Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla...
by Dylan16807 on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:17PM
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You can call it "divisive", but the two actions are not equivalent.
In terms of merely making a statement, then the anti-mask option would be something like wearing a shirt or mask with a message about how this whole mask thing is stupid.
The objection to people going maskless 6 months ago is not that they were making a statement, it's that they were endangering people in aggregate.
When you say "Was it lip-service and posturing 6 months ago or is it now? Do you value science or not?", that would only be justified if the science was specifically saying not to wear a mask right now. But that isn't true and has never been true. Wearing an unnecessary mask has always been fine.
In terms of merely making a statement, then the anti-mask option would be something like wearing a shirt or mask with a message about how this whole mask thing is stupid.
The objection to people going maskless 6 months ago is not that they were making a statement, it's that they were endangering people in aggregate.
When you say "Was it lip-service and posturing 6 months ago or is it now? Do you value science or not?", that would only be justified if the science was specifically saying not to wear a mask right now. But that isn't true and has never been true. Wearing an unnecessary mask has always been fine.