You never miss an opportunity to be a dick, why?
I guess he can't help it!
"The science says ..." has become a national refrain that anyone can repeat to thwart, immediately and permanently, any criticism that might be coming their way.
Very true. There is no science involved here at all. It's become a proof by buzzword, a fallacy.
For years we’ve been told to "listen to the science" on climate change.
There isn't any, obviously. The Church of Global Warming denies the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law. They also deny probability and statistical mathematics.
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, we’ve been told to "listen to the science" on how the virus spreads and what steps we should take to combat it.
There isn't any, obviously. The Church of Covid denies most of microbiology, biology, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics,engineering specifications (specifically N95 and Medical Class 1) and deny probability and statistical mathematics.
This has led to some common-sense lifestyle changes: wear a mask indoors, let workers who can work remotely do so, etc.
None of it is going to impress an airborne virus. Masks are completely ineffective against a virus. This includes N95 and Medical Class 1 (surgical) masks. Covid19 is in the air, everywhere, and on every surface.
It has also led to some silly rules: restaurants barred from selling alcohol after 10 p.m. (because that’s when COVID-19 emerges for its nocturnal mischief!),
Agreed. Pretty silly. It has also led to the use of plastic barriers at cash registers and between restaurant booths. Makes no difference. Air just flows around these.
national parks closed (so people can stay cooped up indoors for the good of their health),
Yellowstone Natl Park had 1.588 million visitors in 2021. Doesn't sound like the park is close at all! Oh, masks are required everywhere in the park at all times...except for the bears, wolves, deer, and skunks, of course.
and outdoor mask mandates.
Pretty ridiculous. Any mask mandate causes paradox M.
Even when we knew little about the virus,
We knew it was a variant of the Covid/SARS series, and that it would behave like any other of the series. Other than being unusually mild, it has.
it was pretty obvious that passing someone on the sidewalk or relaxing, socially distanced, in the same park as your neighbor wasn’t going to contribute significantly to community spread.
Really makes little difference. The problem is the fear mongering, not the virus itself.
Yet that didn’t stop cities from implementing outdoor mask mandates — or stop citizens from taking these mandates extremely seriously.
Again, paradox M...and unconstitutional.
Washington has had an outdoor mask mandate in place for nearly a year now, and while it makes an exception for "vigorous outdoor exercise" and "maintaining social distance of at least six feet from other people," you wouldn’t be able to tell by walking down the street.
You are referring to Washington DC, not the State of Washington.
As a D.C. resident, I have seen countless bikers in masks
I see 'em in Washington State too. They are hypochondriacs...and rather silly looking.
as well as clusters of Lululemon-wearing yoga observers, six feet apart in a park and fully masked.
Same as the bike riders, and even sillier looking.
Runners wear masks, gaggles of friends in parks wear masks. You will likely get dirty looks if you step outside of your apartment, even for a moment, for an unmasked breath of fresh air.
Frankly, I don't care if I get dirty looks from Democrats and their minions.
For people in D.C. and other metro areas across the U.S., outdoor mask-wearing isn’t about following the science.
Obviously, since there isn't any.
It’s a lifestyle, and it’s about signaling to others that they’re taking this pandemic seriously.
Bingo. It is virtue signaling. It is also hypochondria.
But it’s not 2020 anymore.
Covid19 started in 2019 in the news, hence the commonly used name. The actual name of this variant is SARS-CoV-2.
More than half of Americans are at least partially vaccinated.
True, for what good it does them.
The economy is opening back up.
Not in locked down areas.
The only signaling we should be doing now is signaling that we’re actually following the science, not following overzealous efforts to indicate our superiority.
There is no science involved here. Covid19 exists. That is not science. It is a variant of the Covid/SARS series. That is not science. Engineering specifications such as N95 or Medical Class 1 are not science. Mandating masks and vaccines are not science. Paradox M and paradox V are not science.
Last week, Slate ran an article concluding that "it’s about time for us to stop wearing masks outside." In the article, an infectious diseases physician explains how unlikely it is to get COVID-19 from passing someone on the street:
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Covid19 is an airborne virus. You can get infected WITHOUT passing ANYONE on any street!