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by umvi
1772 days ago
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An interesting idea but this is a massive PR battle you'd have to win. At least 50% of the poplulation will scream at the idea of mandatory government-issued masks (even if they were billed as "super masks that protect you from all harm"). I suspect if you put it to a vote right now, more than 50% of the population would agree with the following phrase: "I feel that being vaccinated is good enough criteria to stop wearing a mask or social distance" The problem is that the goalposts keep shifting with this pandemic. Biden said earlier that if you got vaccinated you wouldn't need a mask any more. That was true for maybe 1 month here in Maryland. Goalposts have since shifted. What is the endgame? Nobody seems to know. It's just a nebulous incoherent mixture of random arguments involving protecting the unvaccinated, preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, protecting children and immunocompromised, preventing covid from mutating, etc. Heavy handed public health policies aren't free. You might accomplish some public health goal, but at the cost of increased social discord, decreased citizen morale, increased mistrust of the government, increased illwill toward the government, or other factors which could have far worse long term consequences. |
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