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Cue: I'm not comfortable giving that type of power to the elected officials. Their power should be limited.

Cloth masks aren't effective yet we're all pretendying, even the experts (who were all laughing at the plebs who were scared before mask mandates, wanting to wear masks and not knowing how to use them) [I'm in a very large medical community and this was the general sentiment before the WHO and Fauci changed their tune]

Experts disagree. Politicians fear blowback so they see who the media are agreeing with and then do that. They aren't rational actors.

And no, mask wearing has many negative effects.

E.g. of Experts and Politicians making mistakes: lockdowns, they have much worse negative effects than positive but they look politically good. Experts don't present any reason for them that is backed scientifically as a whole.

Who should we give the right to take away our freedom?

Experts lie, politicians lie and they do don't care. I don't trust them with that much power.