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"amid covid outbreak, ..." missing from title. It's a control measure to prevent a larger outbreak, and will only last until the 21st.
by lambda_obrien 6y ago
"amid covid outbreak, ..." missing from title. It's a control measure to prevent a larger outbreak, and will only last until the 21st.
- setgree 6y agoI (OP) tried to put in the original title, but it was 2 characters over the limit, so I went with the key part (to my eyes). I think everyone knows that the context is covid. I am outraged by this. We know that Vitamin D boosts immune response; we know that students are unlikely to comply with something so draconian; and we know that being isolated is really bad for mental health. Less coercive methods, like mass rapid testing, are available. I am confused and frightened that so many people seem ready to accept measures like this as necessary and inevitable. It's a shame.
- lambda_obrien 6y agoGet a grip man, you're blowing things out of proportion, it's a fucking week long temporary measure due to an outbreak. It's not like they started chaining doors and shooting people for going out. Get a fucking grip.
- chrismcb 6y agoThe context isn't covid. The context is a recent increase in covid cases
- ceejayoz 6y agoIt’s a bad control measure that may weaken compliance with the good ones.
- lambda_obrien 6y agoHalf the population is too stupid to see that they need to comply with even the simplest masking, so I'm not confident this here is the reason we're failing to contain this in America.