re: If everyone would just wear a mask, this thing would go away sooner rather than later..

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Or maybe countries like Spain where the lockdowns are coming back?

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As recently as May, Dr. Fauci himself disagreed with you.

And to be clear, I think masks have a marginal benefit and should be worn. But too many people think they are some magic virus prevention tool and are way too emotionally wrapped up in it.

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Do your research. Look at other countries that have this thing under control. It might not be what you want to hear but it's the truth.

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I won’t argue that it doesn’t help, but It’s not quite Kevlar


What’s next? Mandating people wear a mask when having sex?

Well the US is 10-30x larger geographically and has 5-10x the population of those countries, so its not really a fair comparison. How about you look at deaths per capita. US is faring better than Italy, UK, Spain, France despite the US population being significantly fatter and unhealthier.

Do masks work, or do they not? Because we either want herd immunity or we don't.

If they do work, we're just putting off the inevitable.

If they don't work, then why are we being forced to wear them?

If herd immunity isn't possible with COVID, which is a claim I have heard made a few times, then why wait for a vaccine?

If we crossed some threshold of cases where masks are a requirement, what opposite threshold has to be crossed to where masks are no longer mandated?