Absolutely. The initial disinformation campaign by the western governments (and the CDC and the WHO) that masks are useless for their wearer (due to the shorta

Absolutely. The initial disinformation campaign by the western governments (and the CDC and the WHO) that masks are useless for their wearer (due to the shortage of masks, and the fear they won't be enough for the health care personnel) has long lasting effects. That was an abject lie, and people have paid with their life for that. The governments now don't know exactly how to turn around and communicate that yes, masks are useful, we've been lying to you all this time, sorry for that, now you can go ahead and wear some. You can't do an 180 like that, can you? So for now it's "masks are good for the others, but they won't help you. but don't you want to be a good team player?".