| Perhaps, but given there's doesn't seem to be a clear difference between Scotland and England, that leads to questions like 1) Were people in Scotland (with higher masking) being less cautious in other areas (washing hands, staying further away, etc) 2) Was the weather worse in Scotland, leading to more closed windows 3) Are people in Scotland more likely to be tested and thus more cases caught The problem I have is that The Scientific method comes out with great studies (wearing masks, all things being equal, reduces transmission) That leads to a prediction (enforcing masks reduces cases figures) That prediction doesn't hold out (Scottish cases figures) So we need to revisit the prediction, 1) Does a mask mandate increase mask usage (anecdotally it appears so, but I only went to Glasgow and Manchester in October) 2) Does increased mask usage lead to other behaviours which would increase risk 3) Does increased mask usage lead to more awareness in testing 4) Do anti mask people go round licking door handles to try to spread covid to prove their points These are perfectly valid questions, yet you can't ask them, because half the responses will be some idiotic cultish anti-mask covid denier, and the others will be some cultish mask worshiper |