> So what if there's a small chance we might be too strict about masks? It's not a large injustice, and it's not a slippery slope. It very strongly depends on

> So what if there's a small chance we might be too strict about masks? It's not a large injustice, and it's not a slippery slope. It very strongly depends on exactly how the mask requirement legislation works. If it's "all persons in a public in the state of California must wear a face covering until December 31, 2020. Failure to do so will result in a fine of no more than $150", that's probably fine. People will still complain, somewhat justifiably, that this legislation is safety theater rather than an actually useful law, but in the grand scheme of things it just wouldn't be that big of a deal. However, if it's "any person who knowingly performs an action which endangers the health or well-being of others is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or 5 years in prison", we now have yet another law that most people are arguably in violation of at least some of the time, which allows bad actors in government to impose enormous pressure to comply with unreasonable or illegal demands under threat of large fines or jail time. I personally worry quite a bit that something more like the second will be passed, and will be very selectively enforced.