> Beyond that, it's likely that mandatory nonpharmaceutical interventions such as masks and lockdowns will be bad for public health in the long run. > Consider

> Beyond that, it's likely that mandatory nonpharmaceutical interventions such as masks and lockdowns will be bad for public health in the long run. > Consider the possibility that all the masking and isolation we've done is setting us up for an extremely bad flu season in the coming year or two [1]. That logic is frankly messed up. That's like saying better die now, because if don't you're just setting yourself up to die later. In most situations, that extra span of life is worth it. Even if that's true about the next flu season, it's not an argument against masks. It's a warning not to declare premature victory.