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They kind of do https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effect... Also

They kind of do https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effect... Also https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/facialhairwmask11282017-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/pdfs/facialhairwmask11282017...

fallingknife 5y ago
Yeah, I know they are aware of the concept. It's just that they are mandating masks, but barely mentioning the facial hair issue outside of a few publications that, lets face it, basically nobody reads. It just screams politics over actual safety.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  We can barely get folks to wear the things in the first place, let alone over the nose. You want the CDC to add "oh and you have to shave your beard off" to the mix? Really?
  - fallingknife 5y ago
    If you're not ready to require that the masks be effective, why require them at all?
    - ceejayoz 5y ago
      Because effectiveness is not binary.
- tasha0663 5y ago
  When authorities are spot-checking your mask fit you run the risking of crossing into "you're under arrest because we don't like your face" territory.
- Barrin92 5y ago
  given the hysteric reaction of the American public to mask mandates I don't want to know what happens if the government tells people to shave. It sure does smell of politics but not from the CDCs side, they just have to make guidelines under consideration of how the public reacts Within 10 minutes you'd probably have discrimination claims from angry hipsters, barbershops and a dozen different religious groups or something.
  - macinjosh 5y ago
    In the US requiring everyone to be clean shaven would be a clear infringement of the religious freedom rights of many people. It would be a non-starter from the get go.
  - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
    It'd be interesting to see people getting denied a religious exemption against shaving because some bureaucrat wanted to flex a bit more power a bit longer.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  It was very well publicized back on summer 2020. How often do you want the CDC to repeat it?

fallingknife 5y ago

Yeah, I know they are aware of the concept. It's just that they are mandating masks, but barely mentioning the facial hair issue outside of a few publications that, lets face it, basically nobody reads. It just screams politics over actual safety.

ceejayoz 5y ago
We can barely get folks to wear the things in the first place, let alone over the nose. You want the CDC to add "oh and you have to shave your beard off" to the mix? Really?
- fallingknife 5y ago
  If you're not ready to require that the masks be effective, why require them at all?
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    Because effectiveness is not binary.
tasha0663 5y ago
When authorities are spot-checking your mask fit you run the risking of crossing into "you're under arrest because we don't like your face" territory.
Barrin92 5y ago
given the hysteric reaction of the American public to mask mandates I don't want to know what happens if the government tells people to shave. It sure does smell of politics but not from the CDCs side, they just have to make guidelines under consideration of how the public reacts Within 10 minutes you'd probably have discrimination claims from angry hipsters, barbershops and a dozen different religious groups or something.
- macinjosh 5y ago
  In the US requiring everyone to be clean shaven would be a clear infringement of the religious freedom rights of many people. It would be a non-starter from the get go.
- Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  It'd be interesting to see people getting denied a religious exemption against shaving because some bureaucrat wanted to flex a bit more power a bit longer.
HWR_14 5y ago
It was very well publicized back on summer 2020. How often do you want the CDC to repeat it?