U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come

Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by camgunz on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:18AM (#25290410)

I'm not downvoting, but you're limiting what OP is saying. They never limited themselves to "out for a walk and... social distancing".

I wear a mask outside while walking and social distancing and I'm not virtue signaling. I simply personally find it harder to futz w/ a mask when coming up on people or going inside a building.

Please be a little less reflexive when it comes to this stuff. I'm sure people are "virtue signaling" by wearing masks. But coincidentally they're also limiting the spread of COVID-19. Let's focus on the latter here.

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by iaHN on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:21AM (#25290443)

I am responding to the complete CDC advice. The comment before that is the virtue signaling I am talking about. They focus on mask wearing only without also advocating for social distancing.

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by camgunz on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:26AM (#25290543)

They're lamenting people wearing masks improperly, not giving advice or advocating for anything.

It really seems like you're just reflexively jumping on this stuff. Mask wearing is good! Even if you're not social distancing it's better than not wearing a mask and not social distancing.

It's also worth saying there's nothing wrong with "virtue signaling". It's indistinguishable from... actually having the virtue.

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