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It's funny that in the earliest days of COVID, when there was the most uncertainty, if you wore a mask or distanced as a precaution you were called an exaggerat

It's funny that in the earliest days of COVID, when there was the most uncertainty, if you wore a mask or distanced as a precaution you were called an exaggerating racist. (You obviously just hate Chinese and see them as diseased) Only when it became predictable and appeared flu-like, posing no major threat to many demographics, did it become supremely virtuous to wear masks and distance.

HL33tibCe7 4y ago
Not really. There was some idiocy like what you describe, in particular the “hug a Chinese person” campaign by the Democrats comes to mind. But mask wearing became popular well before we knew COVID was “flu-like”.
- llanowarelves 4y ago
  Even ignoring the gaffe (though he was ultimately correct) with "masks don't work" from the surgeon general, it was only really politicized (this time, to the opposite political party) as an Other-ing moral choice once the unknowns had died down considerably. People forget this 180 back and forth whiplash.
  - irrational 4y ago
    Do masks really not work? My family has worn masks since the beginning and none of us have had Covid yet. Why would none of us have gotten it if not for mask wearing. We live in an urban environment, so it’s not like it is from not being around other people.
    - GeekyBear 4y ago
      > Do masks really not work? It depends on what kind of mask you are wearing. Disposable cloth face masks work very well for a virus with a droplet based spread like the flu. >CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasonal-flu-cases-hit-record-lows-around-world-n1240333 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasona... Disposable cloth face masks do not stop the spread of airborne viruses like Covid, which continued to spread like wildfire globally while Flu cases were at a global all time low. With an airborne virus you need a mask capable of filtering the virus out of the air you breathe, not one that only catches the tiny droplets you spray out when you cough or sneeze.
      - irrational 4y ago
        We used cloth masks back at the very beginning of the pandemic, but switched to N95 once they were available.
irrational 4y ago
Where do you live?! Where I live everyone that I saw immediately started wearing masks. This is literally the first time I have ever heard of a connection between mask wearing and racism.
- zeven7 4y ago
  Not OP, but US would fit the bill

HL33tibCe7 4y ago

Not really. There was some idiocy like what you describe, in particular the “hug a Chinese person” campaign by the Democrats comes to mind. But mask wearing became popular well before we knew COVID was “flu-like”.

llanowarelves 4y ago
Even ignoring the gaffe (though he was ultimately correct) with "masks don't work" from the surgeon general, it was only really politicized (this time, to the opposite political party) as an Other-ing moral choice once the unknowns had died down considerably. People forget this 180 back and forth whiplash.
- irrational 4y ago
  Do masks really not work? My family has worn masks since the beginning and none of us have had Covid yet. Why would none of us have gotten it if not for mask wearing. We live in an urban environment, so it’s not like it is from not being around other people.
  - GeekyBear 4y ago
    > Do masks really not work? It depends on what kind of mask you are wearing. Disposable cloth face masks work very well for a virus with a droplet based spread like the flu. >CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasonal-flu-cases-hit-record-lows-around-world-n1240333 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/cdc-says-seasona... Disposable cloth face masks do not stop the spread of airborne viruses like Covid, which continued to spread like wildfire globally while Flu cases were at a global all time low. With an airborne virus you need a mask capable of filtering the virus out of the air you breathe, not one that only catches the tiny droplets you spray out when you cough or sneeze.
    - irrational 4y ago
      We used cloth masks back at the very beginning of the pandemic, but switched to N95 once they were available.

irrational 4y ago

Where do you live?! Where I live everyone that I saw immediately started wearing masks. This is literally the first time I have ever heard of a connection between mask wearing and racism.

zeven7 4y ago
Not OP, but US would fit the bill