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curl-6 on 18 December 2020
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EricHiggin said:
curl-6 said:

The quality of leadership has varied by country, and what we know about the disease has changed as we've learned more about it, but it's the scientific consensus that masks are beneficial, and it has been for some time now.

Yes, but that's a problem as well. You can't say NZ is a shining example of doing it right because they've beat it, then later on explain they hadn't actually beat it. You've just screwed yourself big time by way overexaggerating. Not to mention some people saw that as more of a political statement then a medical one.

How beneficial matters a lot. Just because eating something you don't like will make you a little bit healthier and will indirectly help others a bit isn't going to convince people to change their diet. It has to make a worthwhile difference to them. Having to wear the high end mask to get a reasonable benefit doesn't help either unless the Gov is going to cover that.

NZ has done a much better job than the vast majority of other countries, that's a fact, their cases have been in the single digits for two months, and most of those in managed isolation, not in the community, how many countries can claim that? They effectively have beaten it.

The expert consensus is that masks help, and even if they only partially helped, you'd be crazy to avoid such a tiny inconvenience when there's a chance it could save lives.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 18 December 2020