Reply #17: What gets me is those blue masks.

[mwb970]

Everyone in Mexico seems to be wearing blue masks. They are always shown in the "wallpaper" footage on the cable news channels as expert after expert explains that the masks do no good, are not capable of "filtering out" the flu virus, and basically do nothing at all to protect people. There is a kind of mask that would work to some degree, but they are expensive and only medical staff have them. The blue ones do nothing but make the person feel better for no actual reason. Therefore, all those frightened people are basically following a debunked superstition.

Why does this make me think of America's right-wingers? Hmm. Scared over nothing, adopting "remedies" that are known not to work, spreading fear before the situation is well understood, ignoring science...