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I looked through the article for a link to the ad, but couldn't find it. It is also not linked in other publications. Here is a photo of the ad that I found on Twitter:
Could've just written "holier than thou" and saved himself some ad money. What a sanctimonious garbage person
Holy shit. And how can someone think that mask wearing is still being questioned? Fucking masks make the most sense in the world. Doctors have trusted them for…fuck, who knows how long? A long time. And the technology has only gotten better.
Incorrect mask wearing, sure, the claims of protection can be dubious depending on the mask, but to even bring this up right now is such an insane move. What a dick.
I've thought about this a lot. I think there are three main elements.
People like this will judge the facts based on the conclusions they want, and they sure do prefer the conclusion where their selfishness wasn't that bad.
They're extremely bad at understanding anything that isn't black & white. So when you go into things like rates of effectiveness or levels of confidence, they shut down, and either say "it doesn't work" or "nobody knows for sure."
One of the major benefits of masks is to prevent yourself from spreading infection, and they just plain don't give a flying fuck about other people.
Also, the point that got to me was his defense of sending kids to school because covid wouldn't affect them too badly. Firstly, some kids will be badly affected, and secondly... where the fuck does he think the kids go after school? They go home, where they've got parents, guardians, maybe even grandparents and other elderly family members.
What a dumb asshole.
He's doing that usual nonsense of "It doesN't AffEct KidS lIkE It dOeS adultS" garbage, too, as if kids went to school in a fucking vacuum or something.
Jesus Chris you can't make this shit up. Dude opens with pandemic bullshit in an editorial defending his grade school disciplinary policies?
Talk about rent free. We should mass mail this dude masks.