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Old 11-24-2020, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
First of all, the whole idea behind wearing masks and social distancing was NOT to eradicate the virus, but to hopefully slow the spread so ICU units would not be overrun. That was called Flattening the Curve. Secondly if you look at the states in the NE that have had long standing mask mandates and much stricter rules on behavior than Florida, they are spiking at a much higher rate than Florida. So if mask mandates and strict rules haven’t worked there, what makes you think making it national would? That’s basically science, huge test groups showing it’s not successful...
There is a simple answer. Mask mandates are not being enforced. There are still too many people who refuse to wear masks and refuse to keep their distance from others. Those are the folks who are spreading this virus. To bad for us.
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