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"The science" never made a reassessment on masks though, we didn't learn anything new about how masks work and how effective cloth vs N95 etc. All of the postur
by yucky 5y ago
"The science" never made a reassessment on masks though, we didn't learn anything new about how masks work and how effective cloth vs N95 etc. All of the posturing on masks was political. So "Trust the science" really became "trust our politicians bro".
- brianshaler 5y agoSure, there was and is political posturing with regard to pandemic countermeasures. The reassessments haven't been about learning how masks work but about how a particular virus spreads and the efficacy of various types of masks in various settings between parties of varying contagion levels. The advice also has to be grounded in practicality given current circumstances (supply constraints, rate of asymptomatic spread among vaccinated populations, etc)