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This is where policy has to be focused on the science, both environmental and medical. For example, cloth masks did little during the Delta phase of Covid (http
by gadflyinyoureye 5y ago
This is where policy has to be focused on the science, both environmental and medical. For example, cloth masks did little during the Delta phase of Covid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCYv0X4kf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCYv0X4kf4). Another issue that even where people wore cloth masks, many did not wear them properly. They had their noses sticking out (which transmit more than their mouths). They had beards, which allow the virus out through air gaps caused by the hair. The States that pushed for cloth masks essentially prompted hygiene theater. Research out of Ontario shows that for men under 40, it's probably a good idea to limit the number of required boosters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzVoS-1TIWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzVoS-1TIWI).
We need to take a measured approach to environmental changes too. Suddenly causing the US or any other advanced economy to have rolling blackouts will probably not help humanity in the long run. Instead it will continue the political vitriol. We can't mandate all houses have solar because that places the already expensive house out the reach of the poor, which we see happening in California.