Fake news. Mask wearers get sick 17 times more, according to CDC data.
mask wearers are more typically going to be living in an area that mandates mask wearing to the point that they actually need to wear the masks, because the rate of existence of the disease is higher.
People living in rural areas here noone ever travels to bumfuck nowhere are less likely to wear masks but also less likely to encounter the virus.
this still shows a things:
1) Wearing the mask alone may not 100% be effective but there are obviously so many factors, for the 100th time, wearing it correctly, not reusing old (possibly contaminated masks), not washing your hands, social distancing or quarantining enough/properly.
2) its still better to wear the damn mask!!
3) If you think that wearing a non-covid contaminated mask makes you sick you are officially retarded
it's like saying people that wear condoms are more likely to contract HIV. (if they have sex with someone with HIV) VS people that don't wear condoms
- They are still having sex with someone with HIV
- Maybe they are having sex more often with people with HIV
- IDK about you, but i'd rather skip having sex with someone with HIV all together, a condom alone, while pretty damn effective, isnt foolproof and there may still be bodily juices/close contact/breathing or whatever else that may spread HIV present