The masks are never going away, folks. Entire industries are growing around the Lockdown Forever ideology. Masking is politically and psychologically useful, in addition to being profitable. Vested interests will fight any effort to give a nationwide all-clear.
https://twitter.com/NBCNewYork/status/1363833203220484100
Even if the government stops pushing mask compliance - and I wouldn't expect that day to come for years, if ever, under the current administration - private companies will be persuaded to require or strongly encourage masks on their premises, and will require them for staff.
They'll say this is necessary to make everyone feel comfortable. Look at the people wearing masks while driving around alone in their cars. They're not going to feel "comfortable" without demanding everyone else wear masks for a very long time. They've been scared to death.
Masks have become a form of social signaling, a tribal identifier, a way for some people to feel superior and broadcast their contempt for anyone who doesn't play along. It could take a while for enough social pressure to build up and make them give up that identifier.
Politically, masks are useful because they're a tangible, visible reminder of panic and desperation. They teach people to feel like they live in a state of perpetual emergency, which is EXTREMELY valuable for opportunistic politicians and statists.
There are SO many other agendas they can't wait to push as "equivalent" to the pandemic, just as statists have long promoted their agendas as the "equivalent" of war. You'll see masks emblazoned with the slogans for other "crises" that supposedly demand the same commitment.
Where do large numbers of people display the level of submission and obedience desired by statists? In a military unit, in a prison, and in a hospital ward. They want you to see the entire country as one or more of those things, every day, always. /end
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