Originally Posted by
majik
So mob rules? Not an evidence and science based approach? A homemade mask made from t-shirt cotton is about as effective as sneezing or coughing into your elbow.
Doesn't matter.
Politics is partly listening to the people. Sometimes you have to give them what they want.
When schools were closed, they did this not because the government thought it helped against the spread of the virus, but because "everyone" wanted it, teachers and patients.
Same thing with masks. People see neighbouring countries making them required (in certain situations), so they want them too.
Wether they work or not, it is not my place to determine that, but if it is required for people to start functioning again, to get out of (some sort of) lockdown....