The probability that Hope Hicks is the likely culprit for infecting the President probability wise is significantly high given the testing and social distancing the President subscribes to.
But the point was to the fact she wore a mask, was positive for the virus and other people contracted the virus. Meaning the mask leads people to a false sense of security and depending on the type of mask worn can either stop the spread or is basically useless. A mask that is determined to “slow” the spread, is still a useless mask as you can still contract the virus from someone wearing a mask. How long has it been said the virus can live on a surface? So if I only infect 3 people out of 10, how do we not know those 3 people will infect 3 more? How do we know those other 7 people are not immunized against COVID for whatever reason? A mask is nothing more than using a colander to stop a leak from your kitchen sink. Sure the water isn’t leaking as fast as it could but it is still leaking all over the kitchen floor and given enough time, the same amount of water will have leaked as if you didn’t have the colander there in the first place. Just like the colander, masks are useless unless they can block the size of the virus. Most of them cannot.
People who wear seat belts sometimes still die in auto accidents. But they reduce the risk of death by 45% and they reduce the risk of serious injury by 50%. Should we tell people not to wear seat belts because they don’t reduce the risk of death by 100% and lead to a “false sense of security”?
That would be a disastrous policy.