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Originally Posted by issybird
The gov’s ending the state mask mandate as of today. Cases are up, hospitalizations are up, what is he thinking?
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My guess is that it's a calculated decision. On one hand, masks may help in some situations. But the current surge happened while mask mandates were still in effect. So masks are not the end-all.
On the other hand, people are starting to question why they still have to wear masks after getting vaccinated. They are saying, "If the vaccine is so worthwhile, why do we still have to wear masks, socially distance, and have just been told by Fauci and others that we can't dine inside?" This is not an unreasonable question to ask, and may be causing more people to skip the vaccine if they see no benefit to it.
IMHO, the vaccine will do more to end covid than the masks will, and the trade-off in this mask mandate decision may be to prompt more people to take the vaccine.
The case could be made that masks help with the flu and other airborne diseases as well, not just covid, therefore they should be mandated forevermore. That would not be palatable to the population, and it's not because they are idiots. We live with the acceptance that there will be some amount of sickness and death as the bad end of the trade-off for the lifestyle we want to live.