One of the things the whole #Masks debate has shown starkly is how little people want to engage with uncertainty
It can't be "we don't really know if they help"
Everyone feverishly wants a sure yes/no
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Your cloth mask ~may~ provide some protection for others from infection Your front door definitely will Stay at home, stay safe
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Oh, also, the other thing that's interesting to watch is everyone knowing for sure that ~they~ are an exception to the rule even though evidence shows they probably won't be
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And if as a result of more evidence it later changes to there being a significant/no benefit to masks, people construe it as "You made a mistake with your earlier advice".
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Better be overprepared in this case. Let's not use the fact that nobody was prepared , they dropped the ball and there were not enough masks around as a bias for us to declare "no or little benefit"
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I don't think anyone's doing that. There are a number of RCTs and a fair bit of preclinical research behind the equivocation, it's not a sure thing in the general public by any means
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How many opportunies to test whether masks effective ? Why- Japan S korea are sufficient
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People also don't like to learn all the proper processes that go along with PPE use, and without them you might be creating a bigger risk for yourself by thinking you're protected. For example, how many new mask users know how to properly don and doff with hand hygiene?
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Totally agree. Communicating uncertainty is a corner stone of pandemic communication. I also feel optics make believe believe they are doing something positive.
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Your continual anti mask retric is dull and possibley dangerous in not stopping asymptomatic spreaders. Anything that helps is better than nothing.
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