Masks are a terrible example to pick because at the start they were accurately summarizing the state of knowledge, and saying the same thing (that masks don't w

Masks are a terrible example to pick because at the start they were accurately summarizing the state of knowledge, and saying the same thing (that masks don't work) in private E-Mails too. The idea that they are super important was made up later and then accompanied (in the USA) by this ridiculous lie that it was about stopping hoarding. Sure enough, actual real world data shows no impact of masking on COVID. Masks have become a byword for dishonest fake experts who say whatever is ideologically expedient rather than what is actually true.