Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76445806 so stupid it took this long for some nations to start requiring masks
video at that link ... nations where exponential spread stopped early are the ones that adopted policy of everyone wears a mask in public
the explanations as to why WE don't are self-contradictory
health care workers DO wear masks, and I'm not talking N95 but surgical masks or even less, they will wear homemade masks if thats all they have
so its not because they're not effective
they say, well, we don't have enough masks
couldn't we make MORE ?
they say, people don't wear them properly, if they touch their mask, I guess, while wearing it, that could increase the spread
can't we tell people not to do that ? aren't most people able to take heed of instructions and warnings and learn to use their face mask properly ?
I just don't get it ... its some kind of pathological elitism, they want to believe only highly trained professionals with MD or PhD can wear a face mask I guess