It's a special kind of hell having spent the first three months of the pandemic in Japan, and knowing that all of this goes away if people are just conscientious about wearing face masks. It's like watching a relative dying from a disease while the cure sits on her nightstand.
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Here's the covid-19 trajectory in Japan, which had uncontrolled spread at least twice and contained it. It's a major first-world economy where life can go on as normal. Were masks the main reason? I don't know, but it's beyond stupid that we're not copying the tactic to find out.pic.twitter.com/Yf5KTOBB3f
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I wrote a thing in March about the many reasons we should make it a social norm to wear masks. I wrote it while mask wearing was still against US medical advice, and waited until the official CDC guidelines changed to post it. I think it has held up well. https://idlewords.com/2020/04/let_s_all_wear_a_mask.htm …
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I may never again say "Well, it can't get any worse."
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It's Wyoming, everyone should be 1000 feet apart anyway.
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My parents live in Utah, where they are openly mocked for wearing masks in public.
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This happens in SC as well.
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But Garfield said Wyoming doesn’t exist
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Arizona has entered the chathttps://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1275950050712211456 …
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Idk man. Here in the Netherlands we’re down to 0. Hardly any masks (expect in public transport), only social distancing.
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