> Only properly fitted N95 (or equivalent) masks provide significant protection. This! This is the bulshit we got fed for almost 6 months. Paired with "people

> Only properly fitted N95 (or equivalent) masks provide significant protection. This! This is the bulshit we got fed for almost 6 months. Paired with "people don't know how to properly fit N95 anyway", "you touch four face 20 times in an hour on average, you'd be touching your mask the same" etc. All of it with that specific condecending tone of "you plebes are not as informed as we policy makers are, we know best". This slowly turned around when heavy mask wearing countries were clearly doing leaps and bounds better, and they started backpedaling, explaining that there was not enough masks anyway. People also progressively stopped freaking out about having to cover their face (in France in particular it was a thorny subject due to past religious controversies) so they didn't need weird purist "if it's not perfect why bother ?" excuses anymore.