@Telvannichad @schnappi @Moon @kino >whenever the hague want some yes man expert to confirm their bias for whatever bs policy they're pushing.
1. We have decades of high-powered studies showing medical-grade masks worn by trained professionals reduce transmission of bacteria, but not viruses.
2. This is well-understood and Fauci et al are even telling people wearing masks is worse than not.
3. A few blue cities and states impose mask mandates in contravention of well established science.
4. Trump says that's dumb.
5. A flurry of hastily produced 'new research' says wrapping half an old t-shirt around your head is "as protective as a vaccine" (CDC director in iirc senate hearing actually said this)
6. Shockingly few eyebrows are raised by this series of events 🤔