Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

"Masks don't work for a highly infectious respiratory illness, but also please save them for health workers so they don't get sick" is a pretty dark calibration re: Just Exactly How Stupid Do You Think We Are

Because there is a shortage of masks, some officials are fibbing in order to make sure masks are available for healthcare workers instead of sitting in the homes of people who don't need them, because they are social distancing. Should we be undermining this?

When will trust them to tell the truth when we need to believe them?

This is the thing short-term authoritarians never seem to get. "Masks don't work" when they're short doesn't easily translate to "oh, now they do!" when the supply chain issues resolve

The solution is simple. We need to make more masks. Until we get them, though, the healthcare workers should have priority.

The solution isn't simple and you're not a part of it. Perpetuating lies to make yourself feel useful only ever makes you part of the long-term problem. Just stay home and shut the fuck up, thanks.

Plenty of Californians *already had* N95s to manage wildfire air pollution that would never be accepted by hospitals due to bureaucratic mandate. They could have been wearing them all this time. Ponder that.

I'm not worried about people using their existing masks. My main concern is with people who try to get them now, while medical professionals need them more. Either way, we need to make more masks.