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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not really in favor of a vote though I am in favor of masking.

I really want someone who is so anti-mask to please answer this though:

How do you only see this as an issue of personal choice when the whole issue is that one person's choices can have huge effects on another person's health?

I feel like it is so damn disingenuous to act like everyone is in a vacuum and that their choice doesn't impact those around them. [/quote]

Our choices constantly affect those around us in a multitude of ways, most of which we don't create mandates around. Between vaccines and wearing a well-fitted mask yourself, you have the tools to manage your own health. Low-quality outdoor masking of others in the context of very low rates of COVID is just a terrible intervention. It doesn't pass any kind of reasonable risk analysis. It's not keeping you safe.

Indoor masking is potentially somewhat better, but the evidence has been very shaky. And even if there's a moderate effect on spread, in a context where COVID rates are this low, the overall effect is still very minimal.

I don't think we should keep doing this because to some people it signals care. If schools are concerned that this will freak out parents, they can explain what public health agencies are saying and why. [/quote]

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