# Why not wear masks forever?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 8, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-wear-masks-forever/925019 "2020-11-08T00:31:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-wear-masks-forever/925019/85 "2020-11-15T02:52:41Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> The problem is that mask-wearing only by the ill, stigmatizes anyone who wears a mask.

You are right and quite correct to be so very very concerned for the ailing. Which is why I am quite sure that you would emphatically agree that it would be best for no one to wear a mask, ever.

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