Seanm
pfm Member
It’s obviously a good idea to wear one if you suspect you might be a bit ill. One reason it won’t catch on, and won’t be encouraged, is that we’ve treated public health primarily as a police matter, so lots of sensible health practices now look like forms of state oppression.
Another missed opportunity with regard to masks has to do with science, and public understanding of science. It seems that the science around masks was, not to put to fine a point on it, dog****, and the same goes for the scientific institutions charged with putting that science into practice. Now would be a good time to ask some far reaching questions, but it seems like that’s tantamount to Covid denialism. The result will surely be a loss of trust in science and its public institutions.
Another missed opportunity with regard to masks has to do with science, and public understanding of science. It seems that the science around masks was, not to put to fine a point on it, dog****, and the same goes for the scientific institutions charged with putting that science into practice. Now would be a good time to ask some far reaching questions, but it seems like that’s tantamount to Covid denialism. The result will surely be a loss of trust in science and its public institutions.