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I think the CDC mis-messaging is one component of this. Another is that there is no long tradition of public medical mask-wearing in the West, unlike many parts
by wyclif 5y ago
I think the CDC mis-messaging is one component of this. Another is that there is no long tradition of public medical mask-wearing in the West, unlike many parts of SE Asia. Public mask-wearing is new, exceptional, and somewhat alarming if you live in North America or Europe.
Yet another component is that trust in the press and other public institutions was at possibly an all-time low in America at the time the COVID pandemic became public knowledge, and shows no signs of pulling out of that nosedive.
- hermitcrab 5y agoIf you wore a mask in public in the UK before COVID, you would have got some very strange looks. They might have thought you were a criminal trying to hide your face. It seems fairly normal now though.
- himinlomax 5y agoIt's worse than that, you'd probably had been harassed by the police, or just simply arrested.
- darick 5y agoDon't agree that that's the case at all if you wore a mask on a packed tube commute for example.
- dtech 5y agoBullshit, while rare, more than a few people wore them in train stations or airports.
- himinlomax 5y agoIt was illegal in France to cover your face. They had to change the law.