Pretty sure the "experts" only became "skeptical" of face masks when the government told them there was a shortage and they had to parrot the US Surgeon General's claim that "masks don't work and if you hoard masks then medical professionals won't have access to the stuff that doesn't work"
Also, this entire article is full of sweeping generalisations, making it more like elite talk rather than expert talk.
>Pretty sure the "experts" only became "skeptical" of face masks when the government told them there was a shortage and they had to parrot the US Surgeon General's claim that "masks don't work and if you hoard masks then medical professionals won't have access to the stuff that doesn't work".
This boils down to, "the experts had a rationale behind their lies". It certainly isn't an argument for trust.
Also, this entire article is full of sweeping generalisations, making it more like elite talk rather than expert talk.