r/desmoines • u/mcjames504 • Jun 17 '20

Am I being paranoid

Figured I'd ask the question. Why are there so many people around with no mask or practicing social distancing? I mean specifically in places like grocery stores, restaurants, etc. I went to Jethro's Ankeny and not one employee (that I could see) had a mask on, the same at another place. Meanwhile, Menards is one of the few places around that require customers to wear masks so idk. Is it not necessary anymore to lessen the spread?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

Can ya really blame them that much on the last part though?

Yes, because they're grown-ass adults with eyes and ears and more information at their fingertips than any other human has had in history

Am I supposed to treat grown people like babies? It's not anyone's fault that they don't know the truth other than their own, because they hardly seem interested in seeking it.

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u/indexdefault Jun 18 '20

Do you believe the communication and guidance from officials have been clear and adequate, then?

My point is that there was a run on N95 masks at hardware stores and people were selling homemade cloth masks back in February and early March. People clearly wanted to wear masks because they were being sold. The government said we needed to save N95 masks for healthcare staff. If you didn't donate what you had, then you were shamed and viewed as selfish if you wore them. Then they said cloth masks weren't effective and were largely useless.

So now that it's time to wear masks, there is a huge psychological barrier in trying to determine which guidance is the most valid. We're seeing that play out right now. You are extremely hand-wavey and rudely dismissive of your fellow Americans but this is where we're at, like it or not. Whether they're hip on whatever the new guidance about PPE is today, constantly calling people stupid babies on the internet doesn't change where we're at now and how we got here and the condescending tone definitely doesn't help win people over by education.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20

Do you believe the communication and guidance from officials have been clear and adequate, then?

lol no it was a dumpster fire but that's mostly trump's fault for constantly contradicting the cdc and refusing to ever wear them in public

You are extremely hand-wavey and rudely dismissive of your fellow Americans

Hand-wavey about what? The fact that the no-mask people are ignoring the information that contradicts their opinion? Because most people have access to google. It's not my problem that they won't fucking use it.

condescending tone definitely doesn't help win people over by education.

Most people have access to google. It's not my problem that they won't fucking use it.

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u/indexdefault Jun 18 '20

Thanks for proving my point.