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I'm completely sure masks hurt my pocketbook and my ability to keep my car tidy, and that forcing people to mask has additional costs. There are cost/benefit q
by dllthomas 3y ago
I'm completely sure masks hurt my pocketbook and my ability to keep my car tidy, and that forcing people to mask has additional costs. There are cost/benefit questions that aren't as trivial as you imply, and they should be made based on reliable data.
- hdior 3y ago[flagged]
- dllthomas 3y agoYour existence is valuable to me for, if nothing else, potentially interesting Hacker News discussion. I wish your comment was a better example of that. I am engaging in the hopes you can do better. Throughout the pandemic, my family and I have been careful about being around others. We have masked with N95 or KN95 masks when we couldn't stay home. I cut my beard for a better fit. We got vaccinated as we were able, and enrolled one of our children in a vaccine trial (he wound up in the control group). We have tested pretty often, and as best we know none of us has contracted the virus. I'm meeting my responsibilities to society around not spreading coronaviruses. I'm also trying to meet my responsibilities to society around engaging with issues honestly. It's disheartening to see people who probably share my position on an issue behaving poorly. Pretending that downsides don't exist is more likely to lose you the argument than win it. Spouting abuse and insults means people stop listening. Please do better.