Face masks for COVID-19: A deep dive into the data.
This article is highly misleading. Unfortunately, Ars is now infected with propaganda. Used to be a trustworthy place.
Homemade masks — note that we are not talking about surgical masks here, which definitely offer protection — do offer some protection from wearer and to wearer. Not nearly as much as proper medical-grade masks, but when you’re talking about nothing and better than that, a smart person takes “better than that.”
Why are so many people so invested in essentially lying to everyone? What is the overarching purpose of these fabrications?