CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask

Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by melling on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:44PM (#22740969)

The ship is sinking and there aren’t enough lifeboats.

History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes

They are likely waiting until there isn't a supply issue. People will rush out to buy masks of all types.

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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by celticninja on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:41PM (#22741625)

any face covering helps though.

one positive is that universal mask use will make facial recognition a lot harder.

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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by drivingmenuts on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:25PM (#22743906)

Which is handy until you actually need the police to find an actual criminal.

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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by celticninja on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:32AM (#22747032)

well widespread facial recognition technology has only just recently been available to law enforcement and the police have been catching criminals since their inception. it might be a useful law enforcement tool but it is hardly a requirement for them to be able to catch someone.

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