Like, shouldn’t he be FOR people wearing masks instead of saying do whatever the fuck you like basically. Seems like America in general has this pigheaded attitude towards Coronavirus.
All this talk about how UFC are doing things safely and he says some stupid shit like that which undermines everything. At this point in time, just fucking wear a mask and be safe until things start to roll around again.
i dont know what dana said/did.
but yes, americas response to covid has been pretty poor, both on the side of officials and citizens.
however, the country is in a state where ~60% of all adults have been at least partially immunized, those adults who arent immunized are largely composed of individuals who do not desire to be, and active cases of covid have been on a steady decline since the peak in late january.
The evidence for the efficacy of vaccines to greatly reduce probability of symptomatic infection is clear and very strong. the evidence for the efficacy of vaccines to reduce asymptomatic infection is not as definitive, but there is emerging data showing that vaccines can reduce asymptomatic infection as well, suggesting vaccinated individuals have a greatly reduced potential to be spreaders of covid.
IMO, all of this argues that the united states is in a position to relax covid restrictions that have been damaging to our economy and life. Also IMO, the wearing of masks is not significantly damaging to either, and i will continue wearing a mask certainly where it is required, but also in any public situations where i am not eating, until true herd immunity is acheived or when the risks are closer to being fully negligible in my locality.