i am in the core committee talking to a dude in the committee which is a palestine advocacy group, we were about covid 19 and i suggested we should implement mandatory masking policies for indoor events, after half our leadership was down with an illness. we are also in a summer surge
he has some kind of medical degree, and worked in long term care as a medical officer of some sort. I'm kind out of depth with this rhetoric tbh,
his comments
It is normal to get sick once a year and, in fact, healthy because it helps train your immune system. Some years you won't get sick, other will be twice.
Covid doesn't cause an impact on your immue system either. Sometimes you can be In a bit of a state of inflammation which happens in many viral infections. And long covid is a topic in itself. It has never been quantified by any and all testing except subjective
maybe he would be more receptive with super libbed up sources or something, i dunno what he would respect
I personally would focus on the need for inclusion vs the exclusion that a maskless event would create. Perhaps looking at some of the statements released by events that required masking previously. Both Pro-Palestine and Pride as of recently.
Here's a post the DC Dyke March made before their event:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7rfCy_Ofsa/
You can try hitting them with a bunch of studies but I would leave that as a last resort so they don't take it as a personal offense and make a big stink about.
If I have time this evening I'll drop a bunch of links, but hopefully someone will beat me to it.
Edit: Here's a bunch of links I posted last month. See if they work for ya.
https://hexbear.net/comment/5070962