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And we don't know the long term psychological effects of wearing masks and social distancing. Those may be substantial as well, especially if it goes on for mor

And we don't know the long term psychological effects of wearing masks and social distancing. Those may be substantial as well, especially if it goes on for more than 2 years. Long term COVID is known to exist, long term effects of vaccination are not and there is no reason to think they are likely. (me: vaxxed, boosted, happy to boost some more. My 7 year old: vaxxed. My attitude: exactly as described as a "VAD" in the article)

astrange 5y ago
> And we don't know the long term psychological effects of wearing masks and social distancing. It might turn you Japanese or Finnish. Americans spend all their lives socially distanced anyway - it's called driving.
- robbrown451 5y ago
  Pretty sure my kid doesn't spend her life driving. Regardless, what a weird, dismissive comment.
  - astrange 5y ago
    Asian people wear masks all the time, have for years, are fine, and in this particular case think you have a death wish for not wanting to do it all the time.
    - mbg721 5y ago
      Does "Asian" here mean Japan in particular all the time, and parts of China sometimes?
      - astrange 5y ago
        Japan whenever they have allergies, celebrities whenever they go outside, and China much of the last two years whenever they get told to.
    - robbrown451 5y ago
      Death wish? When I am triple vaccinated? That's ridiculously out of whack with reality. I'm at about the 99 percentile being safe and cautious. Talk to the anti-vaxxers about death wishes, that isn't me. What you seem to be advocating is that we all wear masks continuously, forever. Because this isn't going away, it can barely be slowed down with masks, and it has become non-deadly for the vaccinated. And I don't buy it for a second that everyone has to be masked or that you can't even eat in a restaurant in Asia. That is how it is here. Masks made sense for a long time, but at this point they are no more useful than they'll be a few years from now.

astrange 5y ago

> And we don't know the long term psychological effects of wearing masks and social distancing. It might turn you Japanese or Finnish. Americans spend all their lives socially distanced anyway - it's called driving.

robbrown451 5y ago
Pretty sure my kid doesn't spend her life driving. Regardless, what a weird, dismissive comment.
- astrange 5y ago
  Asian people wear masks all the time, have for years, are fine, and in this particular case think you have a death wish for not wanting to do it all the time.
  - mbg721 5y ago
    Does "Asian" here mean Japan in particular all the time, and parts of China sometimes?
    - astrange 5y ago
      Japan whenever they have allergies, celebrities whenever they go outside, and China much of the last two years whenever they get told to.
  - robbrown451 5y ago
    Death wish? When I am triple vaccinated? That's ridiculously out of whack with reality. I'm at about the 99 percentile being safe and cautious. Talk to the anti-vaxxers about death wishes, that isn't me. What you seem to be advocating is that we all wear masks continuously, forever. Because this isn't going away, it can barely be slowed down with masks, and it has become non-deadly for the vaccinated. And I don't buy it for a second that everyone has to be masked or that you can't even eat in a restaurant in Asia. That is how it is here. Masks made sense for a long time, but at this point they are no more useful than they'll be a few years from now.