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  • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Mask mandates will not do a fucking thing to stop this. Social distancing will not do a fucking thing to stop this

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    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      What is the purpose of a mask mandate or a social distancing requirement? To slow down the spread. Delta already spreads twice as fast as wild-type covid, meaning mask/distancing mandates are already half as effective before factoring in greater non-compliance. Secondly, what happens if you do slow down the spread? It just delays the inevitable - that pretty much everyone in the US is going to be exposed to the virus at some point.

      The purpose of mask and distancing mandates last year was to delay the inevitable until we had a vaccine. Now that we have a vaccine, that needs to be the priority. Vaccinating 10 unvaccinated people will do more to fight the pandemic than masking 10,000 vaccinated people.