"Why Are We Still Arguing About Masks?"

tl;dr: despite what the stupid new metastudy says, MASKS WORK BIGOT.

   THE science, you see, cannot be overturned by mere, y'know, science...

   My own view remains what it's basically been most of the time since the batflu hit: it's hard to believe masks do nothing...but hard to believe doesn't count for a lot. The evidence that they do work simply hasn't been good enough. Sure, we were deluged by it...but, again, we were obviously being bullshitted by a media and public health establishment that insists that every leftist dogma is unquestionable THE SCIENCE. Trying my best to control for that, I never saw enough to convince me that wearing masks was worth it. Add to that that: if you're being lied to and commanded to act in accordance with the lies, this constitutes reason to do the opposite of whatever you're being told to do... Not always sufficient reason...but always some reason...