[ExI] the science might be wrong

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 01:41, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> >…OK, so as I suspected, even if you agreed that mandating the wearing of
> masks would save lives, and that it could be adequately enforced, you would
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> Stathis Papaioannou
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> I wouldn’t.  I would agree with wearing one myself however, and would.
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> Consider the MINO: mask in name only.  They are made of spandex.  Very
> comfortable, one scarcely knows one is wearing it.  Doesn’t get wet
> inside.  Doesn’t trap anything.  Clearly states it is not for medical
> purposes, it is only for fashion purposes.  Well, that is still a mask.
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> Government cannot force this upon us.  We don’t want a government with the
> power to dictate that kind of thing, particularly since it has demonstrated
> it doesn’t know how to handle pandemics.  Some governments did better than
> others, but the better ones did less.
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There would be no point enforcing anything unless the enforcement led to a
better outcome, and outweighed the inconvenience and limitation to personal
liberty.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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