@mike805 @mekkaokereke @jonathanpeterson @noyes @EdSanders @beadsland It was a complex message poorly communicated, based on faulty information. It's true that with so few cases at the beginning, there was no value in masking. But the mistake was thinking SARS2 would pass mostly by droplets picked up by your hands. In that case poor mask practice could make things worse. But as we now know, it is airborne and masking was definitely better.