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I can think of no better word to describe the notion of otherwise healthy, not extremely elderly people being asked to go back to masks even inside DESPITE bein

I can think of no better word to describe the notion of otherwise healthy, not extremely elderly people being asked to go back to masks even inside DESPITE being vaccinated because of a new variant of the virus emerging despite it's having been shown to not be notably worse in terms of symptoms. Such things beg the obvious question: If the vaccines work, then why be asked to wear a mask again if nearly everyone's vaccinated? Or why mandate them even in preference to previous, recent infection if they work so weakly that the masks are requested again?

andyjohnson0 5y ago
> If the vaccines work, then why be asked to wear a mask again if nearly everyone's vaccinated? Very few nations (including the US) have vaccination rates that are high enough to generate herd immunity. Vaccines do prevent a vaccinated person from becoming seriously ill if they become infected. Vaccines don't do much to prevent a vaccinated person from becoming infected and, once infected, infecting others. Masks do help to prevent an infected wearer from infecting others. Surgical masks have low effectiveness at preventing the wearer from becoming infected. That's why its important that enough people wear masks: we each protect each-other. Individualistic societies seem to be having a particular problem with these concepts.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > Individualistic societies seem to be having a particular problem with these concepts. Above all, the more individualistic individuals even within those societies. To spell it out: Even in America -- which for all I know you, andyjohnson0, could well be from just like I'm pretty sure helloworld11 is -- there are sensible people like you. But yes, in those societies three are more of the helloworld11-style "Rah, rah, mah freedum!" ones than elsewhere.

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I can think of no better word to describe the notion of otherwise healthy, not extremely elderly people being asked to go back to masks even inside DESPITE bein

by helloworld11 5y ago

andyjohnson0 5y ago
> If the vaccines work, then why be asked to wear a mask again if nearly everyone's vaccinated? Very few nations (including the US) have vaccination rates that are high enough to generate herd immunity. Vaccines do prevent a vaccinated person from becoming seriously ill if they become infected. Vaccines don't do much to prevent a vaccinated person from becoming infected and, once infected, infecting others. Masks do help to prevent an infected wearer from infecting others. Surgical masks have low effectiveness at preventing the wearer from becoming infected. That's why its important that enough people wear masks: we each protect each-other. Individualistic societies seem to be having a particular problem with these concepts.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > Individualistic societies seem to be having a particular problem with these concepts. Above all, the more individualistic individuals even within those societies. To spell it out: Even in America -- which for all I know you, andyjohnson0, could well be from just like I'm pretty sure helloworld11 is -- there are sensible people like you. But yes, in those societies three are more of the helloworld11-style "Rah, rah, mah freedum!" ones than elsewhere.