Reminder: saying that ordinary people wear masks incorrectly isn't a reason to not recommend masks.
As @zeynep wrote, many people also wash their hands wrong, but we don’t respond by telling them not to bother.pic.twitter.com/pQzvNCpxHB
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Reminder: saying that ordinary people wear masks incorrectly isn't a reason to not recommend masks.
As @zeynep wrote, many people also wash their hands wrong, but we don’t respond by telling them not to bother.pic.twitter.com/pQzvNCpxHB
Would there be a greater risk of moral hazard - that people would choose risky behavior believing that their (poor) use of the mask is 100% effective?
That's just as applicable to hand-washing. Let's stop telling people to wash their hands then?
no, the context for hand-washing is something we are supposed to do every day, correctly. the context for wearing a mask is unfamiliar
You know what, in the middle of a pandemic that has upended life, I'm gonna go with we can teach people how to wash hands correctly or tell them the truth about what masks can do. If you are unable personally to follow simplest instructions, not sure what I can suggest.
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