Quotable quote on mask wearing
"A masked [British] audience watching Macbeth recently noticed that the [UK] prime minister, squished into a crowded little theatre, preferred to follow the on-stage psychopathy with his face uncovered. In doing so, he perhaps revealed more about himself than idiot contrariness. Low compliance with containment measures was directly associated in one study with 'antisocial traits, especially lower levels of empathy and higher levels of callousness, deceitfulness and risk-taking'[1]. Though it’s too late to save us from Johnson, the psychology of mask behaviour might help to screen out another leader who shouts, when discouraged: 'Let the bodies pile high in their thousands.'[2]”
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886920305377?via%3Dihub
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/26/pressure-mounts-on-boris-johnson-over-alleged-let-the-bodies-pile-high-remarks
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