DidDunMegasploded t1_iyee74d wrote on November 30, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Reply to comment by tobascodagama in Maine is out of pediatric hospital beds. “As of Nov. 24, about 30,000 of the country's 40,000 pediatric hospital beds were available. Five states are at 90% capacity or higher. Currently the most overwhelmed state is Maine, at 109% capacity” by membaberry18

Do you really think people would be okay with mandatory masking if it were implemented again?

You tell someone they need to do something they don't want to do, they'll be oppositional but probably still do it. You tell someone they need to do the same thing again, they're gonna get even more upset and even more oppositional. Big guys upstairs don't want to risk that, especially fresh out of midterms.

tobascodagama t1_iyehwg5 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Remember when the argument for dropping the mandates was "if we give people a break, they'll be more inclined to comply if we need to do them again later"?

Our leaders should not be in the business of trying to psychoanalyse the population like this. They should be noticing a problem and implementing the solution that we already know would work.

tyler92203 t1_iyemg92 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:43 PM

If you think that would work you’re delusional. Implementing mandatory masking would have 33% compliance at best, and if you think that makes a positive difference you just haven’t talked to anyone in the state.