There's a ton of stuff about this crisis where we're making decisions in the face of uncertainty, but masks ain't it. The only reason for confusion was dismissiveness of East Asia and a failure to adequately explain that you wear a mask to protect people around you, not yourself.
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It takes a while to get this point. My girlfriend (who had the foresight to order masks, I didn't) had to beat it into me. But I implore you to be less thick-headed than I was. I wrote this in case it helps expedite your conversion on this lifesaving issue https://idlewords.com/2020/04/let_s_all_wear_a_mask.htm …
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but is the mask rated for goal post protection? I have some concerns
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Waltzing into the Ruby Tuesday's to take down the sneeze guard, in total disregard of both sense and social distancing orders
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but that's not the REAL question
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Even with uncertainty, the risk is asymmetric.https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1247333941973049345?s=20 …
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I don't understand. We know that touching your face is bad and covering coughs and sneezes is good. A mask accomplishes all of this. This seems obvious at this point
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There's some kind of performative epistemological uncertainty that has become the savvy stance in the Western press over this. They are also afraid of just baldly pointing out that we got the worst advice on this from public health authorities for months.
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We just need to sell this as <mask denialism is based on racism against Asians>, and everyone will wear masks just to show how non-racist they are.
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No, then every Trump voter will go maskless to own the libs
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