As with other actions, it's the relationship between the benefits that something brings versus the costs associated with doing it that determine whether or not it's "working".
The costs associated with widespread everyday masking are severe. You even quoted the ones that I'd mentioned earlier.
Just to overcome those severe costs, masking would have had to consistently bring astounding benefits.
At a bare minimum, that should have been a nearly-complete end to the transmission of not just this virus, but others, as well.
Unfortunately, we didn't see that happen, because masking isn't effective.
We experienced the severe costs of masking, but without receiving any benefits from enduring those costs.
This was demonstrated by what's among the largest set of scientific experiments ever performed, involving many millions of people, in many nations, and over two years of masking in some cases.
The costs associated with widespread everyday masking are severe. You even quoted the ones that I'd mentioned earlier.
Just to overcome those severe costs, masking would have had to consistently bring astounding benefits.
At a bare minimum, that should have been a nearly-complete end to the transmission of not just this virus, but others, as well.
Unfortunately, we didn't see that happen, because masking isn't effective.
We experienced the severe costs of masking, but without receiving any benefits from enduring those costs.
This was demonstrated by what's among the largest set of scientific experiments ever performed, involving many millions of people, in many nations, and over two years of masking in some cases.