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If consistent universal masking actually works to drive and keep R0<1, we have *A LOT* to gain.

If masks are not all that they were cut out to be (no pun intended...), we do not have nearly as much to lose given we need to continue testing/tracing/isolating either way. #covid19
With every decision, need to weigh risk/benefit particularly when in a relative data-free zone. Comparing #covid19 to flu data for every public health intervention is really unreasonable at this point- we are dealing w/ completely different circumstances than anything before.
This goes for masks especially; we really do not know what people's behaviors will be like when they are wearing masks v not specifically for #covid19.

At an individual level, I guess we need to account for the fact that some of them will be assaulting each other...
But the arguments suggesting people will social distance less *because* they are masking are really not based in science. The same largely false arguments for behavioral risk compensation have been used for decades in public health (condoms, PrEP, seatbelts, you name it)
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