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> Beyond the nuances of where seat-belt law is enforced, I’m also speaking of tempering the social cost of policing the policy. If you're really interested in
by rumanator 6y ago
> Beyond the nuances of where seat-belt law is enforced, I’m also speaking of tempering the social cost of policing the policy.
If you're really interested in framing the problem that way then in the very least include in your analysis the social cost of dealing with thousands of deaths that otherwise could be easily avoided if everyone just wore their facemasks in public.
So far the US alone experienced over 150k deaths by covid19. What's the social cost of that?
- nradov 6y agoWould those deaths actually be avoided, or just delayed?
- zaroth 6y agoMasks are just one part of a multi-pronged approach to reducing transmission which includes testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance, practicing good hygiene, as well as quarantining after travel, maintaining consistent limited social groups, staying outdoors, avoiding large group functions even with distancing, and going even further than all of that for high risk individuals or during surges if ICU capacity is stretched, to implement shutdowns and lockdowns, until ultimately, herd immunity is reached naturally or through vaccination. All together it still hasn’t stopped COVID in its tracks, and with tens of millions of active cases, there’s no scientific basis for expecting that it would. Short answer; it’s possible some percentage of them would be delayed. I think it makes people feel better to have something to blame, particular when it sounds just so simple.
- lalaland1125 6y agoDeath can never actually be avoided. Everyone eventually dies. All health care simply delays death.