That policies rarely are the result of clear, thoughtful, rationale process and are rather the result of political maneuvering of hot button issues.
I don’t think wearing a mask is the best outcome measure we can take.
Edit: I’m fully vaxxed + booster.
Im not against measures i just think wearing a mask is a band aid solution that doesn’t really work.
-There is evidence that masking helps slow the spread of covid, it is not just some political maneuvering. Especially when high-quality mask is used
The views of masking of the marginal voter are probably against masking at this point. Politicians put back in mask mandates are mainly gonna be ones on the local level that have the electorate to support it. I really don't see the point in complaining about politics without truly considering the politics of the matter.
-Masking is not the only policy intervention we can take. That is why the same people who are pro masking are pro-vaccine, pro track and trace, pro widespread testing, and pro R&D on second-generation treatments. No one is saying masking should be the only option. To act like it is, is straw-manning people.
I am sick and tired of people acting like asking folk to wear a mask is a) Some major infringement on someone's rights b) The only thing people advocate for c) That people are treating it like a cure-all. On an individual level, people are trying not to catch covid, on a macro level people are trying to slow down community spread.
-Secondly, you talk about the thoughtful rationale process, yet you throughout an idea you fully admitted you made up. That doesn't seem thoughtful to me, that doesn't seem rational
You want to push back on masking and the alternative you wanted people to consider was trying to decrease obesity by 10%. You gave no consideration to how this could be achieved. The obesity rate in America has been increasing in recent years, it seems like a bunch of socioeconomic factors are driving it.
To decrease obesity by 10% you would need over 9 million people no longer being obese. That seems to me like it would take a massive policy intervention, beyond just telling and encouraging people to eat healthily and work out. The health insurance industry and many employers already try to incentivize this to lower their cost, and it has mainly been a failure.
But somehow that is the better intervention than masking?
So if you are advocating for thoughtful and rational processes, I don't see much coming from your arguments either, to be honest.