As far as I can tell people are just looking for excuses. It might very well be the case that whoever wrote that WHO statement actually believed it. Either way

As far as I can tell people are just looking for excuses. It might very well be the case that whoever wrote that WHO statement actually believed it. Either way - my point was that people here can and do often outperform 'decisions made by experts', no matter the reason why that's the case. > The WHO's statement lacked transparency but if they had stated that everybody should wear masks in March 2020, the effects would have been disastrous for health authorities all over the world Even if that's what was happening, the way they did it - saying they are ineffective rather than, say vaguely saying they dont advise them - has fueled an anti-mask movement still alive today. It's very hard to believe that it was a good decision overall on top of being straight-up wrong.