It would be working better if more than 50% of Americans were actually wear them, socially distanced, and washed their hands.I absolutely care about people's lives. And since this obviously isn't working, we should be looking for a different solution than wearing the damned mask.
See Japan. As mentioned more than once in this thread, they have an older population, a higher population density, their lockdowns were not as broad and were largely voluntary. By those facts, you’d expect them to be worse off than we are.
Instead, our death rate was @30x higher than theirs.
Why? Because their masking rate is over 90% and their population takes hand-washing seriously.
No joke- before the astounding Pfizer and Moderna vaccine efficacy results were announced, leaders of the CDC & other organizations told us that masks at @70% reduction rates would likely remain more effective than any vaccine from a public health perspective. And that’s still mostly true.
As for looking for other solutions...what do you think the global drive for vaccines and therapies is all about?