradictions.
  • yellowapple 6y ago
    You're confusing a declarative v. an imperative statement. What you propose is a declarative, and you're correct that it ain't contradictory. The WHO's messaging, however, is imperative¹ (emphasis theirs): "For healthy people wear a mask only if you are taking care of a person with suspected 2019-nCov infection" This makes it clear that it directly contradicts the more widely-accepted similarly-imperative advice of "wear a mask in public, no matter what". ---- ¹: https://www.who.int/images/default-source/health-topics/coronavirus/masks/masks-2.png https://www.who.int/images/default-source/health-topics/coro...
• happytoexplain 6y ago
  In English, "you only need to" is completely different from "you need to only".