I want to believe you are genuine in this and I think that your anger is justified, just misdirected. There are two issues with this, though.
First, your article is about continued increased CO2 levels in the environment over prolonged periods. You're making the jump to think that the wearing of a mask, face covering, etc is going to make the same jump in CO2 inhalation as seen in this study, and there's no proof of that. In fact, it's unlikely that is the case because of the permeability of the mask.
Second, the issue with the discourse around it is justified. The way that American political discourse is situated there's only Republican stance v democrat stance and no room for nuance in it. You even say:
we should be sending workers back home whose labor is completely nonessential
Which is right. There's no reason for places to really be open right now with the rate of infection in the US. We never really got to a point of getting it under control, but the market demanded sacrifices so here we are. We have tons of workers forced back to nonessential work in substandard conditions with inadequate precautions being taken to prevent the spread of a deadly virus all in the name of profit margins.
Your issue shouldn't be with masks, but with capitalism and it's need for continued growth to keep functioning.
I want to believe you are genuine in this and I think that your anger is justified, just misdirected. There are two issues with this, though.
First, your article is about continued increased CO2 levels in the environment over prolonged periods. You're making the jump to think that the wearing of a mask, face covering, etc is going to make the same jump in CO2 inhalation as seen in this study, and there's no proof of that. In fact, it's unlikely that is the case because of the permeability of the mask.
Second, the issue with the discourse around it is justified. The way that American political discourse is situated there's only Republican stance v democrat stance and no room for nuance in it. You even say:
Which is right. There's no reason for places to really be open right now with the rate of infection in the US. We never really got to a point of getting it under control, but the market demanded sacrifices so here we are. We have tons of workers forced back to nonessential work in substandard conditions with inadequate precautions being taken to prevent the spread of a deadly virus all in the name of profit margins.
Your issue shouldn't be with masks, but with capitalism and it's need for continued growth to keep functioning.
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