“No promoter of universal masking ever said it would stop spread of virus.”
That’s completely untrue. Many fear mongers have said just that, when the goal morphed from flattening the curve to eradicating the virus. Fauci said it three days ago:
“While results of phase 3 trials for multiple candidate vaccines are on the near horizon, ‘low-tech’ tools to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 are essential, and it must be emphasized that these interventions will still be needed after a vaccine is initially available,” write Fauci, Lerner and Folkers.”
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/fauci-wear-a-mask-even-when-covid-vaccine-comes
PREVENTING mean stopping.
Can we at least come to a middle ground and some agreement?
What if the authorities said — It will not completely stop the spread of the virus BUT it will “help bring down viral severity even if it does”, will that be a more acceptable and truthful statement?