The whole premise that "getting to stop wearing masks" is or should be the main motivator is deeply fucked up. Also, point 2 is only "as far as we know, so far"–new variants continue to emerge—and immunocompromised people and children under 12 are still at risk.https://twitter.com/benwakana46/status/1392910835924733959 …
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anyway masks are a _remarkably_ successful public health intervention. they're inexpensive, they're easy to use, even disposable surgical masks or handmade cloth masks provide not-insignificant protection while N95s/KF94s provide excellent protection.
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wearing a mask when you're going to be around people you don't live with and you aren't and/or you don't know if all of them are fully vaccinated, and keeping a decent physical distance apart when you can, are good _general_ behaviors we should all keep up forever.
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plus, lots of masks come in colors and patterns now, embrace it as fashion. and it'll drastically reduce transmission of other airborne disease like flus and colds, and as a bonus it makes government and corporate face surveillance harder.
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every time I see a headline about "will vaccines free us from masks" or "when will we be free of masks" I assume a cop wrote it
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