Masking the Truth

I watched some Cambridge epidemiologists declaring that non-medical masks and even N95 masks are useless to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and that the use of masks could actually harm the wearer. I heard after the Philippine government mandated masks that the rate of infection went up. No politician wants to appear as useless as far too many are, so many have ordered the use of masks to make it seem they are doing something, when what they are doing may well make the situation worse.