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It's pretty easy to find official answers to that question. This is from the bccdc.ca website:

> Masks may give a person a false sense of security and are likely to increase the number of times a person will touch their own face (e.g., to adjust the mask).

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19...



This argument makes about as much sense as saying seatbelts may give a false sense of security and cause people to drive recklessly. The WHOs mask advice is all outdated and from the perspective of stopping people from trying to catch the virus, whereas in Asia masks are worn to stop spreading your own virus. It's total crap that we can't question WHOs advice here - especially when they've been so behind the curve in other areas - when it could save lives.


I don't know who you're arguing with. I was simply responding to the parent's statement "I dare to ask the question", as if the contra arguments were some sort of mystery, or that they didn't exist, when pretty much any official site I've seen offers that information.

I didn't make any statement about whether I thought non-medical masks were a good idea for everyone to wear or not...


And I think it makes sense to be doubtful about this. It’s as if you’re saying wearing a helmet gives you a false sense of security. Wearing a mask may give some people a false sense of security. But at the end of the day the question is if mask-wearing populations have less infections than non-mask wearing populations.




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