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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15
That's why all of the "look at XYZ city, they've had a mask requirement for months and look at their case numbers skyrocket!" comments are stupid.
A mask requirement means nothing if:
It's not enforced;
People aren't wearing them properly
Based on what I've seen, no one is enforcing it, and there are a lot of people not wearing at all, or wearing/using improperly.
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I don't entirely agree that it "means nothing." Very little of this situation is driven by a single, individual's actions. It's all about moving the behaviors of large portions of the population. Based on what I see in the data for my county, the mask requirement took compliance from about 60% to about 90% (caveats about proper wear acknowledged) even though they aren't actively enforcing anything. Even if 10% of people are still not doing it, that 30% jump is definitely impactful at the population level.
It's why I think the vitriol and angst about masks is a little overblown. Some people are gonna be stubborn about it, and that's annoying, but outliers aren't the main drivers of spread of this thing. It's all about getting as many people as possible to do things based on the recommendations.