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What you wrote in your health policy: “masks are encouraged but not required”

What I read: “Anti-maskers are welcome here. We wish the more vulnerable members of our community would just die and stop inconveniencing us.”

@mossmann "Masks are encouraged but not required"

No, they are not encouraged or you wouldn't phrase it that way.

"Please wear a mask" is how you express encouragement. You don't have to say "not required". Saying "not required" except when explicitly asked is saying "masks are DISCOURAGED".

Cassandrich

@jbqueru @mossmann It's partly passive voice but mostly the gratuitous statement of "but not required" that utterly deflates any purported encouragement.