My wife was a nurse in Japan (a big mask-wearing culture) and I was always skeptical of it but from reading some articles of late, I've changed my stance on it

My wife was a nurse in Japan (a big mask-wearing culture) and I was always skeptical of it but from reading some articles of late, I've changed my stance on it and do believe that masks help. Here's some articles I've read lately that discuss this topic: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/23/face-masks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/23/face-masks-much-more-t... > Some people with swine flu travelled on a plane from New York to China, and many fellow passengers got infected. Some researchers looked at whether passengers who wore masks throughout the flight stayed healthier. The answer was very much yes. They were able to track down 9 people who got sick on the flight and 32 who didn’t. 0% of the sick passengers wore masks, compared to 47% of the healthy passengers. Another way to look at that is that 0% of mask-wearers got sick, but 35% of non-wearers did. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 > ...the vice president of Taiwan, a prominent epidemiologist, gave regular public service announcements... These announcements included when and where to wear a mask, the importance of handwashing, and the danger of hoarding masks to prevent them from becoming unavailable to frontline health workers. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t... https://www.maskssavelives.org/ https://www.maskssavelives.org/