Masks were basically always a security blanket to make people feel safe while doing very little anyway. Not because masks do nothing, but because for covid specifically most of the research that's been conducted has shown that basically only N95's, worn correctly, on a clean-shaven face have any meaningful protective effect. And that describes maybe 2% of mask wearers during the pandemic.
Throwing those stupid crinkly blue surgical things over your face every day was essentially a huge waste of time but it's nobody's fault, people forget it takes years to conduct meaningful research into ANYTHING (cough cough, which is why we still don't know if the vaccines might have long term side effects)
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