Northern Star,
If you are trying to argue with low IQ people that use the improper use of masks as their rationale that masks don't work or someone that say Asians wear them because they eat bat dick, you are wasting your time. This is the type of idiocy you get on this forum now. And it's unfortunate, that the conversation has come down to these type of immature and moronic comments. Masks are clearly effective to a lesser degree but the gold standard has always been distancing. And anyone that doesn't have the common sense to understand that staying away from infectious people won't reduce the spread of disease is not worth arguing with.
Unfortunately when people like this steer a conversation into a Blue Team, Red Team argument, it detracts from the real issue. Simply put, it is the shutting down of an economy in exchange for a loss of lives. I'm guessing someone like yourself might argue that if we even save one life, it's worth it (but feel free to elaborate in your own words). My viewpoint is much more statistical based and I would say that there is a significant price to pay if people aren't allowed to work and put food on their table (which can also result in a severe financial hardship and possibly a loss of life itself). Clearly there will be some casualties. What percentage of people dying is acceptable is the $64k question. I think people on both sides of this argument can have a civil disagreement on this without all the childish bullshit. Unfortunately, you can lose a lot of brain cells when people are allowed to go unchecked in arguments like these.
