I understand that you’re trying to analyze the policy failures in terms of dialectic reasoning, but the policy about masks that results from that reasoning is not good enough. So, perhaps first-principles thinking should be emphasized as a better way to formulate policy, at least in certain situations.
The policy position about masks would be to recommend the use of elastomerics (assuming adequate supply) but not to mandate their use. Mandates would only be required if compliance was so low that there was a high risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed.
Assuming adequate supply of elastomerics again, vents are mostly a non-issue. If some people would want to risk infection by not wear an elastomeric, that would remain a personal decision. Also, the users of elastomerics would have a much lower chance of being contagious. Vents would be a problem only in special circumstances like nursing home care where disposable PPE would be more appropriate. [Ventless elastomerics are available such as the MSA Advantage 290, so disposable respirators seem completely unnecessary in any circumstance.]
I understand that you’re trying to analyze the policy failures in terms of dialectic reasoning, but the policy about masks that results from that reasoning is not good enough. So, perhaps first-principles thinking should be emphasized as a better way to formulate policy, at least in certain situations.
The policy position about masks would be to recommend the use of elastomerics (assuming adequate supply) but not to mandate their use. Mandates would only be required if compliance was so low that there was a high risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed.
Assuming adequate supply of elastomerics again, vents are mostly a non-issue. If some people would want to risk infection by not wear an elastomeric, that would remain a personal decision. Also, the users of elastomerics would have a much lower chance of being contagious.
Vents would be a problem only in special circumstances like nursing home care where disposable PPE would be more appropriate.[Ventless elastomerics are available such as the MSA Advantage 290, so disposable respirators seem completely unnecessary in any circumstance.]