I feel like the concept of "hygiene theater" is experiencing a bit of semantic drift.
And while I don’t own the phrase in any way, I think it’s worth clarifying what I meant by it.
And while I don’t own the phrase in any way, I think it’s worth clarifying what I meant by it.
“Hygiene theater” is firms/govts spending $$ to fight the virus where it doesn’t thrive (surfaces) & rejecting a science-based approach (ventilation, etc), in a way that creates direct & indirect victims (eg, closed transit, or 'clean restaurant tables innoculate me from COVID').
People wearing masks in CVS isn’t hygiene theater. It’s fine.
There’s a wide distribution of immuno-health, cleanliness preferences, germophobia, and neuroticism in every country. That preference distribution isn’t “theater.” Most of it is just fine.
There’s a wide distribution of immuno-health, cleanliness preferences, germophobia, and neuroticism in every country. That preference distribution isn’t “theater.” Most of it is just fine.
Let’s call it “hygiene polarization”: the widening distribution of health risk and germophobia in this stage of the pandemic.
It’s happening, and it’s interesting. It’s just not hygiene “theater.”
It’s happening, and it’s interesting. It’s just not hygiene “theater.”
https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1418197650562863108?s=20
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