People used to argue the same thing for motorcycle helmets—false security, etc. You can even find individuals for whom this may be true. But, at the community level, overwhelming evidence of many lives are saved by motorcycle helmets. Similar structure of argument for masks.
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Keep an eye out for risk-compensation but there really is decades of literature against safety features with claims they would lessen safety because of false security. You find reckless individuals, sure, but at the community level safety features.. tend to result in more safety.
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So unless there is actual evidence of false security, and unless it's so overwhelming that it would override what you would sociologically expect—that masks signal business is not as usual and lessen stigma for sick people to be able to wear masks—it's not a reason for caution.
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YEP! That is exactly the argument often made against health-insurance and for more co-pays.https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1247621960055394304 …
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Exactly right. Those "false security" arguments need real evidence before being cause for caution because they almost never pan out at community level. We are not in some uncharted empirical territory here, despite how clever it may superficially sound.https://twitter.com/SanjithG_/status/1247629872844787712 …
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I’m a risk manager and that is not how you do risk management. The coronavirus problem is so close to a literal Swiss cheese model of risk, it’s not even allegorical.
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What's the Swiss cheese model of risk?
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I don't buy the comparison with 'safety features' like helmets. There are so many ways that you can contaminate yourself with incorrect use of gloves and masks. How many times has the trooper changed his gloves? How many IDs has he touched?
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100% accurate
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Risk-compensation is not a common thing at all! Needs evidence.
moral hazard