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[–] merc 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you still, in 2024, not understand how airborne illnesses like COVID spread?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, I understand how they are spread. Why do you ask?

[–] merc 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then you understand why being 10 meters away from other people doesn't matter?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some people have hearing or cognitive impairments and use lip reading to understand people speaking at conferences. Ironically, wearing a mask during a conference speaking event is ableist