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Mary R's avatar

Another well written piece ! You are of course assessing this issue (masks ) on the level of reason , (real )science and common sense. Like this issue and many others “ the facts don’t matter “ it’s so much easier to delegate our opinion , join the groupthink crowd and virtue signal. The line in the sand for me was those who happily masked their young children ……the masking of children was unconscionable .

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Ivan Iriarte's avatar

Agree with everything in your article. My view has always been that whether a mask can stop a virus (if viruses exist) or not should be irrelevant - as you say. For decades, it has been "sort of" a controversy whether health-care personnel should wear a mask in a hospital setting, when taking care of patients known to have influenza or other respiratory disease. Although every scientific article (for decades) has shown that wearing a mask on that scenario does not make any difference, still some people have advocated for the use of masks - in THAT scenario - "just in case". Remember that the use of masks was "invented" by surgeons to avoid getting their spit full of bacteria on a supposedy sterile surgical field. The use of masks outside of the previously described scenario (like out in the community) makes absolutely no sense. It is comparable with opening an umbrella indoors, or outside on a sunny day; or wearing sunscreen when you go to sleep in your bedroom. It does not matter if the supposedly protective measure "works" or not.

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