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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
We can't and shouldn't make masks normative. It is a huge obstacle to those who rely on lip reading (yes those with them may have appropriate mask/screen/visor) but what about all those around? But generally we like to see faces to read expressions and the like.
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I struggle to hear what people say in noisy environments and didn't realise how much I lip read until masks came in. It's very frustrating.
Given that the omicron variant is spread by viral particles rather than water droplets it's said that ordinary cloth masks are largely ineffective anyway.
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