Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2021-05-03 21:55
I too am appalled. If someone does not wish to wear a faceguard, then that is their choice, but please stay at home. I believe in them (as a not 100% effective device, but better than nothing) as I believe in the vaccines (again, not 100% effective, but better than almost anything else available).
Do I believe in bell coverings? Well, if that study shows effectiveness (I have not read it) then yes, I'd believe in them. But - whether I believe or not, if a group says they're required to play, then I have a simple decision to make, scientific or not. Either put one on and play with the group, or not put one on and not play with the group. There's really no argument at that level - I may think it's a waste of time and effort to put that bell cover on (as someone in a store thinks a cubreboca is a waste of time) but it's the current mandate. I'd have to argue at a much higher level - and win - to get the bell covering mandate rescinded. I have much better ways to waste my time right now - the ROI is too low.
Not everyone wants a vaccine, and I can understand it. My fiancée is deathly afraid of the vaccine since all her news has come from flawed politicians and WhatsApp. It's hard to convince someone that the vaccine is safe when what they hear is troubling to them. But ... they'll gladly get in the car or walk the crumbling sidewalks here in Cancun where the chance of death is so much higher, from a myriad of different ways.
Heavy sigh. I'll convince her. But she won't be happy.
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