Once again, I’m taking no position on whether the mask mandates were good policy or bad policy. I’m saying that the assertion that masks are “totally useless,” that wearing a mask indicates you “make bad decisions,” and that wearing a mask is a reliable indicator that you are politically liberal are neither supported by available evidence nor helpful in having a productive conversation about COVID and how to reduce risk.
If you can't take a position on the mandates, then why are we even discussing this? The fundamental issue is whether or not the mask policies are grounded in science or a total lack of it. Surely you can make a comment about your feelings on that as it relates to good science versus bad psuedo-science.
You might not want to admit it, but if people are still contracting COVID wearing masks properly and having been vaccinated and boosted, and a study shows no real difference in the rate of infection between that protected group and unmasked, unvaccinated people, are you really unable to concede that maybe masks really are useless?
If i told you rubbers prevented 98.2% of disease, and not using one avoids 97.8% of disease, are you really going to take the position that rubbers are better than nothing at all?
#Statistically_insignificant