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Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by ryandrake on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:51AM (#24859332)
To be fair, my dad (and a lot of people in his generation) still refuses to wear a seatbelt "because freedom". For people like me, born after the seatbelt laws came into effect, wearing them is totally normalized, because they've always been around. I never felt like something was taken away from me.

I bet that kids born today will not consider wearing a mask when you're sick to be this outrageous affront to freedom, since they'll be used to it by the time they grow up.

Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by josephcsible on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:18PM (#24859679)
> wearing a mask when you're sick

That's very different than forcing everyone to wear masks all the time just in case anyone is ever sick.

Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @04:16PM (#24862828)
In case they are asymptomatic and spreading a somewhat dangerous respiratory disease for which we have no vaccine, treatment or pre-existing immunity.