[wakawaka28]

So, you think people are too stupid or unwilling to wear a mask that authorities promised was beneficial, despite years of practice and constant browbeating. Of course I don't deny that unwilling/unmotivated people exist, but that should not preclude the generation of a convincing study somewhere in the whole world. It should at least be possible to collect data in healthcare facilities where masks were strictly imposed.

>The linked study DOES NOT show that masks are ineffective.

Right, it is a survey arguing that existing positive studies are inadequate to show benefits from masking.

>The universe does not owe you proof, and especially does not owe you satisfying proof in the form you seek.

The universe might not owe it to me to make things evident. However, people who want to argue with me do owe me proof. Especially when the outcome is a major imposition on my personal autonomy, and they have failed to collect adequate evidence over decades. We can argue that masks sound like they ought to do something for various particular scenarios, but that is a far cry from proving they are worth the time and effort to implement. Are they worth using in a room full of people who are eating and conversing without masks? Certainly not, even if they do work to some extent.

[csours]

Please take care with my words. I never said stupid.

[wakawaka28]

It's implied. Masks are an extremely simple thing, and you're suggesting that masks can't be tested because people can't figure it out, instead of blaming the masks themselves for not being effective or easy to apply. We call people who can't figure out simple things stupid (though perhaps not to their faces lol). I don't believe people who don't wear masks "properly" are uneducated. They don't care, because they know that the whole ritual is pointless. They don't care to fight it, and just want to conform the minimum amount to be left alone.