“The better approach would be to end mandates and start education around WHY masks are important to wear...”
LOL. The entire nation has been Tsunamied with education about how great masks are. If they doubled it, there would be nothing else on TV or social media but earnest people telling us about the wonders of masks 24/7.
I haven’t seen anything that speaks to WHY they work, or which masks specifically are useful, or in what situations.
Maybe there’s that level of detail available in some places, but I’ve had to hunt down the WHY myself. All I’ve heard from government sources is “Do X because we say it’s good and also now it’s a mandate!” Which is useless if you’re trying to make an informed decision and even moreso if you have no personal investment in it because you don’t believe it affects you personally.