> masks can be helpful, so we should encourage everyone to wear them Whether it does or doesn't make sense to use masks, this is not a logical argument. "Masks

> masks can be helpful, so we should encourage everyone to wear them Whether it does or doesn't make sense to use masks, this is not a logical argument. "Masks can be helpful" is almost certainly true, but it doesn't imply that using them is necessarily worth the cost (in terms of material, production capacity required, convenience, etc.). "X can be helpful so we should do it", without any regard whatsoever to cost (especially opportunity cost), does seem to be the predominant thought process at the moment.