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That does seem to be the thrust behind Mason's recent tweets on the topic -- sowing distrust of experts on the basis of common sense and a moralistic attitude. But the whole point of academic experts is that they should be wary of advising anything that hasn't been proven.

I see the normal process: "We can't prove masks work, & we have evidence they don't work. Therefore we classify them as not effective, & advise against them." It's the traditional skeptical view, not a Bayesian one. It's much more robust against false + but prone to false -.