[the-dude]

Nobody claims masks need to be worn forever. That is your statement.

We still need to slow down the spread though, as several operations otherwise can't handle the load.

In NL, our undertakers have employed external cooling cells again, just like last winter, to be able to 'service' the dead.

[temp8964]

The top comment uses Japan as the example. They do wear masks forever. So maybe the top comment shouldn't used Japan as the example.

[hn_throwaway_99]

Japan doesn't, and hasn't, had an indefinite mask mandate, like SF has had.

If wearing "forever" means individuals wear masks when they're feeling ill, or when they're in a place with current high transmission of respiratory illness, then I'm all for wearing masks "forever".