[untenured]

Why do the East Asian nations (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) where masking is taken seriously have much lower infection and death rates than Western countries?

Again, check out Worldometer if you doubt this.

[SecAmndmt]

“Why do the East Asian nations (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) where masking is taken seriously have much lower infection and death rates than Western countries?”

Because they are Buddhists?

Correlation is not causation.

Mask wearing has ZERO effect on cv19 infection rates.

On the other hand, being obese and having other co-morbidities makes up about 95% of (alleged) cv19 deaths. Only 6% of cv19 deaths are “covid only”.

On the other hand, face masks worn willingly constitute virtue signaling, being a Democrat, or being a moron (I repeat myself?)

There has been lots written about the ineffectiveness of face diapers.

[IrishBrigade]

‘Why do the East Asian nations (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc.) where masking is taken seriously have much lower infection and death rates than Western countries?’

and why do African cesspools like Sierra Leone have a fraction of the East Asian nations...? you know, those countries where shit runs in the rivers, creeks, and streets, hygiene consists of saliva on festering sores, animals cohabit with humans in corrugated tin sheds, and the value of life is measured in days, not years...?

claiming that forced masking is the answer to viral woes is facile at best...