What is fear-mongering? And what is this need to stop fear-mongering about? I'm suspicious of it, because it seems to often lead to suppression of truth. 1. I

What is fear-mongering? And what is this need to stop fear-mongering about? I'm suspicious of it, because it seems to often lead to suppression of truth. 1. I haven't seen any credible studies prove the total ineffectiveness of masks. Don't forget two things: preventing spread is never a binary issue, it is and always has been about slowing it down enough to give health services a break. Only a handful of countries made it their ambition to totally stop the spread, and even then its a matter of slowing it enough so it dies out rather than spreads. Masks are not hazmat suits. 2. There's a small percentage that reacts really bad, but it was large enough to bring health services to its knees and cause tens of millions of deaths globally. Then there is a much larger percentage that got it quite bad, people that didn't need to be hospitalized but were totally handicapped for months and months (or years). Your last remark hints at a conspiracy, and with that you are the one who is fear mongering.