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Educating people on the benefits for yourself and others of wearing a mask is good.

Snarky condescending comments like this just alienate people and do nothing to help. They are also against the site guidelines.

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We're long past the point where "educating people" is going to help. The people left who still refuse to mask up are not doing it because of lack of education, and it's time to publicly shame them for their selfishness and arrogance, just like we shame drunk drivers or litterers.

Public shaming works best if the people being shamed care about the regard of those doing the shaming. It works very poorly when the topic is polarized and the shaming can be easily brushed off. The more hyperbolic and over the top you make this shaming, the easier it is to brush off.

I'm really, honestly trying my best to have a reasoned discussion about this! But I don't know where the misunderstanding is, somehow I'm looking at the same numbers for breakthrough infections as you are, and I'm seeing a very different story.

To be clear, I wore a mask religiously for 15 months, and got vaccinated as soon as I could.

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