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Why? Out of malice and ignorance? No other country in the world ramped up masks immediately. People put too much stock in the presidency, a position held for 8
by tjs8rj 6y ago
Why? Out of malice and ignorance? No other country in the world ramped up masks immediately. People put too much stock in the presidency, a position held for 8 years max, and too little stock in the massive systems decades, or hundreds+ years old with incredible inertia that are really responsible for 90% of what happens in the world.
- samcheng 6y agoTaiwan, for example, definitely DID ramp up mask production immediately after understanding COVID-19's threat. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3924318 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3924318 The government there commissioned a "national mask team" task force... so there is some credence to the "poor governance" argument in the US.
- balletto 6y agoSurgical masks as noted in the article, not N-95 masks which require the specialized equipment and materials.
- rasz 6y agoJust look at those idiot nerds, making surgical masks HAHA. They didnt get the Fauci memo about masks being useless https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/taiwan/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/taiwan/ Deaths: 10
- samcheng 6y agoCorrect. Turns out blanketing the population with surgical masks, which are designed to block the sputum coughed into the air by a sick person, is an effective tactic against a respiratory disease!
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- tjs8rj 6y agoSure, and at this same time Europe still hadn’t, Nancy Pelosi was telling everyone to come party with her in SF Chinatown, Biden was still running campaign events, and the CDC was saying masks are ineffective. Most people didn’t realize how bad covid was going to get, even the experts.