Originally Posted by
LonghornDXB
In one part of the middle east you are seeing construction workers in 40C temps wearing masks in 10 hour shifts. Before masks, it was not uncommon to have heat strokes on a regular basis, one can imagine that would go up
The new woke thing now is to quote "science" as a justification for anything and everything; as if there is just one version of science
New rule to make mask wearing compulsory outdoors even if its a rural area - we are just following science
NY will require 40,000 ventilators (though they required less than 10k) - we are following science
Close everything for the next 6 months - we are following science
Stop people going to beaches even if its not crowded - that's just science
Any rule or thing can be turned around, let me offer you a counterpoint for each
1) Does a mask restrain the droplets exhaled as well as filter particles and droplets when you inhale.
2) Does increasing distance from other people reduce the the risk of you giving something to them and them to you?
3) Does forbidding gathering of larger people in close proximity reduce the change of transmission
4) If you need predict you need "x" and the prediction is an inexact science should you error on the low or high side when being short can be very devastating
I recently traveled and for the most part seeing good behavior regarding masks and social distancing.
Freedom can be viewed as Freedom from or Freedom to.
None of these rules should be viewed as weakness, oppression, containment, or freedom from it, but instead viewed as an opportunity to be responsible, be respectful, be caring, have economic hope, of solidarity,