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[โ€“] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Masks are more effective in protecting others if you are sick, rather than protecting yourself if others are sick.

This was 100% not the messaging that was told to the public in the beginning.

[โ€“] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

I think they dumb down messaging too much. But then again, with what we know now, it's not like the public is behaving responsibly. But thats not a messaging problem.