{"id":226534,"date":"2021-04-14T01:46:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-mindless-mask-regime-might-be-here-to-stay-unless-you-resist-it\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T01:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:46:51","slug":"the-mindless-mask-regime-might-be-here-to-stay-unless-you-resist-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-mindless-mask-regime-might-be-here-to-stay-unless-you-resist-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#The mindless mask regime might be here to stay, unless YOU resist it"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The mindless mask regime might be here to stay, unless YOU resist it<\/strong>”
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The masks might be forever. We have to come to terms with the fact that a large chunk of the US population will be wearing masks in public for years, maybe even decades to come.<\/p>\n

Even if we unquestionably achieve herd immunity, even if 100 percent of the population is vaccinated, even if COVID cases nationwide drop to zero and even if the coronavirus by some miracle learns to communicate in a human language and tells us, forthrightly, \u201cWell, you beat me,\u201d some Americans, especially those in blue metropolises, will continue to cover their faces \u2014 and shame you for not going along.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a massively depressing thought.<\/p>\n

For more than a year, public-health authorities have urged us to put up with temporary inconveniences, always with the soothing promise that it will be only a little while longer. But recently, NPR cheerfully <\/em>reported about the growing number of people who see masks as a source of Permanent and Absolute Safety.<\/p>\n

Flu and other respiratory illnesses are down this year owing to our ubiquitous face coverings, our state-run news<\/a> agency tells us, so maybe we should just keep wearing them. Meanwhile, the rapp<\/a>er\u00a0Will.i.am\u00a0and Honeywell have introduced a super-duper smart mask<\/a> that runs $300. The \u201cXupermask\u201d allows the wearer to chat on the phone or listen to some dulcet music while signaling her virtue. <\/p>\n

None of this should give anyone the slightest bit of confidence that the days of ubiquitous mask wearing will soon be behind us.<\/p>\n

Yes, masks reduce the transmission of airborne illnesses. You know what else reduces transmission? Staying in a protective plastic bubble in your living room and never venturing into the dirty, filthy, infectious outdoors. And even if it makes sense to wear a mask in tight indoor quarters, it is utterly unscientific and, yes, moronic to wear them outside, and yet blue-state denizens insist.<\/p>\n

Sigh. The mask fanatics \u2014 some of whom hold advanced degrees that make them no wiser<\/em> as human beings \u2014 can\u2019t be reasoned with.<\/p>\n

The awkward moments with double-masked parents at kids\u2019 birthday parties, the ridiculous restaurant rituals, the seething public glares from masked to maskless on our streets \u2014 all will continue. They will say it\u2019s but a small price to pay for Health Most Holy and Sacred Safety. Huge swaths of Americans will literally be lost to our sight and recognition.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sinister phenomenon that runs radically counter to our cultural history.<\/p>\n

Many cultures embrace face covering. Western culture, however, isn\u2019t among them. Western culture revels in the human face and form. That is why \u201cWesternization\u201d is so often associated with immodesty in the East (often unfairly, for celebrating the face needn\u2019t entail baring the backside or plunging d\u00e9colletage).<\/p>\n

A future in which millions hide behind protective masks as they wander around is a steep departure from the Western ideal, rooted in both the Greco-Roman celebration of the human form and the Genesis teaching that God formed man and woman in his image.<\/p>\n

The typical conservative reaction \u2014 to blame government \u2014 doesn\u2019t quite apply here. It\u2019s mainly cultural forces that promote masking in needless places. And private actors have lined up eagerly, with Big Tech actively suppressing science<\/a> that questions the efficacy of mask-wearing.<\/p>\n

Yet we still can<\/em> resist the phenomenon. We can fight against this faceless future with our own refusals. We can proudly display our lipstick, smile at a passerby and even be understood clearly when we speak. Put simply, we can go back to a normal past, when people\u2019s faces brightened our day instead of terrifying us.<\/p>\n

Of course, there is some marginal safety upside to wearing a mask; there always has been. But in the more sensible recent past, most people realized that such small protection wasn\u2019t worth hiding our faces night and day.<\/p>\n

We should treat with compassion our fellow citizens who sheepishly embrace the forever-mask regime \u2014 but not too much compassion. Those of us who value things like basic human interaction shouldn\u2019t feel shy about mocking those who cling to the facial security blankets or who don high-tech, celebrity-endorsed visage eviscerators. It\u2019s OK to acknowledge that a world without faces isn\u2019t one we want to inhabit.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s bare our faces to the nice, fresh air, pucker and smirk at every available opportunity. Don\u2019t be daunted by the masked masses. Plenty of us want to see your face.<\/p>\n

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