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Mostly because the world is different now. Information and science was sparse then. We now have a strong body of evidence that masks help significantly with red
by gilbetron 5y ago
Mostly because the world is different now. Information and science was sparse then. We now have a strong body of evidence that masks help significantly with reducing the spread of at least some types of pathogens. However, I wouldn't shock me if we went back to no masks again. But it wouldn't shock me if they remained around on some level, either. Before 2020, in the US at least, it was bizarre to see someone wearing them. That has changed.
- lm28469 5y agoI sure hope masks will be mandatory in doctor's waiting rooms / hospitals. Nothing better than being forced to go in person to a doctor to pick up a sick note for your employer (for a minor health issue like headache or whatever) and get sick while waiting in an unventilated room full of sick people coughing and sneezing.
- hervature 5y agoWe had 100 years to apply our better access to “information and science”. We had multiple recent flu outbreaks of SARS, MERS, and H1N1. But this time COVID is different. Because it killed more people? The people from 1918 weren’t stupid, they saw their friends and family die in much greater numbers. The day the mask mandate was repealed for vaccinated individuals, half the people at the grocery store don’t wear them anymore. Nevada, where I live, is only 40% vaccinated. There is of course momentum from the mandates, but all signals point to masks being shedded as soon as possible.