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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by ShrigmaMale on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:26PM (#29557092)
Of course there's a political advantage. It's something that forces everybody to visibly declare an affiliation with a side at all times in public. That will always be used for political advantage.
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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by deadbunny on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:01PM (#29557674)
What nonsense the only ones that have made masks political is the right-wingers of the world for whatever convoluted "freedom" reasons they have come up with.

I don't wear a mask because of my political beliefs. I wear a mask due to the abundance of evidence that it helps prevent transmission. If you assume my political affiliation from that not only would you be wrong but you know what they say about assuming.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by johnchristopher on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:26PM (#29558069)
> It's something that forces everybody to visibly declare an affiliation with a side at all times in public.

No. Forcing people to wear a police badge or a yellow star or a hijab or a a beard in some places would fit that outlook but the first reason to wear a mask is a medical/prophylactic one. The fact some people (right or left) decided to associate that with political beliefs is another matter that has nothing to do with the inherent advantages that wearing a mask provides in some occasions.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by the_why_of_y on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @05:36PM (#29559083)
If I put on a seat belt while driving in a car, what political affiliation does that signal?
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