Mask wearing is mandatory in several countries. This is not a situation where people are making shit up, this is a situation where you have several authorities

Mask wearing is mandatory in several countries. This is not a situation where people are making shit up, this is a situation where you have several authorities saying different things. In the absence of solid evidence, applying common sense to evaluate the arguments of those authorities is a lot better than just picking one of the authorities and proclaiming "This is the truth!"