Trying to reconcile that some of the people in this country who are hardcore "Nationalists" are also the first to exercise "personal freedom" as the reason for why they won't wear a mask that could protect their fellow countryman at little to no personal cost. #covid19
2/ When you dig deeper here, you may find that this isn't about "personal freedom" at all. If political leadership on both sides of the aisle had been consistent about masks from day 1; kept the narrative the same; pushed for cohesiveness & shared values, I wonder...
3/ I wonder if masks could have then avoided politics & stuck within the realm of science only. Many of our country's most ardent nationalists are also people willing to sacrifice a lot for this country/ many already have. But the way that masks have been framed has missed...
4/ ...an opportunity to leverage that fervor & dedication in a way that could save more lives. Instead, that energy was hijacked as a divisive measure that has persisted onwards to fragment the pandemic response. The damage is not irreparable in my view, but it is complicated.
5/ And so I genuinely wonder-- if you were someone that started off against masks, and have come around; and/or live in a place where masks are still cultural unaccepted-- how do we bridge this divide? What have you found works? What doesn't?We need to solve this problem #covid19
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