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Trying to avoid illogical things isn't in itself logical. Not accounting for people acting irrationally isn't rational. Your argument from logical principle pr
by ben0x539 5y ago
Trying to avoid illogical things isn't in itself logical. Not accounting for people acting irrationally isn't rational.
Your argument from logical principle presupposes that vaccinated people wearing masks is 100% useless. I don't think that's right, eg. wearing a mask isn't 100% useless for protecting yourself, vaccination doesn't provide 100% certainty that you aren't carrying/spreading the virus, and even wearing masks purely performatively may induce unvaccinated people to wear masks. You may be correct in discounting that because of statistical arguments and low probabilities, but at that point you are making some sort of risk/benefit judgement call and not a purely logic-driven conclusion.
- prepend 5y agoGood point, I’m not arguing that something is 100% useless. Just that there is not high enough marginal utility to be worthwhile. Vaccines aren’t 100% effective, so obviously a mask worn by someone who is vaccinated but infected will reduce their ability to infect others. I think you’re right that I’m arguing about a risk/benefit calculus and that the specific result is that the benefits of masks+vaccines are not high enough to outweigh the costs. But I think this is driven from the logical basis of how masks work, how vaccines work, public health interventions work, etc. Many people misunderstand masks and they they are protective for the wearer. Or they think masks give greater protection, etc.