So much horse manure. Like most things the answer is in how it turned out.Irrelevant. This was and is not how Chinese Disease was transmitted. It is a virus. Secondly, if the mask is worn improperly and there isn't a good seal all the way around the circumference, it's nearly worthless for that reason alone. Few people had mask training. This reason was one of the major ones I saw as a reason to NOT wear those worthless little masks. I had repeated military and industrial training in use of masks for a variety of purposes.
Or not.
Opinion | The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned? (Published 2023)
“Do something” is not science, and it shouldn’t have been public policy.www.nytimes.com
More than 170 Comparative Studies and Articles on Mask Ineffectiveness and Harms
Do masks work? Current evidence implies face masks can be actually harmful. The body of evidence indicates masks are largely ineffective.brownstone.org
There is no verifiable proof of this, your links notwithstanding. This is the difference between the 'real' world and some lab study.
Again, no verifiable proof of this and your link to this study:
Effectiveness of face masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19: A model-based analysis - PMC
The World Health Organization and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that both infected and susceptible people wear face masks to protect against COVID-19. We develop a dynamic disease model to assess the effectiveness of face ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gives none. You are making a fallacy fallacy here.
"States that implemented strict public health measures (like mask mandates and lockdowns) or benefited from geographic isolation achieved the lowest death rates. According to data from the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard and Wikipedia's pandemic statistics, the top health performers included: [1, 2, 3]
- Hawaii: Achieved the lowest age-adjusted COVID-19 death rate in the country (147 deaths per 100,000 people), largely aided by its strict travel quarantine measures and high vaccination rates. [1]
- Vermont: Consistently ranked at the top for its low infection rates, high testing capacity, and minimal per capita deaths. [1]
- Massachusetts & Connecticut: Maintained premier healthcare systems that prevented hospital collapses and secured some of the highest multi-dimension health performance marks. [1]"
