Why do Redditors make fun of the 'security theatre' of the TSA but lose their shit over people not wearing a thin piece of cloth over their face?

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[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

You're using an article from months ago before South Korea reopened. The only way they've been able to reopen is with masks. Again, I know people who live there and what daily life is like there as compared to here. And, no, it's not only masks, but masks help and even common sense should tell you that they keep droplets in. If you don't want to operate with common sense, I can't help you.

[–]Velocity 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I don't intend to be disrespectful, yet why can't you into science much? Don't get your science info from mainstream news outlets. The science is settled, debunk it if you think you can.

All of the cloth masks and materials had near zero efficiency at 0.3 µm

https://aapsonline.org/mask-facts/

Common sense indeed.

[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent

[–]Velocity 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This can go back and forth all day like a tennis match. Like the Gov originally said for cloth masks, "don't wear them, because they don't work."

[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Or you can just err on the side of caution and wear a piece of cloth which barely inconveniences most healthy people but has the potential to save people's lives. It's not a hard choice for me, and I don't need to wait for the 100th peer-reviewed study to come out before I just wear some type of tight cloth item around my nose and mouth when I'm going to be indoors or in a crowd.

[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449

[–]Velocity 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Don't forget, that the majority of the people currently with Covid were wearing masks.

[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't forget that masks are meant to protect other people from you but don't work as effectively to prevent other people's germs from getting in. It's also not supposed to be a substitute for distancing which is why you see a lot of cases coming from places like prisons and meat-processing facilities where people are stuck right next to each other for long periods of time.

[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even if you decide based on some disagreements among studies that it's unclear how protective face masks are, when it's unclear whether something could save another person's life or not, I go with erring on the side of saving other people's lives. I've given you two credible sources (not from mainstream media - which does occasionally get things right) which you can choose to do with what you will. I'll be here acting like the people I lived among in Korea, looking out for fellow humans.