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The problem with pointing to New Zealand for information is they never had widespread community transmission. Australia had the same no mask policy until such
by anko 6y ago
The problem with pointing to New Zealand for information is they never had widespread community transmission. Australia had the same no mask policy until such a point that they had community transmission and now they are forcing masks where most transmission is occurring.
From the page you link
> This advice on use of face masks in the community will be updated if new evidence or guidance from the World Health Organization emerges, or we see a change in COVID-19 disease patterns in New Zealand (for example, increasing community transmission).
So they are simply not advocating masks due to low community transmission.
- ibejoeb 6y agoI understand the counterargument to using NZ. I'm saying you can't have it both ways. That is just a side effect, anyway. My main counter claim to the top-level comment is that the messaging is not uniform. As an example, I've pointed out that policy differs between neighboring areas, and, indeed, policy differs from science. There is an entire section of the attached material under the heading "Risks and pitfalls." I didn't write it, so forgive me if I'm not too upset that people don't like it.
- darkerside 6y agoI think the message is uniform at this point that, if you are in a COVID hot zone, you should be wearing a mask. Claiming that is not the case and providing irrelevant examples can rightly be met with anger because it undermines the uniformity of that message. EDIT: For the record, I'm not angry :)