Earlier this year The Atlantic reported that mask mandates don’t need to make sense, and now they’re exploring not only what senseless mask mandates we might see during the next pandemic, but what those masks might look like:
This is the number one article on the Atlantic’s website right now pic.twitter.com/hLNTde4xwU
— Matthew Shaw (@matthewshaw1111) October 14, 2022
There are often a lot of fake screenshots from The Atlantic going around and sometimes they’re indistinguishable from the real things, but this one is completely authentic:
N95s are the gold standard of masks. But would they be enough to help us in an even deadlier pandemic? @jdkstern13 on the efforts to design the perfect mask: https://t.co/zeEAxFFbON
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 13, 2022
They sound like they’re ready to start another “15 days to slow the spread” just in case.
You can't fix stupid. https://t.co/rE7Gwf3eIT
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 15, 2022
I refuse to be led by terrified hypochondriacs ever again.
— When reason fails, HODL. (@voiceanddesign) October 15, 2022
They’ll never stop https://t.co/CfhKUlXzYq
— PhillyTechGuy #E⬛️⬛️my◼️ft⬛️⬛️Sta⬛️⬛️ (@PhillyTechGuy) October 15, 2022
The Atlantic will do anything to try and get Dr. Fauci to buy a subscription.
In the end, the questions of how much we should invest in improving masks and how we should actually improve them boil down to a deeper question about which possible future pandemic concerns you most. If your answer is a bioengineered attack, then naturally you’ll commit significant resources to perfecting efficacy and improving masks more generally, given that, in such a pandemic, masks may well be the only thing that can save us. If your answer is SARS-CoV-3, then you might worry less about efficacy and spend proportionally more on vaccines and antivirals. This is not a cheery choice to make. But it is an important one as we inch our way out of our current pandemic and toward whatever waits for us down the road.
Some people actually seem excited by the prospect of another pandemic because of all the masking possibilities.
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