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So, what's up with the government mandated unmasking in places like, say, Texas and Mississippi?
Mr. Krugman of the NY Times offers up a plausible explanation:
...Wearing a mask in public, like holding it in for a few minutes, is slightly inconvenient, but hardly a major burden. And the case for imposing that mild burden in a pandemic is overwhelming. The coronavirus variants that cause Covid-19 are spread largely by airborne droplets, and wearing masks drastically reducesthe variants’ spread.
So not wearing a mask is an act of reckless endangerment, not so much of yourself — although masks appear to provide some protection to the wearer — as of other people. Covering our faces while the pandemic lasts would appear to be simple good citizenship, not to mention an act of basic human decency...
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...Of course, we know what’s actually going on here: politics. Refusing to wear a mask has become a badge of political identity, a barefaced declaration that you reject liberal values like civic responsibility and belief in science...
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So, what's up with the government mandated unmasking in places like, say, Texas and Mississippi?
Mr. Krugman of the NY Times offers up a plausible explanation:
...Wearing a mask in public, like holding it in for a few minutes, is slightly inconvenient, but hardly a major burden. And the case for imposing that mild burden in a pandemic is overwhelming. The coronavirus variants that cause Covid-19 are spread largely by airborne droplets, and wearing masks drastically reducesthe variants’ spread.
So not wearing a mask is an act of reckless endangerment, not so much of yourself — although masks appear to provide some protection to the wearer — as of other people. Covering our faces while the pandemic lasts would appear to be simple good citizenship, not to mention an act of basic human decency...
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...Of course, we know what’s actually going on here: politics. Refusing to wear a mask has become a badge of political identity, a barefaced declaration that you reject liberal values like civic responsibility and belief in science...
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...Unfortunately, identity politics can do a lot of harm when it gets in the way of dealing with real problems. I don’t know how many people will die unnecessarily because the governor of Texas has decided that ignoring the science and ending the mask requirement is a good way to own the libs. But the number won’t be zero.
Of course, it would be silly for us to think that some of this same identity politics-based, anti-science thinking isn't brewing up here in Canada as well.
Personally, as members of the small flock of identity politics-driven trolls that have descended on this tiny, little F-troop list blog recently may already be aware of, I have no interest in debating them or their ilk. Instead, to swipe a phrase from the late, great Steve Gilliard, I only want to stop them.
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4 comments:
I myself do not wear one when outside walking etc. If I go anywhere indoors I wear one. I have seen only 1 friend in the last year trying to keep my bubble minimized as my wife works in retail groceries. I do not understand the vitriolic hate by some of these people both for and against masks. I have been berated walking down the street for not wearing a mask when there is only 4 or 5 people in the entire block. I have also been told I am brainwashed when I wear one in a store. I am in a high risk group and as such very rarely go into an enclosed environment. Both sides need to take a deep breath and realize they only make themselves look foolish when they go into a rant never mind the spittle that flies. I just back away and tell them to have a good day.
How well did Texas independence electrical grid go?
Well said. I will share this one. EG
the independent texans can enjoy their independent electrical grid?
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