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Wtf_is_this1234 t1_j2doyqi wrote

Reply to comment by Bad_At_Sports in Masks will be asked and expected at BPS for 8 school days but won’t be made mandatory. by lucifer0915

You can't separate the two because in real life they are in constant conflict with each other.

Because people take masks off constantly to eat/drink/talk to their buddy 2 feet away, the entire premise behind the mandate collapses into reality, where we've seen case rates are basically the same with or without a mandate.

There's a reason we've never wasted time trying to impose mask mandates pre-covid.

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[deleted] t1_j2doohy wrote

Reply to comment by potus1001 in Top state officials, including governor, set to receive a 20 percent pay hike, the largest in years by SomethingDrastic

I pulled 90% out of thin air. The number is actually 100% but I assumed there are 10% out there who must be getting a better raise. I’m under EOEEA. Are you MADOT? Most of my peers have been here less than 5 years and we are only getting the 2.5%. We talk about it all the time and are pretty bitter about it. The way you explain it, it seems like we should be getting more. Are you NAGE or MOSES?

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paxmomma t1_j2doavi wrote

Reply to NYE Fireworks Rain-date? by [deleted]

A little bit of rain doesn't stop anything - it will all happen as planned (would need a big storm to cancel anything and doesn't look like that will happen tonight).

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Bad_At_Sports t1_j2do7b6 wrote

Reply to comment by Wtf_is_this1234 in Masks will be asked and expected at BPS for 8 school days but won’t be made mandatory. by lucifer0915

Okay, so there are two thoughts here that you have to be willing to separate.

The first is that masks aren’t effective at reducing transmission. This is wrong. They absolutely are effective at reducing transmission, and the science backs this up. Even cloth masks, which are less effective than n95s, still have some effect on reducing the number of droplets you spew out into the world when your wearing a mask.

The second thought is that the BPS application of a mask mandate like this is basically ineffective because of all the ways it’s easily ignored - which includes taking them off for lunch AND people who choose not to wear them. And that’s a valid criticism.

But to do nothing and expect people to just deal with getting sick is exactly what leads to massive spikes in hospitalizations, which is the real danger here. It’s not about kids getting sick. It’s about how quickly kids can spread those germs to everyone else without realizing it.

Just get off your high horse and think about other people for once.

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LukeWarmCheesecake t1_j2dnugw wrote

Reply to comment by felineprincess93 in New Orange Line subway cars pulled from service over safety concerns by Omphaloskeptique

Let's pretend there aren't recalls day after day on automobiles that literally injure and kill a bunch of people before the recall gets announced, but the MBTA finding and fixing an arcing problem on 10% of cars is "gross incompetence." Whenever the government isn't absolutely perfect, we have you Republicans come out in full force saying this is "gross incompetence" and the next thing you know everything is being privatized with worse product and higher costs to the tax payer and consumer. The double standard with you guys would be funny if it wasn't so damaging to society. You're all shameful.

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