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Originally Posted by Damien
Also tbh I doubt masks are that effective when you're in a huge mass of people.
They shouldn't have done it. America is hitting record levels of infection now so it's also a very dangerous time to do it.
Makes me wonder about the inauguration as well. Will it be a public event?
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If they’re used properly masks are highly effective even in a crowd. The operative however is “properly”. If it is intercepting live virus particles on its outer surface (statistically quite likely in a crowd), then how the wearer removes and disposes of it is critical, as is how they wash and disinfect themselves afterwards. During the summer, Mrs had to go through a lengthy recommended decontamination process every evening when she came home from staffing the key workers kids’ school. I doubt many people of either political stripe will have done this when coming home from a crowd.
I have heard Biden’s comments about mask wearing repeatedly on the news. On the face of it it’s simple, common sense advice, but what he’s actually doing is sowing a narrative that democrats are sensible mask wearers and Trump supporters are reckless. He’s right, everyone should be wearing a mask, but for the sake of de-escalation he should be shying away from addressing it as a partisan issue at all IMO. The risk is that he entrenches behaviour from some people who decide to proudly adopt it as a symbol of their political independence. That wouldn’t help anyone.