The Dubious Science Behind Face Masks – and Why We’ll All Be Wearing Them in Offices Soon
29th August 2020
There has been little as divisive in this pandemic as the debate over face masks. It’s a battle waged on many fronts, some political, others scientific. It raises not only thorny issues about identity politics and the culture wars that plague us but important questions about the way in which we weigh facts and act as a society on scientific evidence.
As the winter approaches and we are pushed indoors, expect the battle to intensify as we look for ways to mitigate transmission of the virus in offices, and even our homes.
Well, some of us will. Others of us don’t give a shit.