[Darmody]

At the beginning of the pandemic the Spanish authorities literally said that masks not only were not useful but they could be harmful because they gave a false safety feeling.

Since then it has been proved over and over again that masks, even when misused, stop the spreading of the virus.

So I absolutely agree with you. We should be able to question them.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

Any medical intervention has a non-zero risk of being a net negative now or in the future.

It should be self evident governments should be very conservative in mandating medical treatment, and for very obvious historical reasons.