You are a state employee, home by yourself, working remotely. You check the clock, and it’s time for another one of those f***ing Zoom Meetings. Wait, don’t forget to wear a mask. Yes, this state has mandated that all government employees mask up at home for online meetings.
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In an email to employees sent out on July 31, the head of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources not only reminded employees of Gov. Tony Evers’ mask order going into effect on Aug. 1, he also said that every DNR employee must wear a mask … even while on a teleconference.
“Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen — such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform — by non-DNR staff,” Preston Cole said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Set the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.”
Masks do little if anything with some experts warning that mask mandates create a false sense of security and could make transmission more likely (if that’s something about which you are actually concerned). Long term masking presents health risks, including the recently identified and seriously unhealthy Maskmouth, according to dentists.
In other words, the healthiest example is the one where you are only donning the Mao Suit facemask when it is medically or clinically necessary, which means rarely. But, even among the MaskStasi, zoom meetings would be excluded to set the best possible example in the interest of public health.
In other words, masking up for online meetings sets a bad example. A level of stupidity not limited to Wisconsin.
We have a recent example of the same stupid, right here in New Hampshire. Democrat Gubernatorial candidates Dan the Taxman Feltes and Comrade Andru Volinsky had an outdoor debate. Outdoors. A good distance away form each other. Masked. No doubt to set a bad example.
Mission accomplished. You idiots.
Image: Concord Monitor
