Originally Posted by
Anson Harris
I'm not sure you guys are even reading before posting anymore....
Did somebody claim masks don't help? Oh yeah, it was CDC, but they were only kidding at the time.
This isn't hard. They didn't say "no masks." If you remember
correctly, they said "only masks for essential medical personnel."
They knew there was a shortage. They didn't want the public to panic hoard all the available masks at the outset. This was intentional. CDC has basically admitted this point now that it's passed.
So don't be intentionally obtuse. There was a very good reason to tell people no masks initially. It was to secure dwindling PPE for essential medical personnel.