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There are a couple of defensible reasons that people don’t put their mask over their nose outdoors. Firstly, if you wear glasses, then on humid days your glasse
by Mediterraneo10 5y ago
There are a couple of defensible reasons that people don’t put their mask over their nose outdoors. Firstly, if you wear glasses, then on humid days your glasses can fog up to a degree that you can’t even cross the street safely.
Secondly, in some countries the public has chafed against laws requiring outdoor mask wearing in places that are not even remotely crowded. (In my own country, the same scientists advising the government on the COVID response have also opposed this law and urged the government to overturn it, arguing that it is clearly unscientific and only undermines the government’s credibility in getting the population to observe the public-health measures that really matter.) At that point, wearing a mask in a half-ass way is a way for the population to signal their discontent. It has happened that such laws were lifted when ruling parties saw mass flaunting of them, because such strictness might cost them the next election.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoTo elaborate, I saw these people inside a supermarket, where it's probably in their own interest to wear it properly. And no they weren't glasses wearers. But yes governments just repeating unscientific rules also annoy me, I agree in the empty outdoors masks are most probably unnecessary. (This statement is hedged because hey, I'm not an epidemiologist). They emphasize the "6ft apart" stuff but not the ventilation of indoor places... And they say outdoor dining is okay, so restaurants put up tents which are poorly ventilated, and hey, the fucking things are outside, that follows the rules, so that means they're safe, right? I should just join Wonko the Sane outside the asylum...