People should try to find interventions that work. If masks worked reliably, and there were evidence behind that, I'd be a big supporter.
There is _better_ evidence around N95 masks in hospital settings. But that's not the typical masking situation. At my kids' school, everyone wore surgical masks. It's pretty easy to demonstrate that virons pass through and around those masks with relative ease.
> If masks worked reliably, and there were evidence behind that, I'd be a big supporter.
Masks do work reliably, and there is plenty of evidence behind that. Maybe you only trust biased sources that say otherwise, I don't know, but your comment is pretty much calling N95 masks snake oil, and that's nonsense.
There is _better_ evidence around N95 masks in hospital settings. But that's not the typical masking situation. At my kids' school, everyone wore surgical masks. It's pretty easy to demonstrate that virons pass through and around those masks with relative ease.