He can't help himself. Because for masks are just a symbol of who to be mad at. respiratory viruses work the same way whoever you choose to be mad at.
https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/status/1493592136817778701
2/ to elaborate on the point, I'm less strict about masking then I was before I was vaccinated. I was even less strict by late last year when prevalence was low and my individual risk of bad outcomes was low. I got stricter with Omicron. Now I'm backing off a bit again.
3/ What's less strict? I put on a mask whenever I'm in a public indoor space. Less strict is what I do in smallish private get togethers. I understand pulling back mask mandates in various states now. Good idea/bad idea? Not sure. But we have to balance impositions ...
4/ like mandates with relative risk. If politicians don't follow their own rules that's always a bad thing, whether covid-related or not. But I am glad there were mask mandates in my two sons' schools because it reduced the amount of sickness in those schools and for ...
5/ the people who had to be unmasked with those kids. I wear a mask in indoor public places mainly because I don't want to get COVID. So I really don't care whether Jay-Z or some other celebrity wears a mask or not at the Super Bowl. Mainly because I have a life.
6/ Whether or not you choose to wear a mask is a matter of individual risk aversion. Remember, we're still in the midst of a global pandemic in which literally thousands of Americans are dying every day. When the relative risk is high enough we should mandate their ...
7/ use in certain settings. When the risk gets low enough we should leave it to people's individual choice. Which moment we're in local and state governments can decide. It's not ideology. Masks reduce your chance of contracting COVID. That remains the same whoever ...
8/ you want to be mad at, whichever celebrity controls your thought patterns.
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