This is, I think, somewhat hindsight-y but there is a legitimate concern in here that the experts and institutions we were supposed to have in place for exactly this thing failed in the most spectacular ways at the most important momentshttps://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1319678357202755584 …
That's still givings too much credit because that's at least a rational purpose. There was no rational purpose - merely an ideological prejudice that masks are the kind of thing that people use to isolate from uncleanliness - this sentiment is heresy to a progressive