[HN Gopher] The Case for Wearing Masks Forever
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       The Case for Wearing Masks Forever
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-12-28 22:02 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
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       | mbg721 wrote:
       | A raging minority of American elites have _always_ known what 's
       | best for all of us. These were the original eugenicists, the ones
       | the Germans envied in the 1930s. It was only the horrors of war
       | that brought us to our senses.
        
       | mitchbob wrote:
       | Archived: https://archive.vn/qIalq
        
       | kylehotchkiss wrote:
       | I sympathize with those who are immunocompromised, and have to
       | take precautions beyond the general public, but there's the flu,
       | cold, pneumonia, etc, and this was the case before covid came
       | around.
       | 
       | Still, much of this article sounds like people who are lonely and
       | seeking some sort of community. The ability to move on as people
       | and as a culture is important as our country has new headwinds to
       | face, with a closer-to-home war in europe, a complicated and
       | scary economy, and a looming disconnection with China that's
       | going to shake up our everyday lives. I hope maybe these people
       | can move on too, find personal protection equipment that meets
       | their needs, and try to get back to where they were before covid.
       | 
       | The CDC in my opinion was right to pull back the guardrails and
       | let people gain natural immunity via exposure so we can try to
       | get back where we were before 2020. We won't get fully there, but
       | shouldn't we keep trying?
        
       | logicalmonster wrote:
       | Good news for anybody who is concerned. Nothing prevents you from
       | wearing a mask every single moment of your waking life until you
       | die. Nothing.
       | 
       | Just keep anybody who doesn't want to participate out of your
       | delusions.
        
         | rbanffy wrote:
         | In Japan people wear masks when they have a cold, out of
         | kindness towards others. Being kind to others is certainly
         | something we should strive for.
        
           | danbolt wrote:
           | I always thought it was interesting how the opt-in masks had
           | also become integrated with street fashion over there too.
           | Or, you can really make the right one work with an outfit's
           | palette.
        
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