Originally Posted by
WutFace
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.
I had to go all the way to page 2 of a google search to find this. Nitpickers will say this is the Surgeon General and not CDC. CDC has arguably been more careful in their wording that masks were to be reserved for healthcare workers, not that they didn't work. However, they still were "against them before they were for them."
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/su...article_inline
I'm simply pointing out the credibility problem that officials have created for themselves with their tactics and messaging. Hopefully my family will get COVID to teach me a lesson.