>wearing a mask if you don’t have an infection reduces the risk almost not at all. I remember this, at the time we knew people who were infected (and infectiou

>wearing a mask if you don’t have an infection reduces the risk almost not at all. I remember this, at the time we knew people who were infected (and infectious) could take more than 10 days to show symptoms, and if they didn't wear a mask they could infect hundreds. We also knew that anything less than an N95 wasn't designed to protect the wearer anyway (though as it turns out it does), but rather everyone else from the wearer. So it was really disingenuous of them to suggest your mask doesn't protect you, as they knew its everyone else's mask than protects you.. By the time it hit Italy we knew it was airborne, even if not by official measure, out government and the WHO kept this BS up for months after that. Maybe we watch different media, as i have seen nothing about this issue. A few articles online, hidden away, nothing proportional to the seriousness of the issue.