| > Citation please. Please show your evidence that the risk of transmission I did not ask for citation when you made the reverse statement. For me it's common sense, less exposure time, safer... > we're not actually having a conversation about safety here, but rather about personality conflicts. You keep trying to steer things towards that. Answer would be no, I still think its safer to wear a mask as long as reasonably possible. Now, a yes answer would also be interesting at which point, why is it so hard to respect some rules even if it doesn't make sense for you and are not immediately obvious? You seem to make an assumption over and over and don't seem to consider that maybe, the foundation for that is wrong... hence dig into your position. For me, even if what you say is correct, conforming to a rule for a duration of a flight is no different then conforming to any other minor thing such as wearing a seatbelt. Sure, that'd also maybe stupid, but whatever, i have other things to do. > That just makes you a mask-karen Have you ever attempted to jump a queue in Britain?, would you call those people karens too? If yes, the sure. > On the other side there are rebellious personalities who become less likely to do something the moment someone tells them they should. Not my problem to psychoanalize and don't care enough to manipulate, just make people aware of the rule, then let flight attendant know, no scolding either... perhaps you also misunderstood, there's a difference between polite remark and going full-karen. > My wife and I are triple-vaccinated, my kids are vaccinated, and we observed masking and distancing guidelines when it was important Great, me too, so what's the argument about then? > Non-sensical rules and restrictions make us all stupider, and they divert energy from efforts that do actually make a difference, like vaccination. What if they are not stupid? > They also deepen political and cultural divides and create conflict unnecessarily, Yes, people don't like to be made uncomfortable, I was curious of the internal machinations, I guess its clear now. > arguing over how much of a nose is uncovered when there are other people nearby completely unmasked while they eat their peanuts. Rule is if you eat take it off, when you're done, put it fully back on... Why is it so hard to comply? > You are vaccinated right? Otherwise this whole conversation is just ridiculous. Of course, I like living... |