The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19

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    I hope that these decisions don’t become more widespread.

    Edit: For the sake of clarity, I, of course, respect the fact that a private business is free to make such decisions, and I do understand that the likely reason for this decision was to, as was mentioned, reduce profit loss by keeping employees healthy, but I still do not wish for mask mandates to make a widespread return; their all-too-recent existence is not a memory that I think too fondly of.

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        If it were to, once again, become more widespread, then, yes, it would begin to personally affect me, just as it already has.

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          Oh no something that is good for protecting your health is happening. Quickly, throw ice on all stairs and remove all car brakes!

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            I have no desire for someone to force something on me “for my own good”. If something is truly beneficial, then the public will freely adopt it; people generally won’t willingly endanger themselves. What the conversation should be about is if you are endangering the life of another.

            Side note, your argument for throwing ice on stairs is lacking scope. if it was one’s personal stairs then by all means; however, an area that is to be expected to be used by the public cannot willfully endanger them; If not a criminal charge, then it is certainly a lawsuit waiting to happen. As for removing car brakes, again that depends on exactly what you mean. If the car is not in such a state that would recklessly endanger the life of another, then why would it matter?

            All in all, one should look at things in such a way as to balance public safety, and individual liberty. It is always a trade off. I personally would err on the side of liberty, but this is not without its realistic restrictions.

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              If something is truly beneficial, then the public will freely adopt it

              Sort of like how the public freely adopted using seat belts and speed limits, right?

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                Speed limits, and seat belts are not equivelant examples. A speed limit is a restriction on risk to others, and property, a seatbelt is a reduction on the risk to only oneself, unless one has passengers, but even that has its logical limits. I can perhaps see the parallel you are drawing with speed limits, but I’m not entirely sure that it is necessarily an accurate comparison to make. To speed requires willful intent to endanger. As such, I could see it being argued that it is a violation of the Non-Aggression Principle. Not wearing a mask, however, is really only willful intent to endanger anothor if one is knowingly ill, and willfully spreads it to others (and, if so, it should be punished accordingly); however, if one is not knowingly ill, then there is no aggression.

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              If something is truly beneficial, then the public will freely adopt it

              Hah. Look up how some people fought seat belt laws. Just like masks and vaccines they’re not actually doing much most of the time, but you’ll be glad to have them when it matters, or rather you will be missing them when it matters.

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                People fought against drunk driving laws lol, with pretty much the same “personal freedom” arguments.

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                Look up how some people fought seat belt laws.

                Seat belt laws are not an equivalent example. Unless one has fellow passengers, not wearing a seat-belt is of no risk to anyone but oneself.

                Just like masks and vaccines they’re not actually doing much most of the time

                Then why enforce rules when there is no risk to anyone? To enforce a rule is to say that there is an aggression that is being controlled.

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                That question is a little more complicated than one that can be answered by a simple “yes”, or “no”. The simplest answer that I can give is that I’m not opposed to wearing a mask; however, whether or not I would choose to wear one is highly dependent on circumstance.

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                While the community suffers the aggragate, the individual is still not individually powerless.

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              If something is truly beneficial, then the public will freely adopt it; people generally won’t willingly endanger themselves.

              You’re extremely naive if you think that’s true. Explain the thousands upon thousand of COVID death that were due to people not following the most vanilla guidelines to prevent that from happening in the first place.

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                I did say “generally”. Also, in the general sense – I’m not specifically talking about Covid – if a person chooses to endanger themself, then that is not of my concern.

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      TSA mandates will be announced in about a week. It’s already been leaked. Two weeks to slow the spread. Literally. Same playbook as last time. I expect them to stick around for much much longer.

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        It’s been a week, I’m still waiting on those TSA mandates. … Hell, I’m still waiting on the National Guard’s mass round-ups into those non-existent FEMA camps …