Many countries use masks... When they're sick. Using a mask increases your risk of illness, look up the, sadly, ONLY study done before this became politicized. The purpose is to prevent the spread to others, which if you're asymptomatic, is very, very unlikely to happen.
I am asthmatic with a history of pneumonia, I have a very real medical concern about mandatory masking, since both of those add to the risk factors of mask-wearing. But if it actually was useful, I'm not one to complain about the "general case".
But it isn't supported by science. The people who endorse it specifically condemned it earlier, with NO new research changing the view. And their reasoning was OVERTLY "we were totally lying before in order to manipulate you for our own profit, but now we're totally telling the truth." All to deal with a virus whose death rate is on par with a rough flu.
I'm pro-science. They're science deniers all for political benefit... That IS a hill worth defending. It's not about the masks. It's about being pro-Objective Reality, vs being anti-science pro-propaganda pro-political profits at the expense of science and the average person.
Many countries use masks... When they're sick. Using a mask increases your risk of illness, look up the, sadly, ONLY study done before this became politicized. The purpose is to prevent the spread to others, which if you're asymptomatic, is very, very unlikely to happen.
I am asthmatic with a history of pneumonia, I have a very real medical concern about mandatory masking, since both of those add to the risk factors of mask-wearing. But if it actually was useful, I'm not one to complain about the "general case".
But it isn't supported by science. The people who endorse it specifically condemned it earlier, with NO new research changing the view. And their reasoning was OVERTLY "we were totally lying before in order to manipulate you for our own profit, but now we're totally telling the truth." All to deal with a virus whose death rate is on par with a rough flu.
I'm pro-science. They're science deniers all for political benefit... That IS a hill worth defending. It's not about the masks. It's about being pro-Objective Reality, vs being anti-science pro-propaganda pro-political profits at the expense of science and the average person.