Why do we even play their mask game anyway? Decades of studies show masks don't do a goddamn thing in preventing viral proliferation. That should have been the end of the story right there.
By asking why masks stopped the flu but not covid you're playing their mask game. I have fallen into the same trap. Although, if they bring up the infection rate stat the correct way is to ask them, Socratically, "What were mask compliance rates? You're saying between 50-75%?" Eventually you get them to the point where they realize masks don't do anything, and you inform them that this has been a known fact.
Why do we even play their mask game anyway? Decades of studies show masks don't do a goddamn thing in preventing viral proliferation. That should have been the end of the story right there.
By asking why masks stopped the flu but not covid you're playing their mask game. I have fallen into the same trap. Although, if they bring up the infection rate stat the correct way is to ask them, Socratically, "What were mask compliance rates? You're saying between 50-75%?" Eventually you get them to the point where they realize masks don't do anything, and you inform them that this has been a known fact.