> NYC made masks law on April 15. Germany somewhere around a week later. And you left off that NYC's cases dropped the entire time those mask policies were in

> NYC made masks law on April 15. Germany somewhere around a week later. And you left off that NYC's cases dropped the entire time those mask policies were in effect. We didn't isolate for it as the lockdown was in place, but there's at the very least a positive correlation, and the lack of spike from the protests supports that too. I don't see why you jump to defeatism from that evidence. You're assuming people in most of the US paid attention to the laws and advisories. In Florida for example, mask usage was incredibly low and has caused the spike there. Same for Texas. We don't know if masks would stop the initial jump because we didn't use them. All evidence from other countries points to the conclusion that they do help in a meaningful way. If you're saying you don't believe the American populace is capable of following instructions, you might be right, but if we actually enforced and practiced mask policies, it very much appears it would make a meaningful difference.