Opinion | Vin Gupta: Mandatory masks are as necessary as smoking bans. - NBCNewsTHINK
Smoking may now be widely understood to be a health risk. But it has taken nearly a half-century for the United States to move strongly against cigarettes, and many millions died unnecessarily in the interim, because of a lack of leadership and the political will to act. We cannot afford a similar delay on masks in the setting of this pandemic. Effective action in this case requires urgency; there is no time to hear both sides of the debates and usher the nonbelievers along.
Of course, not smoking, and not starting to smoke, is now cheaper and easier than ever before. Wearing a mask, on the other hand, is a proactive act. No one enjoys the act of wearing a mask, it chafes skin, can be frightening for young children to see, and fundamentally is intrusive to the social intimacy that fuels our way of life and our sense of personal freedom. And yet, these are trivialities when considering the benefits of a mandatory mask policy.
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