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Originally Posted by Descant
So, I'm over 60. I've been self isolated for ~7 weeks. I would likely test negative, but as things open up, many times I would still be asked to wear a face mask, and I could still be positive next week. What's the purpose of the test today for me?
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You seem to think the test is "for" you, or all about you. Or the mask is for you. They are not. They are to identify and protect on a large scale across hundreds, thousands, millions of people. It that context, lots of testing and lots of masks make complete sense--we identify more carriers than we can today, we protect more people from being breathed on by unidentified carriers.
SAMIAM wrote a poignant piece on how our society was better when we were kids--underlying all of that was that people thought about more than just themselves.