| > Your contention is that masks don't work, and Japanese people don't wear them? No. My evidence-backed argument is that masks don't have much of an effect, and secondarily, my personal observation is that Japanese people don't wear them as much as you claim, particularly inside, while eating and drinking and socializing. They definitely wear them outside, where it doesn't matter much at all. Arguing that you rode a train today and saw lots of people wearing masks on your commute is unsurprising. Completely consistent with what I'm saying. > I drink within a closed circle of friends or family in a bar with separated tables and screens up. The staff all wear masks. Life goes on, but because of the masks and distancing measures, the transmission rates remain low. Right. So you've now twice admitted that you do exactly what I am describing: you go out to eat and drink and socialize and take off your mask, inside, with groups of other people who are also not wearing masks. But it doesn't count when you do it, because reasons. Shields. Treating the staff as Others who have to wear masks around you, in a room full of unmasked people. It's all the same performative logic: you're OK because you're a person who wears a mask (except when you don't). Invent all the rationalizations you like; I don't particularly care. I am not a member of the church. I'm just stating what I see, and you're...well, you're agreeing with me. |