Re:An analysis of studies pertaining to masks from 1978 to 2023
by timdev2 on Friday May 24, 2024 @09:14PM
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Pants-less transit civil disobedience when?
Re:An analysis of studies pertaining to masks from 1978 to 2023
by AgentOrange1234 on Friday May 24, 2024 @09:36PM
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I don’t think you can blame mask policies for police power trips. For one, police unions widely opposed mask/vaccine mandates. For two, ACAB; if it’s not masks, it will be something else.
I saw some police walk up to a small elderly and otherwise inoffensive woman and kick her off a tram because she wasn't masked up. It is better than a Jew Badge, but I think people can have a legitimate concern that the same authoritarian mindset was behind both mandates. Drawing the line at police telling people they have to start dressing differently as a show of public support for a cause is an extremely reasonable position.
Especially since as far as I've seen there is still no evidence it achieved anything beyond just offering up a "hey, wear a mask" as advice and encouraging voluntary behaviour. This study makes it look like even the evidence for voluntary masking is up for question.