MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 19/05/2020 16:49, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:50:21 on Tue, 19 May
2020, Sammi Gray-Jones remarked:

So what purpose do you think the masks worn by the public are meant to
serve?

They are a placebo, pure and simple, there to *make* the wearer think
that they are safer.

Rinse and repeat. They don't make the *wearer* safer.

But they make them *think* they're safer.


The government and its experts have never claimed that, and nor does the
media. It's always been made clear that simple masks for the general public
are worn to protect others, not the wearer. If some people nevertheless
choose to believe it, they're deluding themselves.

After all, plenty of people still take homeopathic 'medicines', which are
even less useful than a flimsy mask (but more expensive). Lots of people
take high dose vitamin tablets, which are of little or no benefit, and may
even be harmful.