(February 11, 2022 at 4:33 pm)Belacqua Wrote:Oh look - another entirely predictable ostrich.(February 11, 2022 at 1:58 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Wow. I honestly did not consider my statement about mask mandates would be opposed so strongly. I consider myself as well-read about mask efficacy for COVID as any layman and I do not see any compelling evidence in favor of universal public masking, particularly of children.
I've read conflicting things about it. And of course no source, either way, should be trusted completely.
I guess I'm for masks just because of my experience here. In Japan social distancing is pretty much impossible, and lockdowns were never strict. We were slow to get vaccinated. But we're 100% masked. And of course Covid has been far less severe here than in other rich countries. So in my non-expert way, I see a correlation there.
But again, I see the problem with forcing people to do it.
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