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Strike_Eagle784 14 points ago +15 / -1

The thing is, though, the masks aren't really making a huge difference at all when people aren't wearing them properly, or when folks aren't even wearing the masks that provide considerable defense against the virus:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72798-7?fbclid=IwAR0elQ-sQk1wzMo6PVGBtlW9KDPSKmRbTuIRRzA7cjzPm5iZPu3YzBWYSjM

Also, who is to say it's the government's responsibility to make you wear a seatbelt, anyways? (Yes...I am against the government ordering you to wear a seatbelt). There's always going to people who don't wear them, and enforcement is difficult as it is. People wear seatbelts not, because the government is ordering them to do so, but, because of education on the safety risks of not wearing them.

The same principle can be applied to the masks issue. Educate people on how to safely, and effectively use masks. Educate folks on using the most effective masks (i.e. N95s), and have the government stay out of it by encouraging private businesses to make the choice for themselves on mask policy.

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EqualityMeansAll -11 points ago +1 / -12

Educate people on how to safely, and effectively use masks.

I do and I frankly give up (on the internet), now I just do one-on-one teaching. Because the information is already out there and idiots choose to just ignore it and go with their own confirmation bias. I've typed out lengthy replies just to get schizophrenic screeching from crybaby "experts" who read an article online.

You Can Lead A Horse To Water, But You Can't Make Him Drink.

I just think anti-maskers are the biggest crybaby retards who are doing the Chinese Government's work for them. It's like telling a room full of children to eat their vegetables. No matter how much reason and science you provide, you'll always get that whiny pushback because "how dare you". I'm really sick of how stupid people like you and these crybabies are.

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Strike_Eagle784 3 points ago +4 / -1

The thing is, I'm not against masks. I'm not debating their effectiveness, I'm questioning as to why the Government should have the power to order you too wear it.

So my concern is not the effectiveness of safe mask usage, it's giving the government more power then it needs.

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Strike_Eagle784 2 points ago +2 / -0

Second this. Considering how often government has failed within at least the last fifty years, I don't intend to suddenly start obeying now...

Also, I'm an American, not a cuck.