Could reporters stop both-siding COVID and focus on why political leaders are failing us? Politicians aren’t reinstating mandates because masks remind us we are in a pandemic, and they are afraid that people will consume less if they see more people wearing masks. They are prioritizing corporate profits over public health.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/22/mask-mandate-covid-tripledemic/

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Why mask mandates aren’t coming back even though covid is

Mask mandates are an effective tool against respiratory viruses. But health officials hesitate to reinstate them after years of political controversy.

The Washington Post
@luckytran Not to mention that his idea of “community” is one with no vulnerable people (because since no one can know for sure whether the person they are interacting with is in a vulnerable category, the only way his idea works is if no vulnerable people exist in his world).