
Originally Posted by
lardy
A few ideas come to mind.
1. Giving these masks to everyone would be expensive.
2. Giving these masks to everyone would vastly exceed supply and would take at the very least months to achieve
3. Giving these masks to everyone might well mean that medical services struggle to get hold of them
4. Putting a bio bin on every corner would also be expensive and beyond plausible to achieve.
When you were a child and were asked to cover your mouth when you coughed or sneezed, did you refuse because your hand won't absorb every single germ? Did you say "it's 100% or nothing"?