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A smarter plan is to do what has worked in Czech Republic, and just have everyone start wearing masks.

Masks are even privacy enhancing!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-all-americans-be-we...

Why on earth was this downvoted? This crazy avoidance of masks in so many western countries is disastrous. We've killed thousands of people, and for the life of me I can not figure out why. Just cutting up old shirts and tying them to our faces would prevent thousands of deaths, why are we still being told "don't wear masks"?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/28/masks-all-...

Yep, and since then masks have became mandatory also in Slovakia, in Austria (so far only for shopping) & Israel is starting to require them as well.

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