BTRTN: Unmasked... Do Citizens Have the Right To Refuse To Wear Masks?
Born To Run The Numbers on the mask issue: why won't some of the states with the biggest COVID-19 problems require all citizens to wear masks in public? And do those citizens have the right to refuse to cooperate with such an order?
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/07/btrtn-unmasked-do-citizens-have-right.html
Excerpts: "Einstein provided that great definition of insanity, which is to “do the same thing over and over again and expect a different outcome.” Perhaps Einstein would have been pleased by this definition of stupidity: being told exactly what steps you must take to solve your catastrophic problem, and then completely ignoring them...
"Yes, five of the states with the most acute density of COVID-19 cases still don't think they need to take one of the most simple, effective, and proven ways to contain the virus... Governors Kemp, DeSantis, and Ducey, it seems pretty darn likely that it is going to take more than masks -- perhaps going back to square one and locking down large portions of your states -- to get your COVID-19 problems under any semblance of control. And yet you do not even require masks in public places... perhaps the simplest and most effective step you could take.
"Many of the governors who refuse to implement mask requirements claim that they think masks are a matter of personal choice, and that they respect the right of the individual to make their own choice. This is truly the apotheosis of circular idiocy: stupid governors making stupid decisions and justifying them by citing their respect for the right of the individual idiot to make stupid decisions...
"All we need now is state governments that have to suck it in, accept that they re-opened too quickly, too broadly, and without any of the testing infrastructure in place to measure whether they were able to keep the virus in check while re-opening..."
