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Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by DyslexicAtheist on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @03:27AM (#27205629)
> but now that the pandemic is getting under control it makes sense to weigh mental health more heavily.

I don't quite understand where is the link between wearing masks and mental health? I lived many years in Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, have a Japanese wife and in many of these places wearing a mask is just a sign of being considerate towards others. Coming from the country myself it looks maybe odd at first but this makes sense in dense urban places where you need some rules for how to share this public space.

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Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @04:30AM (#27205967)
People who are most averse to wearing them tend to have mental health issues, including paranoia.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33469574/

Anti-maskers are often also anti-vaxers, and they have issues understanding the difference between a consistent statistical trend and a single emotionally negative event.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/ttu-pra04092...

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