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The WHO stood by their recommendation a few days ago and were quite open about the shortage of PPE being an issue:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/30/world/coronavirus-who-masks-recommendation-trnd/index.html
This is fundamentally the problem I have with this thread.
If you start a thread saying 'MASKS WORK GUYS' and then right at the bottom of your post say 'oh yeah but you should make your own because there's a shortage', most people won't bother making their own. I suspect many won't even bother reading the whole post.
But what they may well do in response is go out and buy face masks which are badly needed by healthcare workers, the sick and carers.
Which is why this:
Is untrue. If you go out wearing a mask all the time, you make everyone else think 'oh I should be wearing a mask too'. Which takes them away from those who really need them.
Also, I haven't heard a good explanation why the pro-maskers in this thread think they are better qualified than WHO scientists to make this call. Do any of you have relevant experience?