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The WHO initially said there was no evidence supporting the need for masks in the general public. They only changed their stance in early June. In Europe many p

• 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y ago
  At the time, I thought the general guidance was “don’t hoard masks, we need them for healthcare workers” rather than “don’t wear masks they don’t work” (which through the game of telephone turned into everything imaginable).
  • EmbeddedLight 6y ago
    The outrage comes from government and other health officials making claims early on that masks were not as effective, and that maintaining social distance and isolation was better (which I agree). But this was merely used as distraction to allow healthcare facilities to snatch up the existing supplies of high quality n95 masks before the public could (see toilet paper apocalypse 2020). Then the government changed their statements and said that masks were effective, and everyone should use them. It's the switching and lying to the public that leads to a lack of trustworthiness. You can argue that they didn't know the efficacy of mask usage, but that isn't the point here. It's that they lied to the American public for an ulterior motive, which is wrong.
• viklove 6y ago
  The WHO is a political organization, not a scientific one.