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> People should heed their local authorities on what to do, but I am troubled by the moral panic where posters such the above are insisting on even more stringe
by Marsymars 7y ago
> People should heed their local authorities on what to do, but I am troubled by the moral panic where posters such the above are insisting on even more stringent behavior than required by the public-health authorities.
My public health authority does say you must wash hands before putting on, before taking off, and after taking off a non-medical face mask.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoWhile your local authorities may have voiced such a recommendation for people to follow, as far as I know, no country which has mandated mask usage, is requiring specific behavior around the donning and doffing of that mask. (Please point to specific legislation if this really is the case where you are.) If there is no requirement and enforcement mechanism around a certain behaviour, then IMHO it is excessive for any of us here to complain that the general public is not observing that behaviour. We can only expect the general public to observe any restrictions to the least possible degree; only if there is a hard rule that is being enforced will society overall heed it. Public-health authorities generally know this, and so if they are not pushing for certain behavior to be actively enforced, then that behavior likely matters less to curve-flattening efforts than you might assume.
- Marsymars 7y agoOh, there's no mandated use here, but the official guidance on how to wear masks is pretty clear: "you must wash your hands immediately before putting it on, before taking it off, and immediately after taking it off" I wasn't really complaining, I was positing a mechanism for the OP's question of "How are people catching COVID-19 [despite masks and social distancing]?"