[krzat]

That's very convoluted reasoning. I think the main goal of surgical masks for entire population would be to limit amount of virus floating in the air. They are also good at stopping people from touching their faces.

IMO the goverments should make masks mandatory, even if it's DYI mask made from few layers of tshirt. And start teaching people how to use them and why.

[kevingadd]

If the supply was there I'd absolutely agree. At least in the US it's very hard to get adequate masks right now (this is partly due to a failure to maintain supply, there were some news stories recently about how a local manufacturer was begging the government to invest in this so he could maintain production)