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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Mar 2020

    On the mask fiasco: what if public health authorities said from the start "masks will help slow down the pandemic. But there's a shortage. We want frontline medical people to get them first but are pushing for mass production. Please social distance and we'll have them soon"

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      1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Mar 2020

        In other words, would a more honest public health message on masks have worked? Some people might have hoarded but there would also be a strong social pressure to not do that and donate masks to hospitals.

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      2. Thomas Paine  ✊ 🇺🇦‏ @TomPaineToday 31 Mar 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        you think the people who bought years supply of toilet paper would react properly?

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      3. Erinn O'Dear‏ @erinnthered 31 Mar 2020
        Replying to @TomPaineToday @HeerJeet

        There would have been guidelines and convo on that too, causing the same social pressure. Education and transparency have long been known to produce stronger outcomes.

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      2. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 31 Mar 2020
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        Precisely what so many of us said at the time they should be saying.

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      3. Adele M. Stan‏Verified account @AddieStan 31 Mar 2020
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        Honestly, even if it isn't all that effective, what's the harm in people donning masks? On the few occasions I've had to go out for medical appointments, I've worn a mask. (I've been not well, but tested negative for COVID-19.) My experience is that people cut me a wide birth.

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      1. Fear Is Not Panic‏ @FearIsNotPanic 31 Mar 2020
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        Then they would still be trustworthy sources of information

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      1. Jonas Persson‏ @BishopBlougram 31 Mar 2020
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        Which is the public messaging Sandman and Lanard contemplated in 2007. See comments to No. 14: http://www.psandman.com/col/panflu4-3.htm#msg14 …

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      1. J Meyer  🌊 🌊 🌊 @CheriBeasleyNC for Senate‏ @meyerjef 31 Mar 2020
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        Perhaps we can forward medical-grade masks to the hospitals and front-line workers & make do with makeshift masks, scarves, etc., on our own? Something's better than nothing?

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      2. iconoclaste‏ @saneman3000 31 Mar 2020
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        How about they just said: Everyone take 15 min and make a mask for yourself.

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      3. Rain‏ @rainerickson 31 Mar 2020
        Replying to @saneman3000 @HeerJeet

        That's what I'm doing. Cut up a t-shirt. Make a couple. wear in grocery when you absolutely must go into a public space.

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