I also don't like unjustified scapegoating and, yes, of course pandemics have their fog of war. But, also, I spent months trying to counter claims by experts that masks were *actively* harmful or would engender false sense of security—both with no evidentiary or logical basis.
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Replying to @zeynep @JInterlandi
Yes, the mask question to me was always, it can't hurt, so why not recommend. That being said, I tried for weeks and weeks to get the "blue" masks to no avail and then bought bandannas...
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Replying to @gregggonsalves @JInterlandi
Yes, we don't have a situation like Taiwan where government ramped up production and rationed. That said, I think public health experts speaking up on how the harms arguments made no sense would have helped. Right now, anti-maskers are marshalling those articles/tweets. +
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I know the more nuanced analyses get drowned out by the more sensationalist side, but there is absolutely a loss of trust to address. Unfair, again, perhaps to put it on shoulders of the more public public health experts, but who else? That's where we are.
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