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Face mask effectiveness: What science knows now
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They did not provide the context, which was misconstrued as lying.
Everyone did not need to wear a mask at first because it was not widespread enough for them to be effective for the general population compared to making sure medical staff who were far more likely to be exposed had masks. Masking by the general public at the very beginning was a waste of masks compared to just reducing the time spent in groups. It became effective as time went on and the mask supply ramped up.
That context doesn't make it not a lie. They could have said mask supplies were needed for medical professionals first, but they chose a convenient lie.
The context makes it like saying life jackets won't keep you from drowning in a boat. They will if the boat starts sinking.
That is not a lie. What you are doing is twisting the first statement into the second to call it a lie.
They were trying to keep it simple, and while I agree that they should have said it was for medical professional use first I can see why they would leave it out to avoid panic buying since so many people are idiots.
The worst part is, in the actual post, there is a 30 second video explaining that they do indeed recommend medical professionals and others in close contact with the infected wear masks. So it even specifically had that context, and somehow people got the message that masks don't help from it.
But I'm willing to bet most people who thought it said masks weren't effective never saw the actual source. Just had one snippet of one sentence read to them on fox News with the "hosts" filling in what they should think about that half sentence.
The post also only say "not recommended -for the general public- at this time" which is not at all saying they wouldn't work. Just don't hoard them away from the people that need them, at this time. So, literally not even a lie anywhere in there. Directly stating exactly the message everyone that actually read the post took away from it.
I don't necessarily think someone wanting to protect themselves against a potentially deadly infection makes them an idiot. I don't think it's fair to shame people who want to protect themselves and others by wearing a mask. Having a limit per customer prevents panic buying fairly well, at least it did during the pandemic where I live.
I also don't entirely fault people for not believing the CDC when they said that masks weren't effective for the general public, they could have said that they were for medical professionals first who were more likely to be exposed to the virus. They weren't being entirely upfront and I could see why people would feel burned about that. Personally I'm not huge on the way they framed it either.
I basically agree with you but I'm not huge on the way you're wording it, whatever I'm probably in the wrong here but I still wanted to get my thoughts out there.
With that said, even as early as the middle of 2020 they recommended mask usage for the general public.
People aren't idiots for wanting to protect themselves.
They are idiots who panicked and hoarded toilet paper when there was no indication there would be a toilet paper shortage. Of course they would do the same thing with medical supplies.