The author misses the bigger take here: the biggest lie wasn't asymptotic transmission, which was bull$hit from the start, it's that those damn face diapers had ANY effect on airborne/aerosolized viral spread. They do not and never have. Those masks were never designed or intended to prevent viral spread from the very beginning of mask use.(The disclaimer on the packaging even states as much) The masks are intended to prevent BACTERIAL infections in trauma & surgical wounds. The masks were to help contain any mucus or spittle from docs & nurses talking, coughing, or sneezing in the sterile environment of the OR and/or ER. They were never designed or intended to stop the spread of the common cold(the Wuhan virus is a variant of common cold) or flu. They're nothing but a wholly ineffective emotional placebo for the sheep who are scared that a glorified cold is going to kill everybody. The next biggest lie was magnifying the threat that Wuhan presented to the world. Old and very ill or infirm were at risk, just like with bad colds, pneumonia, and flu, most everyone else just had a bad to very bad cold but got over it. Wuhan ended up with a 0.02% fatality rate, whereas an actual dangerous virus like Hantavirus has about a 38% fatality rate. That's a very big difference.