In my experience, maskers don't believe masks offer foolproof protection against COVID, but that they cut down on the COVID-filled droplets floating through the air. In their view, "even if just saves one life," it's worth it for billions of us to impede our own breathing for over a year. Nevermind the problems the masks might cause as we're deprived of fresh air, breathing in mask-trapped pathogens all day.
Yeah, TPTB really covered all their bases when they dropped the "cuts down on droplets" bullshit into the Zeitgeist. Run into this argument pretty frequently, and usually from the type of person who is qualified to know better, and under other circumstances would realize it's bullshit.
They know how to manipulate both sheep and midwits.
A while back I thought of a way to prove to the maskers that they don't even believe masks work.
Put on a mask and sit next to a masker. Cough into your mask and say wow this covid is a bitch.
When the person acts shocked that you have covid and becomes frightened even though you have a mask on.
Say to them, I am not really sick, just messing with you, but now you know you don't even believe masks stop covid.
In my experience, maskers don't believe masks offer foolproof protection against COVID, but that they cut down on the COVID-filled droplets floating through the air. In their view, "even if just saves one life," it's worth it for billions of us to impede our own breathing for over a year. Nevermind the problems the masks might cause as we're deprived of fresh air, breathing in mask-trapped pathogens all day.
Yeah, TPTB really covered all their bases when they dropped the "cuts down on droplets" bullshit into the Zeitgeist. Run into this argument pretty frequently, and usually from the type of person who is qualified to know better, and under other circumstances would realize it's bullshit.
They know how to manipulate both sheep and midwits.
This.