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well, rain-dancing works against covid. What I mean is that being cautious works, just thinking about masks (which means most probably that you're taking also o
by Tarsul 6y ago
well, rain-dancing works against covid. What I mean is that being cautious works, just thinking about masks (which means most probably that you're taking also other measures like keeping a good distance to people) helps.
- astrange 6y agoKeeping a specific distance to people doesn't really matter though. That rule just satisfies a demand for a rule that can be easily implemented at scale, like moving school desks so they're farther apart. An actual better rule is "don't be inside with other people without masks".
- spookthesunset 6y agoA far more effective rule would be government backed paid sick leave. That might actually do something to slow the spread of covid. Masks and lockdowns are trivial for politicians to implement. Especially with emergency powers. They don't have to go through any political process to get done. It doesn't even matter if they work at all. It shows they are "taking it serious" and "saving lives". Even if the measures harm society far more than if they did nothing at all. Actual non-pharmaceutical things that would truly slow covid require 10 or 100x more political willpower than masks or lockdowns. Masks and lockdowns will very much be looked upon the same way we look at rain dances and goat sacrifices.... it's just humans fooling themselves into thinking they have more control over mother nature than they actually do.
- astrange 6y ago> A far more effective rule would be government backed paid sick leave. That might actually do something to slow the spread of covid. We did that, it was called PPP and PUA. But many people were "essential workers" or didn't want to quit their jobs just because we were paying them to.