> The various health authorities told people not to use masks at first because:
> Hospitals were in danger of running out of protective equipment.
They said: "We need the masks for hospitals. Please don't use masks, because they don't work for you, they only work for us in the hospitals".
Why would anyone take from that that masks don't work? How/why did people believe that? They literally say that masks work. This is one of the greatest mysteries for me.
Could you maybe also pull this off in some other context, too? "We want the good stuff. But it doesn't work, so please don't buy it. Leave it for us"? Could it be made to work?
> Hospitals were in danger of running out of protective equipment.
They said: "We need the masks for hospitals. Please don't use masks, because they don't work for you, they only work for us in the hospitals".
Why would anyone take from that that masks don't work? How/why did people believe that? They literally say that masks work. This is one of the greatest mysteries for me.
Could you maybe also pull this off in some other context, too? "We want the good stuff. But it doesn't work, so please don't buy it. Leave it for us"? Could it be made to work?