The mask-o-meter of fury
I hate masks, and I’ve written about them many times, including here and here . Never previously compulsory in a viral outbreak (because they don’t curtail them ), they were mandated in many places in 2020 not for reasons of public health but because a) they set an alarm off in people’s brains, telling us we are in an ‘emergency’ situation, b) they pushed compliance - you became one of the ‘good’ ones when you wore one, c) political and public health leaders could look virtuous in public by wearing them, d) petty authoritarians throughout society could be brought on board with anti-covid measures and e) they made an enormous amount of money for companies that manufactured them. They are a social , psychological , health and environmental catastrophe. They have set the human race back decades. Those who would say “oh, it’s a minor imposition to pop one on when you go into a shop” were totally and utterly wrong, because the ‘drip-down’ effect meant that they would be worn in pl