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every few days the horror strikes me: Americans are so wedded to their identities, certainties, and conveniences they won’t do a near-zero-cost minor annoyance thing like wear masks that could potentially save tens of thousands of lives...
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the dissonance is appalling... 20% of reported deaths from 4% of the world’s population... you should be willing to do any no-cost thing with even the slightest chance of helping
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Florida and Texas are especially appalling. They SAW the disaster unfold in New York. Do they hate liberals so much they’ll kill themselves out of spite rather than learn a sobering lesson and act?
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This is mostly, but not entirely, a red state thing. I do see a lot of non masking here in LA including among minorities. All of the US is a bit trumpie in this.
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There’s also a Hobbesian streak in the US. The idea that some ongoing culling of the weak is a good thing. It’s not exactly eugenics or racism (though those sensibilities are present too at the margins) but a frontier morality. Comes from the same place as the gun fetish.
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I keep almost fainting everytime I go out with a mask for more than an hour. I end up overheating and struggling to breath. I still wear it, but I can understand why people would not want to. Been worried my GF will get heartattack because of hers. :(
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