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There are a lot of more or less inconvenient things that people can do to improve societal safety. Never drive your car over 40 mph. Don't let subway cars get so crowded. And so forth.

Arguably masks fall on the less inconvenient side of things but they're not even the norm in Asia during normal times in countries which have had their share of epidemics. So, no, I don't expect they'll be the norm most places and that will make some people unhappy.




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