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Good news for anybody who is concerned. Nothing prevents you from wearing a mask every single moment of your waking life until you die. Nothing. Just keep anyb

Good news for anybody who is concerned. Nothing prevents you from wearing a mask every single moment of your waking life until you die. Nothing. Just keep anybody who doesn't want to participate out of your delusions.

rbanffy 4y ago
In Japan people wear masks when they have a cold, out of kindness towards others. Being kind to others is certainly something we should strive for.
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- danbolt 4y ago
  I always thought it was interesting how the opt-in masks had also become integrated with street fashion over there too. Or, you can really make the right one work with an outfit’s palette.
- tinus_hn 4y ago
  Unfortunately they use the type of masks that hardly works for COVID. It’s more of a politeness thing.
  - rbanffy 4y ago
    Even if it’s 10% effective, that’s still a lot of avoidable infections. And the price is just being polite. Sounds like an easy decision.
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- wrp 4y ago
  Mask wearing in Japan may not have quite the motivations people assume. This is from decades ago, but an explanation bandied about at one time was that mask wearing was more a matter of hiding your face when sick rather than concern about pathogen spreading.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  I agree with you and this was my reasoning anytime anyone’s suggested I’m being overly cautious. I’ve given up vocalizing the reasoning for the most part, it’s felt like strapping on another head and begging people not to look at me as if I’ve three heads. But I’m glad I’m not totally alone in wanting to protect others around me from trivially avoided infectious diseases.
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TechBro8615 4y ago
France passed some anti-mask laws about a decade ago as a reaction to Muslim immigration. [0] (Amusingly, the statute also prescribes a €30,000 fine to anyone forcing someone to wear a mask). Other countries also have a history of anti-mask laws. [1] Pre-covid, it was quite unusual in Western nations to see anyone wearing a mask. Most would probably assume anyone wearing one was carrying some highly communicable disease and would give them a wide berth. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_law
tinus_hn 4y ago
Of course doing something yourself isn’t good enough so masks only work to protect others from your disease, not you from the diseases of others.
- dude187 4y ago
  That's not true
- seydor 4y ago
  FFP2 masks protect from infection
5555624 4y ago
Depending on where you live, it can be against the law. In Virginia, it's a Class 6 felony. There are exceptions and for medical reasons: "(iv) wearing a mask, hood or other device for bona fide medical reasons upon (a) the advice of a licensed physician or osteopath and carrying on his person an affidavit from the physician or osteopath specifying the medical necessity for wearing the device and the date on which the wearing of the device will no longer be necessary and providing a brief description of the device, or (b) the declaration of a disaster or state of emergency by the Governor in response to a public health emergency where the emergency declaration expressly waives this section, defines the mask appropriate for the emergency, and provides for the duration of the waiver." So, you can't simply wear one if you want, you need a note from your doctor. (When masks were required, during the pandemic, the Governor declared a waiver.)
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  I haven’t lived in VA for over 20 years, but I did spend a couple months there this year to help with family matters (health related but not directly covid-related AFAIK). Anyway, yeah, VA is fucked up in a lot of ways… but not so fucked up that their glut of bored cops with nothing to do other than harass people care about this mask law. Absent other behavior that causes concern, wearing a mask is more likely to raise an eyebrow than any kind of confrontation. I was also pleasantly surprised to find this was the case twice driving across the US. Only one person even asked me why I was wearing a mask, and it was very unclear whether the one person asking sincerely didn’t know why from sheer unfamiliarity.

rbanffy 4y ago

In Japan people wear masks when they have a cold, out of kindness towards others. Being kind to others is certainly something we should strive for.

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danbolt 4y ago
I always thought it was interesting how the opt-in masks had also become integrated with street fashion over there too. Or, you can really make the right one work with an outfit’s palette.
tinus_hn 4y ago
Unfortunately they use the type of masks that hardly works for COVID. It’s more of a politeness thing.
- rbanffy 4y ago
  Even if it’s 10% effective, that’s still a lot of avoidable infections. And the price is just being polite. Sounds like an easy decision.
  - tinus_hn 4y ago
    [flagged]
wrp 4y ago
Mask wearing in Japan may not have quite the motivations people assume. This is from decades ago, but an explanation bandied about at one time was that mask wearing was more a matter of hiding your face when sick rather than concern about pathogen spreading.
eyelidlessness 4y ago
I agree with you and this was my reasoning anytime anyone’s suggested I’m being overly cautious. I’ve given up vocalizing the reasoning for the most part, it’s felt like strapping on another head and begging people not to look at me as if I’ve three heads. But I’m glad I’m not totally alone in wanting to protect others around me from trivially avoided infectious diseases.

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TechBro8615 4y ago

France passed some anti-mask laws about a decade ago as a reaction to Muslim immigration. [0] (Amusingly, the statute also prescribes a €30,000 fine to anyone forcing someone to wear a mask). Other countries also have a history of anti-mask laws. [1] Pre-covid, it was quite unusual in Western nations to see anyone wearing a mask. Most would probably assume anyone wearing one was carrying some highly communicable disease and would give them a wide berth. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_law

tinus_hn 4y ago

Of course doing something yourself isn’t good enough so masks only work to protect others from your disease, not you from the diseases of others.

dude187 4y ago
That's not true
seydor 4y ago
FFP2 masks protect from infection

5555624 4y ago

Depending on where you live, it can be against the law. In Virginia, it's a Class 6 felony. There are exceptions and for medical reasons: "(iv) wearing a mask, hood or other device for bona fide medical reasons upon (a) the advice of a licensed physician or osteopath and carrying on his person an affidavit from the physician or osteopath specifying the medical necessity for wearing the device and the date on which the wearing of the device will no longer be necessary and providing a brief description of the device, or (b) the declaration of a disaster or state of emergency by the Governor in response to a public health emergency where the emergency declaration expressly waives this section, defines the mask appropriate for the emergency, and provides for the duration of the waiver." So, you can't simply wear one if you want, you need a note from your doctor. (When masks were required, during the pandemic, the Governor declared a waiver.)

eyelidlessness 4y ago
I haven’t lived in VA for over 20 years, but I did spend a couple months there this year to help with family matters (health related but not directly covid-related AFAIK). Anyway, yeah, VA is fucked up in a lot of ways… but not so fucked up that their glut of bored cops with nothing to do other than harass people care about this mask law. Absent other behavior that causes concern, wearing a mask is more likely to raise an eyebrow than any kind of confrontation. I was also pleasantly surprised to find this was the case twice driving across the US. Only one person even asked me why I was wearing a mask, and it was very unclear whether the one person asking sincerely didn’t know why from sheer unfamiliarity.