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Comment by jahnu

4 days ago

I wouldn’t bet on a sane response to it. People are afraid of 5G, vaccines, and even masks.

IMHO, dislike of masks is built into us as a social species that place significant value on facial expressions. Makes sense from an evolutionary game theory perspective for societies to discourage them.

Easy to find research showing the detrimental effects of masks on communication, etc: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10321351/

Man I was doing ok this afternoon, why did you have to go poke a stick in people's totally rational responses to respiratory PPE?