We have listened to the lockdown governors tell us to "mask up" for two years. Two years of wearing an appurtenance that does absolutely nothing to stop the virus. This is not exactly new information. Prior to turning masks into a political symbol, public health organizations did not recommend wearing masks.
"There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there's some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergencies program.
Then why were we subjected to useless torture? The most benign answer I can can give is that politicians suffer greatly from the DO SOMETHING Disease. Faced with a problem, they believe the worst possible decision is to do nothing, They knew -- or should have known -- that until some vaccine was developed there was little they could do to actually stop the virus. What to do? Masks have an intuitive appeal. After all surgeons wear them (yes, to reduce the transmission of bacteria, which are many times larger than a virus). They may be useless, but the pubic will see us doing SOMETHING. Like the War on Poverty. It didn't do much about actual poverty, but at least we were seen trying to DO SOMETHING.
Now that data on the mask mandate is overwhelming obvious and negative, can we officially acknowledge reality so that we don't repeat the same mistake again the next time there is a new virus?
