It's a sad day for both science and civil liberties in Massachusetts, where the innocent populace are about to be subjected to both a curfew and an outdoor mask requirement—regardless of whether anyone else is around. The overreaction is in response to a relatively minor and inevitable uptick in cases (up just half a percentage point today) due to the onset of autumn and the fact that you cannot hide forever from a communicable disease.
PlagueBlog hopes that neither measure will survive the inevitable legal challenges, but notes that the innocent victims of our satanic panic four decades ago have never been exonerated, so recommends against holding your breath (especially in a mask). Now is also not the time to read the latest research on just how scientifically baseless and potentially dangerous casual and ersatz mask use is.
Monday, November 02, 2020
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