I am sure wrb trader's mom can also remember all the bullshit govt and politicians have told us over they years... if she cared. I love seeing people argue using logical fallacies and then all the morons coming in with the likes.... its so refreshing.
Back in those days we were also hearing the "55 mph speed limit uses MORE gasoline than 70 mph" argument.
Of course they do. Again, the problem isn't masks. Its mask mandates, which only work with universal compliance. Anything less than that and it is less than perfect. The lower compliance goes, the MUCH less than perfect it is.
We do have the manufacture of effective masks down, so is there anything we can do to improve compliance? Merely rhetorical question.
We would have to install severe penalties. Financial, criminal. You'd get people to comply. There will always be a small minority that will not comply because that's just their nature. I don't think there is the capital to do that, though.