Its inappropriate to attribute a health-seeking behavior to a real and serious mental health condition that many of us may have but which is not necessarily related to our decision to continue being safe and courteous by wearing a mask. Despite what some of the fever swampers may tell you, masks work. Overpathologizing is just as problematic as trivializing PTSD or making it sound like a negative character trait as opposed to an actual condition that reasonably arises out of traumatizing circumstances.I appear to have hit a nerve in asking virologist Angela Rasmussen, PhD (@angie_rasmussen) to comment. Zachary Loeb had a perfect response to this misdirected rebuke:Do not direct your frustrationat those who continueto dutifully wear their masksafter all you are still surroundedby many who refusedto wear them in the first place. We have known for months that wearing masks outside when walking or running is just silly.
People who fail to wear masks during the lockdown should be punished.
( z0 recommend :ARG1 ( z1 punish :ARG1 ( z2 person :ARG1-of ( z3 fail :ARG2 ( z4 wear :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z5 mask ) :time ( z6 lock-down ) ) ) ) ) )
(z0 / recommend-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / punish-01
              :ARG1 (z2 / person
                        :ARG1-of (z3 / fail-01
                                     :ARG2 (z4 / wear-01
                                               :ARG0 z2
                                               :ARG1 (z5 / mask-01)
                                               :time (z6 / lock-down-06))))))
People who fail to wear masks during the lockdown should be punished .
z2 :ARG1-of z3
z3 :ARG2 z4
z4 :ARG0 z2
z4 :ARG1 z5
z4 :time z6
z0 :ARG1 z1
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