Obviously masks work, and so does distancing and also fresh air. The Sturgis event, where hundreds of thousands of old white fools assembled to LARP with their motorbikes, was stupid. The question I must ask is - how stupid.
A paper came out claiming 250,000 new infections. I didn't post on the topic on account it was Too Bad To Be True - I am not a Jimmo Patterico who pounces on whatever bullshit makes DRUMPF look bad (and neither is hbdchick - h/t to her again). So here is a study to question the numbers.
Whether mask and distancing mandates work is another question. Well documented is Peru which issued more mandates than Grindr. Except that nobody Peruvian followed any of them.
Our virus-prevention strategy has to be toward social shaming. Sure, you are allowed to scratch your arse and to pick your nose in public. You are allowed to gorge yourself into an obese waddling mess. You are allowed to dress up like a prostitute and to dye your hair several shades of purple. But don't expect a pleasant first impression from others of us, when you do.
How governments (and churches) shift the culture is difficult, especially when such establishments nod to events similarly stupid. (And evil, which Sturgis isn't.)
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