Once again, this is not only without evidence, decades of literature and research exactly on this ("risk compensation" theories for safety devices, seat-belts, helmets etc.) finds the opposite at the population level. It's a clever sounding argument without empirical support. https://twitter.com/nalepis/status/1248281035726520322 …
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Replying to @zeynep
I don't get why so many governments are so dead-set against face masks. What is the incentive? Is this due to the WHO's position? And why is the WHO so dead-set against face masks? Is this due to China's influence?
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China's CDC actually strongly advocates for public mask use. This is for other reasons.
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Replying to @georgedarroch @zeynep
Thanks, so what could those reasons be? Just keeping them for health care workers?
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I honestly don't know.
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Replying to @aria606 @georgedarroch
One wonders sometimes. 
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