Mask mandates – will we only act on public health advice if someone makes us?

  • Written by: Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney

Back in mid 2020, it was suggested mask use was similar to seat belt wearing in cars. Not everyone wore a seat belt start straight away, but now it’s unheard of to get into a car and not put it on.

In reality, it took seven years for seat belt compliance to reach 90%.

Now we are about 900 days into the pandemic, we are certainly not seeing...

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