over the short term verses over the long term?
The authorities keep telling us they are pointless. But we must save them for healthcare professionals.
I’ll side with the healthcare professionals that are demanding face masks.
They are telling us they are useless because the stores ran out and they are manufactured in China. Also, should people start looking into just HOW costco ran out, and when, and who bought them. Well, that might lead to inconvenient questions.
The masks definitely work. There were no masks to sell. To head off unrest over this obvious and simple prophylactic the propaganda goes out, "Don't buy masks, they don't help." Better than, hey some ______ nationals bought all the masks and since we betrayed the nation by outsourcing--WE CANT GET ANY MORE.
So, its easier to merely convince us plebs that the masks dont work.