Masking the 'truth'
Fernando Duarte, of the BBC World Service investigates why men are less likely to wear masks, despite reports that WuFlu-related death rates are notably higher among men than women. There have been some scientific
studies on this phenomenon. But, like many, if not all, human behavioural and epidemiology studies into issues surrounding COVID-19 over the months since the outbreak, they're generally too small, rushed, focussed, or biased poorly-designed for anyone but the credulous to draw meaningful conclusions. The World Health Organization, The Donald
, and BoJo
might be persuaded, but they're either desperate, cretinous, or both—in that order.
If you're interested in the findings of these researches, some based more on impression
than hard data, you can start with Duarte's article. I won't summarise or critique it further.
Instead, I will just add my own perspective on face coverings. I find them uncomfortable, humid, stifling, distracting, and an imposition. I have, in the past, observed Chinese travellers at airports, scurrying around wearing face masks because they hail from a fetid, pestilential shithole. Now they're dragging us down to their level, and destroying our way of life. As a sometime libertarian, there are times when I truly think that I'd rather die as a free-thinking, free-willed human being, than scurry around like a shit-scared Chinese dog.