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The mask push then was because, for a while (and despite evidence of infectious agent passing through too-small-for-a-bacterium filters) they believed influenza was being caused by a bacterium, not a virus. Even then, they knew that the masks available would not stop airborne viruses. And masking didn't work then either (areas with enforced masking fared no better than areas where masking was optional). You're welcom…
The initial advice on masks was that we don’t know that they help. This is a truthful and different claim than the claim that we do know they don’t help. The only record you’ll find of a public health official saying we DO know they DON’T help is USSG Jerome Adams. It’s weird that you’re writing this implying that we now know masks don’t work. That’s not true. We DO know that SOME masks work, others work hardly at al…
Closing the beach however, was 100% BS.