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I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I’m certain that lying to the public about what they can do to stop the virus was a bad call and will have lasting harm.

• ooobit2 7y ago
  Not just a bad call, the lack of ownership by Democrats and their half-working-on-the-issue, half-keeping-the-Trump-tabloid-train-moving throughout all of this contributed significantly to the overall failure, and has played a huge role in us reaching Great Depression-era economic status. Every overblown executive order, news report, today-people-are-dangerous, tomorrow-we're-readying-to-reopen. Lying was just phase one or two. We're up to phase six now.
• loopz 7y ago
  We hear the same over the pond. The argument is that the masks may not be fit for purpose or be used incorrectly, thus might actually be more contagious as people will tend to touch their faces more often etc. The official stances are still that people need training in order to use masks correctly, and the masks must meet standards to protect the user. All masks may protect others to some degree though. "Masks work, don't work" are not cogent arguments. It's the same with plastic gloves. Their usage in ie. grocery stores etc. may not help as much as incorrect usage may work against the intention. Again the argument is that if you get your hands dirty, you know you need to wash your hands and might think twice before touching face. Even washing hands properly require some training. We've since learned that less extreme measures may be good enough once you have control, testing and tracking.