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> It's a cheap and easy way to reduce transmission rate Calling them "easy" or "cheap" dismisses all the negatives. It's not cheap or easy for people who have
by spookthesunset 6y ago
> It's a cheap and easy way to reduce transmission rate
Calling them "easy" or "cheap" dismisses all the negatives. It's not cheap or easy for people who have to wear them 8+ hours a day at work.
There are now a set of children born into a world never having seen a strangers face. Plenty of data out there on how important seeing faces is to infant brain development.
It makes many activities a pain in the ass. For example I could never dream of wearing a mask while working out at a gym... I don't care what "the experts" say it is disgusting to even consider wearing a mask over my sweaty face. Experts who say it is is fine to do so are just gaslighting the public.
It also is just ugly to look at. It is a constant reminder to be afraid.
It was one thing if it was a few weeks. But this has been going on for almost 9 months now in many places.
Calling it "cheap" and "easy" just shrugs off and dismisses peoples feelings. It's a form of gaslighting, really. Gaslighting has been a constant thing for the entire duration of this. Anybody who expresses anything other than max-doom and max-panic is told in no uncertain terms they are crazy and need to shut up, stop thinking and blindly listen to the "experts".
- clairity 6y ago> "It also is just ugly to look at. It is a constant reminder to be afraid." yes, that's the point of them. distancing, despite being a better general mitigation, isn't unambiguously obvious enough, so we have masks to drive the point home.