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Re:What it’s like to go into lockdown for the second time by gregoriol on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:52AM (#24176775)
In France for example, there has been ~35'000 deaths because of COVID-19 in ~6 months of 2020, while there has been ~3'500 deaths on the roads in ~12 months of 2019.

Your "if we both" is a very big if => without making it mandatory, people don't wear them and ill people can propagate the virus to many, making COVID propagation possibly more dangerous than a car accident they could create.

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Re:What it’s like to go into lockdown for the second time by ojhughes on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:58AM (#24176806)
Making mask usage mandatory and actually policing it would be a much lighter touch and the evidence from Japan suggests the virus can be kept under control without lockdowns. If you take the numbers in Japan in your example, driving is more dangerous
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