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The longer a society wears masks, the sicker everyone will be when they eventually come off. In the formerly overly cautious US Northeast, kids are getting sick left and right this school year. And COVID is the least dangerous bold-faced name they need to worry about.
This is an absolute myth. There is no evidence of "immunity debt", and serious public officials parrotting this nonsense are doing real damage. It's a tempting explanation because it's simple and seems to make intuitive sense, but it's just wrong. The explanation that has much more evidence is that everyone and their dog caught COVID, and COVID has been directly linked to lasting immune system damage, making everyone…
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> It doesn't need to have zero cost in order to be the correct thing to do. The question is whether or not the trade-off is worthwhile. I don't dispute this. You're more than welcome to continue doing whatever you want and make that trade-off for yourself. I won't be participating, because to me, the value of seeing human faces vastly exceeds the benefit of avoiding a cold (assuming that is even achievable, which I d…
>But the metaphor of "pants" is absurd. Yes that's the point. It's a reductio ab absurdem. The pant metaphor is obviously absurd for the same reason that the initial position you posited is absurd. In order to salvage your initial position, you need to differentiate the logic or premises from the absurd argumentation. Pants and Shirts aren't symbols of fear and control despite being mandated in most areas of public l…
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Btw masks work for influenza too! I plan to keep wearing masks during viral outbreaks. Why not? Beats the hell out of being sick.
I myself don't mind wearing a mask, but in general I don't believe we should force others to do so in most circumstances.
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> How would you characterize the costs associated with wearing a mask most of the time when in public? I tried it for a year and it's dehumanizing. Not sure how you'd rate that vs the unknown chance of long covid but I've made my choice.
Yes make sure to tell your doctor you think wearing a mask is before they work on you or you mother or your child. Tell them you think masks are dehuminizing. Or just skip to what you really mean, tell your doctor who is going to operate on your or your child that you do not think they work. Moron.
If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
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For vaccinated individuals, being sick for two weeks is unusual. When I got covid the first time, before vaccines were available, I was sick less than a week. I had a few weeks of brain fog after that but it cleared up. I got it again last week and I was sick for only a day. Not any worse than any cold I’ve had before. Indeed I’ve had fewer sick days the last couple of years than I did the year my daughter started da…
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I actually just banned you for this because the post was so shocking and abusive. However, after looking quickly at your comment history, it's clear that the overwhelming majority of your contributions have been positive, so I undid the ban. Thanks for being a good user, and please just don't do this again.
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>But the metaphor of "pants" is absurd. Yes that's the point. It's a reductio ab absurdem. The pant metaphor is obviously absurd for the same reason that the initial position you posited is absurd. In order to salvage your initial position, you need to differentiate the logic or premises from the absurd argumentation. Pants and Shirts aren't symbols of fear and control despite being mandated in most areas of public l…
My "initial position" was that the metaphor is absurd. So we agree.
Anyways, this is an old thread so I'll drop off. Have a nice day.
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Indoor masking is quite common in the SF Bay Area.
It's a cult over there. They get guilted into feeling like bioterrorists if they don't.
There are certain places where many people are masked, so I might wear one to be polite.