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> When we had nor masks available last march, they said "masks are useless" two months later they were mandatory "because they are the best thing we have" Wow,
by krzyk 6y ago
> When we had nor masks available last march, they said "masks are useless" two months later they were mandatory "because they are the best thing we have"
Wow, this is exactly how the masks thing played out in Poland.
I wasn't aware that this "makes are useless" followed by "masks are mandatory" (with Poland together with a ban on selling them on the biggest platform, big like Amazon is in the US - Allegro).
And now here in Poland we are at the "AstraZeneca vaccine is safe" and we are vaccinating with it, I wonder how many EU countries still use it besides Poland.
- kiwijamo 6y agoPretty much the same thing happened here in New Zealand too, FWIW. I understand it was WHO providing this advice (i.e. no evidence regarding the effectiveness of masks etc) at the time so perhaps the German government is not entirely at fault. I know that once the WHO changed their tune (following research comparing countries who had policies on masks and those who didn't) the New Zealand government eventually got round to making masks mandatory but even then only in certain places.
- kgabis 6y agoI had to double check that I'm reading about Germany, not Poland.
- somedude895 6y agoWow, same in Switzerland. They told people to keep using fully packed trains and buses and that masks weren't necessary. Couple weeks later, when masks were well available they suddenly made it mandatory to wear them on public transport.