Sure, mate. Masks "strongly discouraged"? Where? As I recall, the advice on effective prevention measures evolved pretty rapidly through 2020 but at no point di

Sure, mate. Masks "strongly discouraged"? Where? As I recall, the advice on effective prevention measures evolved pretty rapidly through 2020 but at no point did any government organisation here in Australia ever "discourage" people from wearing masks. The strongest statement that I can remember to that effect was (paraphrased) "We don't actually know how effective at prevention mask-wearing is yet". Australia has had ~1000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, the USA is well north of 600,000. Y'all enjoy that tasty, tasty freedom.