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Originally Posted by Lzen
As far as left/right, I have no idea. Perhaps people on the left are more willing to accept everything the govt tells them even if it's wrong? And perhaps the right has become a lot more distrustful (whether justified or not) of the govt that they are almost to a point of not believing much of anything. We have become a lot more polarized these days, for sure. But I don't believe it's quite as easily boxed as a simple left/right issue.
For me, personally, at first, I didn't think the mask was necessary and probably didn't do much. But I have always been aware of the asymptomatic spread and even questioned some of my friends (not necessarly all right) on social media. But reading about it has convinced me that I should probably wear one if, for nothing else then simply to protect others if I am carrying it.
And, if you're curious, as far as political leanings, I consider myself a right leaning Libertarian.
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Gotcha. The libertarian angle I get. Certainly the "we're all in this together" mentality is antithetical to that.
For the record, I don't personally blame anyone for not necessarily trusting every bit of advice out there. We still know very, very little about this damn disease, and I'm confident that we'll look back years from now and laugh at some of the stupid things we believed. All any of us can do is go on the most reliable information we have at any given point, and it may change. I even get why that erodes trust. It sucks, but it is what it is.