> Early in the pandemic, federal officials instructed Americans not to buy or wear masks. The C.D.C. revised that guidance in April. That was stupid and a mist

> Early in the pandemic, federal officials instructed Americans not to buy or wear masks. The C.D.C. revised that guidance in April. That was stupid and a mistake, and I don't have the words to describe the disaster that's come of it. It was a mistake then, even though people may say masking was unneeded then, because it was clear even at the beginning that masks were necessary even in areas that had not yet had the virus. If we hadn't advised against masks then anti-masking might be less of a threat right now. The thing is, that even if masking may not have seemed to have work, they should have advised people to start wearing masks just in case.