The parent is wrong. I understand why they might think that since the popular media is spreading misinformation by writing stories to discourage people from ho

The parent is wrong. I understand why they might think that since the popular media is spreading misinformation by writing stories to discourage people from hording masks and in the process saying they aren't effective but that is false. The masks aren't a fool proof solution by themselves but in conjunction with other common sense hygiene they do reduce risk greatly.