People are in here talking about how young kids don't wear masks correctly, but are they actually any worse than adults at it?
When I go out and see people "wearing masks" I frequently wonder if I'm in some alternate universe science fiction story where everyone on earth has been infected with a stupidity virus or blasted with brainwave-dampening radiation. Surely there must be some explanation for the people removing their masks to cough or talk or leaving their nose uncovered or wearing the mask so loosely that you can literally see their nose and mouth when they look down at something. Same goes for social distancing, hand washing... anything really. Any time there is a procedure, it seems that the average adult will fail to follow it correctly.
I'm pro mask-wearing because the reasoning makes sense to me, but I don't for a second think that we can meaningfully ask the general public to do anything more complicated than "stay home," which they refuse to do but at least understand.
When I go out and see people "wearing masks" I frequently wonder if I'm in some alternate universe science fiction story where everyone on earth has been infected with a stupidity virus or blasted with brainwave-dampening radiation. Surely there must be some explanation for the people removing their masks to cough or talk or leaving their nose uncovered or wearing the mask so loosely that you can literally see their nose and mouth when they look down at something. Same goes for social distancing, hand washing... anything really. Any time there is a procedure, it seems that the average adult will fail to follow it correctly.
I'm pro mask-wearing because the reasoning makes sense to me, but I don't for a second think that we can meaningfully ask the general public to do anything more complicated than "stay home," which they refuse to do but at least understand.