How masks are a big part of the pandemic psychometric test
The decision by many people in the US not to wear them stems from a vacuum of trust and moral authority
23 June 2020 - 18:30
I sometimes refer to the Covid-19 pandemic as “the great psychometric test.” We are all being placed under different kinds of strain, and we have the chance to react for better or worse.
One set of tests has concerned masks. There is increasing evidence that masks stem the spread of the virus, yet the US is not embracing mask-wearing. It is the only major nation that has turned masks into a partisan political issue. That is a psychometric test for the US, and we are failing it...
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