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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago

Sorry if the video is sensational. I wanted to talk about something this brought to mind.

Everyone in the video talks about wearing masks as a form of self-protection, and whether we should have a right to do that or whether our employers should be able to tell us not to do that. But I don't wear a mask to protect myself. I wear a mask against the much larger effects it prevents in others. If it was just about me I'd probably never wear a mask unless somebody made me, and I'd resent the hell out of it. Do we have a right to protect others?

This is Quebec. In Quebec, it is illegal to fail to render aid to someone whose life requires it. Doesn't that give people an obligation to wear a mask?

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

In Quebec, it is illegal to fail to render aid to someone whose life requires it. Doesn't that give people an obligation to wear a mask?

Ignoring everything else, this is an interesting moral dilemma.

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