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The Masks We’ll Wear in the Next Pandemic

• ohiovr 4y ago
• Comevius 4y ago
  The mask hysteria was at least an opportunity to identify people who are so selfish that they had to make it all about themselves, which is what contrarianism is, pretending that you know better, unlike those sheeps doing what they are told. I think masks can be made fashionable, they already are in many parts of Asia, but they also need to be comfortable and affordable.
• version_five 4y ago
  Masks were always about a combination of forcing compliance and virtue signalling, and had almost nothing to do with infection control. There is definitely value in ensuring the existence and availability of masks for a situation that warrants it. Throwing it around as a way to signal what side you're on has cost authorities a lot of credibility that is going to make it much harder to get people to pay attention in situations where they may be important. Ironically, I think there is an overlap between the "prepper" types that would probably have good masks ready to wear, and those they pushed back on their use as theatre. It's going to be a bigger challenge when we can't just pretend that diseases stop spreading when you're seated at your restaurant table, or that having the mask on your face is what matters rather than actually covering your nose.
• daVe23hu 4y ago
• timcavel 4y ago