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 (DIR) Post #B4xHVAOhVvtQNLYfzs by zwol@masto.hackers.town
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       thinking about "post"-covid mask advocacy and IMHO we (people generally in favor of continued public masking) are not gonna get anywhere with it until we really grapple with just how important "mealtime as a social activity" and "being able to see people's lips when they're talking to me" are to most peoplelike I seriously think these things are, in an revealed unconscious preference kind of way, *more important* than continued good health to a solid majority of the world population
       
 (DIR) Post #B4xHVAcWgWx54E1iXw by zwol@masto.hackers.town
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       I am never forget the conversation I had, while I was still teaching at CMU, with some other faculty members -- this was after we went back to in-person instruction but before admin dropped the campuswide mask mandate -- where I was the _only person_ who was comfortable continuing to mask in public for the rest of my life if necessary.I tried to get them to explain why they didn't like the idea and got nothing helpful. At the time I thought it was probably mostly about the meals...