Why do people not accept that the masks stop droplets and the droplets spread the virus? That doesn’t seem hard to understand.
Science. Its hard thing to beat evidence when it comes to actually observing what happens rather than just accepting what you are told.
To work, the mask has to be sealed. Not worn over your mouth and not your nose, and no leaking out the sides or fogging your glasses. And thats just to protect others. But, the darn thing concentrates any virus particles that you happen to catch in it so it increases your virus exposure and the likelihood you will die.
Mostly, if you aren’t wearing an N95 mask properly sealed, its just theater.
“Why do people not accept that the masks stop droplets and the droplets spread the virus? That doesn’t seem hard to understand.”
Because even though that sounds like it should work, and bench tests sometimes say it will work, in actualllity, among real people, daily activities, it doesn’t.
Yes, masks stop droplets but do they kill the droplets? No, THEY HOLD THEM, so as the author said, “a veritable petri dish.” If anything, masks act as concentrators, ensuring you will be infected since virtually all masks are permiable to the virus particles.