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If only it were that simple to contain an airbourne virus!

It's incredible to me just how quickly "not wanting to live under house arrest" has become a "freedumb", and sad how quickly people are willing to throw away hard-fought liberties in the name of supposed public safety.

To briefly address your point - how did India, which certainly did not wear masks, distance, stay at home, or avoid crowded spots, only just have their "second wave" (such as it is, as it is very hard to find any actual data instead of emotionally-appealing news headlines and pictures), when countries that largely followed the rules (like the one I live in) had one over the winter?

What happened to South Korea, once lauded as the example of what can happen if everyone would just wear a mask?

There is very little in the way of a clear indicator that one approach is better than another.