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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS' "stay closed forever" approach last year absolutely did swing some people in Arlington toward Youngkin. Multiply that across all of N. Virginia (where all the districts followed the same crappy model) and that's absolutely a difference maker in an election with a 2% margin of victory.

And I'm not spiteful, I'm sad. And I fear stupid one-party Arlington will not learn from its errors. It would help for APS to acknowledge that it was too conservative in its response to the pandemic last year, but I'm not holding my breath.[/quote]

Of course not. Masking, openings, closings, these things became immediately polarized. Wearing a mask (or not!), insisting on closures (or openings!) these are all symbolic of ones political tribe. It’s why you see middle aged white moms wearing masks outside with no one within a hundred yards of them, or in a car with the windows rolled up. It’s not about COVID. It’s just a signal to others: “I’m a good white person/democrat, not a crazy Trumpy antimasker”. Like a yard sign, these kind of policies sound like armchair public health role playing, but really it’s just partisanship. [/quote]

Yeah, nobody wears a mask just because they don't want to catch or pass-along a disease.  :roll: 
Everybody isn't making a statement when they do or don't wear a mask.  Other people, like you, turn every individual's choices and values and beliefs into a political statement and judge.
I'm not making a statement when I go somewhere without my mask because I forgot to bring it.  And I'm not making a political statement when I wear one in a store where it's optional.[/quote]

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