> Only, cloth masks _haven't_ caused massive damage, or even any damage.
I think you replied to the wrong comment/comment chain, it said nothing even ballpark like that. The word "damage" doesn't appear in the comment chain aside from this comment.
> Are cloth masks useless "theater"?
Again, this wasn't something anyone in the comment chain claimed.
> However, it is perfectly applicable when aimed at the "this is useless" part.
That quote is a fabrication. The word "useless" doesn't even appear in this comment chain aside from this post/quote.
So when you're creating fake quotes and making multiple baseless claims (quite literally putting in words/quotes that don't exist), it is the epitome of disingenuous.
I was "converting" from _injuries_ (in relation to seat belts) to _damage_ (in relation to masks) as the closest parallel I could make. My apologies that it wasn't clear.
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>> Are cloth masks useless "theater"?
> Again, this wasn't something anyone in the comment chain claimed.
I was grouping the comment about how most of what had been done was "COVID theater" and the comment about masks together. The overall post read, to me, in a way that made it sound like the former also applied to the later. That may not have been intended.
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>> However, it is perfectly applicable when aimed at the "this is useless" part.
> That quote is a fabrication.
It's another wording for part of the original post. The double quotes were intended to indicate the grouping/meaning, not the actual words. I've been using ">" where something is an actual quote, which is generally standard for text communication, but I can see where it might be confusing to someone not used to it.
> most of it was "COVID theater" rather than intended to actually make people safer
That statement, I believe, comes across very clearly as presenting a lot of what was done as useless.
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I'm going to stop on this thread, as replying to multiple individual blocks of text (as I have done here) tends to be a sign that things have either gotten off topic or people are going to stop caring.
The high level summary of what I originally meant was that I believe the steps we are taking are very useful, but agree we should be doing more.
I think you replied to the wrong comment/comment chain, it said nothing even ballpark like that. The word "damage" doesn't appear in the comment chain aside from this comment.
> Are cloth masks useless "theater"?
Again, this wasn't something anyone in the comment chain claimed.
> However, it is perfectly applicable when aimed at the "this is useless" part.
That quote is a fabrication. The word "useless" doesn't even appear in this comment chain aside from this post/quote.
So when you're creating fake quotes and making multiple baseless claims (quite literally putting in words/quotes that don't exist), it is the epitome of disingenuous.