Wise commentary from @zeynep as usual:
"The CDC needs clearer, science-based guidelines that inform and empower us. People do not need a complicated patchwork of charts with rigid, binary rules."https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/cdc-outdoor-mask-pandemic/618739/ …
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imho, CDC needs to do a better articulating why social standards are appropriate even if risks for the individual to receive or transmit are low - be frank about the social norm aspect. If not explained, it's counterproductive. You elude to that.
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Agree. It’s absolutely a valid consideration (how could “only the sick” wear a mask at the beginning of a terrible pandemic?) but it should me made explicit (“vaccines work very well but indoor places cannot police masks by vaccination status so we’re all wearing them for now”).
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They did take over at a tough time, but we can expect more.