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Solution, be honest: "Masks work, but we don't have enough and need them for hospitals so you're not allowed to buy any. Wrap a tshirt around your face instead
by speedybird 5y ago
Solution, be honest: "Masks work, but we don't have enough and need them for hospitals so you're not allowed to buy any. Wrap a tshirt around your face instead, it's probably better than nothing."
- whimsicalism 5y agoThe government cannot easily quickly ban the buying/selling of a certain thing like that. Just not how it works, far too slow moving.
- yissp 5y agoThey were able to completely shut down entire sectors of the economy pretty quickly quickly.
- whimsicalism 5y agoStates did that, and still not on the timescales we are discussing.
- mint2 5y agoHuh come to think of it, banning the sale of masks would have been the most brilliant strategy to get people wearing masks. Imagine if instead of putting out a press release, they had quietly banned selling masks by retailers and then 3 days later when people caught wind of it explained the shortage mean they were only for hospital workers. All the anti government reactionaries that are now anti-maskers would be the most ardent mask wearers.