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Federal judge voids mask mandate on planes, public transit

16 points by SkipperCat 4y ago

CaliforniaKarl 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31074602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31074602 is the same topic, posted slightly earlier.
- netsharc 4y ago
  Is this a bot? I followed that link and you have this same comment with the same link, which just recurses and reloads that page...
arrakis2021 4y ago
It’s amazing and alarming how much Covid theater continues to this day. I was recently on vacation where every restaurant i walked into required me to spray hand sanitizer. No masks, just hand sanitizer. And nobody even bothers to ask why we’re still doing this. Incredible.
- smt88 4y ago
  Hand sanitizer entering a restaurant seems both mild and also a pretty good idea even without Covid. Flu is a problem. I don't think it's so much that these places are invested in the theater so much as they want customers and don't know how many customers will stop coming if they stop the theater.
- incomingpain 4y ago
  People are trying to do the right thing. Nobody has a covid sanitizing degree, I sure don't. https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/is-covid-19--coronavirus--airborne.h00-159383523.html https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/is-covid-19--coronavir... > From July 2020, "Yes, but it is only very rarely transmitted that way." It's like 99% something you touch. Hand sanitizer is more important compared to a mask. I'm curious if you knew that? You might not because it was considered 'misinformation' and censored. Gotta keep wearing those masks! Protip: Your nearby mall probably has a smelly soap store.
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- SkipperCat 4y ago
  I've stopped using hand sanitizer and just wash my hands. Soap and water is probably just as effective. I just don't see the need to bathe my hands in chemicals. I remember the early COVID days and there was so much we didn't know. People being people, will latch onto any task or ritual to make themselves feel protected, and hand sanitizing is the manifestation of that cargo cult mentality.
jleyank 4y ago

16 points by SkipperCat 4y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31074602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31074602 is the same topic, posted slightly earlier.

netsharc 4y ago
Is this a bot? I followed that link and you have this same comment with the same link, which just recurses and reloads that page...

arrakis2021 4y ago

It’s amazing and alarming how much Covid theater continues to this day. I was recently on vacation where every restaurant i walked into required me to spray hand sanitizer. No masks, just hand sanitizer. And nobody even bothers to ask why we’re still doing this. Incredible.

smt88 4y ago
Hand sanitizer entering a restaurant seems both mild and also a pretty good idea even without Covid. Flu is a problem. I don't think it's so much that these places are invested in the theater so much as they want customers and don't know how many customers will stop coming if they stop the theater.
incomingpain 4y ago
People are trying to do the right thing. Nobody has a covid sanitizing degree, I sure don't. https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/is-covid-19--coronavirus--airborne.h00-159383523.html https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/is-covid-19--coronavir... > From July 2020, "Yes, but it is only very rarely transmitted that way." It's like 99% something you touch. Hand sanitizer is more important compared to a mask. I'm curious if you knew that? You might not because it was considered 'misinformation' and censored. Gotta keep wearing those masks! Protip: Your nearby mall probably has a smelly soap store.
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SkipperCat 4y ago
I've stopped using hand sanitizer and just wash my hands. Soap and water is probably just as effective. I just don't see the need to bathe my hands in chemicals. I remember the early COVID days and there was so much we didn't know. People being people, will latch onto any task or ritual to make themselves feel protected, and hand sanitizing is the manifestation of that cargo cult mentality.

jleyank 4y ago