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> So that said, eventually masks and social distancing will lose relevance, as case numbers will drop, and the real goal of masks and social distancing, reducin

> So that said, eventually masks and social distancing will lose relevance, as case numbers will drop, and the real goal of masks and social distancing, reducing hospital overloads, will go away. I think it'd be interesting to wait and see if keeping those measures in place , even if covid threats magically disappeared overnight, would reduce other infections (common cold, flu, etc.).

BoxOfRain 5y ago
> I think it'd be interesting to wait and see if keeping those measures in place , even if covid threats magically disappeared overnight, would reduce other infections (common cold, flu, etc.). That’s a hard no from me, we can’t keep moving the goalposts for giving things like mask mandates and social distancing the boot. Three million plastic masks get thrown away every minute, each of which takes centuries to degrade and potentially introduces micro-plastic pollution into the food chain. I’m not going to contribute to this environmental catastrophe a second more than the law requires me to. Keep masks and distancing on a personal basis for those who want them, but the mandates must end the instant it’s possible for them to. COVID culture does enormous collateral damage to the environment and to many industries, we can’t keep it enforced by law on the basis of ‘perhaps’, ‘maybe’, or ‘the common cold’.
sieabahlpark 5y ago