Re:Last year, more people in San Francisco died of overdoses...
by prepend on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @09:26PM
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Good point, I’m not arguing that something is 100% useless. Just that there is not high enough marginal utility to be worthwhile.
Vaccines aren’t 100% effective, so obviously a mask worn by someone who is vaccinated but infected will reduce their ability to infect others.
I think you’re right that I’m arguing about a risk/benefit calculus and that the specific result is that the benefits of masks+vaccines are not high enough to outweigh the costs.
But I think this is driven from the logical basis of how masks work, how vaccines work, public health interventions work, etc.
Many people misunderstand masks and they they are protective for the wearer. Or they think masks give greater protection, etc.
Vaccines aren’t 100% effective, so obviously a mask worn by someone who is vaccinated but infected will reduce their ability to infect others.
I think you’re right that I’m arguing about a risk/benefit calculus and that the specific result is that the benefits of masks+vaccines are not high enough to outweigh the costs.
But I think this is driven from the logical basis of how masks work, how vaccines work, public health interventions work, etc.
Many people misunderstand masks and they they are protective for the wearer. Or they think masks give greater protection, etc.