Thread by @DrRobDavidson

I am genuinely pissed that a know-nothing Federalist judge lifted the travel mask requirement.

I'm not pissed for partisan or personal reasons, I am pissed as someone 11 days from receiving my MPH (#GoBlue)

Here's why: A 🧵

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Masks should never have been political. They're a simple, risk free method for lessening the risk of COVID19 and yes, saving some lives.

But for a thin skinned, vane, know-nothing former President, this would not be partisan, and many more people would now be alive.

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While not a panacea, masks help, and nothing about wearing them is a genuine burden. I wear one all day long at work. I'm grateful that I can, and I happily do so.

I have recently flown many thousands of miles for Spring Break and college visits. My family and I wore KN95s.

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We will still fly because we are all low risk, vaccinated and boosted, and we have affordable health insurance should we need to seek care.

But public health isn't about any one person or family, it's about all of us, and mostly those at highest risk.

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As a trainee in Population Health, I know that Public Health is about securing the most benefit for the most people while presenting the least amount of burden to all.

That is what masks do. Zero risk. Some gain.

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It is inevitable that some day the mask requirement would be lifted. But it would be done by public health professionals responding to overwhelming evidence that their use was completely unnecessary for the current situation. Instead, it was lifted because of politics.

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I'm sorry to those of you with kids who's cannot yet get vaccinated.

I'm sorry to those with weakened immune systems.

I'm sorry that a group of our fellow Americans care more about a lemming-like following of vanity more than they care about you.
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