Thread by @Francis_Hoar

On the train. Man takes off mask, places it on chair,sips coffee,puts it back on. He is later sure to touch surfaces.
This is typical behaviour & more or less unavoidable when eating and drinking. But in the extremely unlikely event he had the virus, it is a grt way to spread it.

Any empirical evidence of the effect of mask use *in the community*? No. Any empirical evidence about the negative effects of requiring their use *in the community* on viral transmission? No.

And yet not only is this required, our (taxpayers’) money is spent subsidising employees on a dying train network to spout dishonest statements about masks ‘protecting’ others, while paying for other propaganda that is crippling the revenues of these essential services.

This is obviously rather like a broken record, but the degree of unthinking and uncomprehending compliance makes it necessary to continue asking these questions.