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But it’s not the same thing. I think lockdowns were clearly on the balance correct and in my province we on two occasions emerged from lockdown too soon causing a number of health complications. We also ended masking too soon and have made society basically unliveable for anyone who is immunocompromised given their heightened risk since most of the mask protection comes from other people’s masks not their own. It’s downright shameful that we are throwing away people’s lives for minor inconveniences. Almost every immunocompromised kid in the province is back in online schooling while many of them attended schools during mandatory masking. They are getting all the negatives that we were concerned about for everyone with school closures but suddenly that’s less important than freedom from masks. Good societies protect their most vulnerable and we instead choose to intentionally throw them under the bus for very minor conveniences.

>>TimPC+(OP)
>Since most of the mask protection comes from other people’s masks not their own.

Thats a bit outdated information. Yes, some cloth mask doesnt protect you. A correctly worn N95 however does offer a ~99%+ protection against contracting COVID. Once they are available in enough numbers to go to non medicinal personal as well, which they have been for years at this point, personal protection does absolutely work.