@[Joseph Cox](user:127658) and @[DRM](user:130312), you both have had to say about Covid and both supported mask wearing, but lately I've read a lot of information which says they don't help. And if they do, how do you explain these charts:

https://rationalground.com/mask-charts

@[Joseph Cox](user:127658) seems to be the resident expert on this. Joseph, what's your take on this?

I agree Moon. How would this even work? How does one watch a movie, and pay attention to their friends and their conversations at the same time? I think it would be distracting, no?

I agree. Too many people view these mask policies as infringing on their rights. But they don't complain about seat belt laws. Both save lives, I don't see the difference.

I can't believe Sweden fared so well. Are you telling me that @[DRM](user:130312) was right all along and the world never should have gone into lockdowns???

So Mr. DRM, you saw a video on YouTube saying it was safe to send kids back to school, so it must be true?

Surprising. I would have thought it would be much higher. But it's all relative. Almost 1k dead is still a major loss. Imagine if there was a terrorist attack with that many dead. It would be huge news. Remember 9/11?

I have to disagree with you here DRM. Many children have died from COVID-19. Yes, they are in the minority, but what kind of parents wants to take that kind of risk? Plus a very high percentage of children with COVID develop Multisystem inflammatory syndrome which can cause long term damage.

Yes, I will say this new information certainly puts things into a different perspective for me. But I do think we need to find a way to keep the economy open AND keep people safe. I think wearing masks and being socially distant should be mandatory everywhere in the US. The people who refuse to wear a mask just seem crazy to me.

It seems that Joseph may have been right that more people could die from hunger induced by the pandemic, than from the pandemic itself:

edition.cnn.com/.../index.html