Oddbean

The primary purpose of the mask is not to protect yourself against viruses spread by others. But to prevent to spread your viruses to long distances (specially when you sneeze or cough) and therefore protect others. There is a reason why doctors and nurses wear masks during surgery…

Checked them out. Charts show that mask mandate does not stop virus completely («high COVID cases happen after the mask mandate as well»). This is a cognitive mistake. First and worst, you don't have a control group — another chart, where masks were not mandatory, to compare if they we're really useless. (But you can compare countries with & without mass-mask-wearing — and it will show that masks were effective.) Second, you simplify the role of mask: «it shall fully cure COVID, or I won't wear it». Sadly, almost everything in our lifes does not work this way: things help, not instantly cure. I don't support forcing people wearing masks by the government — still, saying that they're useless is ridiculous.

If lack of a control group is the basis for dismissing information, then by your own admission the supposed “science” from these government and drug company funded studies you’re trying to link to are bogus as well. Why didn’t they do a control group? Because they don’t care about the truth, they want to push their sales

Will you accept surgery where doctors and nurses are not wearing any masks? As I have written already. It's not about passing viruses through mask. It's about airflow of MY breath/sneezing/coughing. No rocket science.

The question is not should one wear a mask or not. The question is who gets to decide. In your example, I say it’s the patient who decides. You say the government. The purpose of a constitution is to outline what decisions governments can make, and failing to abide by this is a dangerous slippery slope because it’s essentially unlimited power. “No rocket science”

>The question is not should one wear a mask or not I though you just said, that masks didn't work?" >You say the government For the third time, please cite or screenshot, where did I say that the government should decide. Yet, again you're putting words in my mouth I didn't say. Stop continuously trying to fight a strawman.