> If masks don't work, then future lockdowns will be stricter This only follows by granting certain huge assumptions which have never been well defended, first

> If masks don't work, then future lockdowns will be stricter This only follows by granting certain huge assumptions which have never been well defended, first and foremost that lockdowns are effective over the long term in preventing eventual infection by respiratory viruses (the total failure of China's Zero COVID policies should have caused some reevaluations here, but alas). > He seems really annoyed, but I'm not sure what by. What specifically did he think should have been done differently? I personally know more than a few people who probably owe some apologies for calling anti-maskers "idiots," "selfish," "anti-social," and other grossly misinformed terms. Not making my young children wear useless scraps of cloth over their faces to attend preschool would have been good, too. And we should immediately end the ongoing mandates for masks in "healthcare settings" like doctors'/dentists' offices, hospitals, and the like.