Originally Posted by
The96er
The first part of your statement, whilst undoubtedly true, appears to make little to no difference to the progress of the virus. Look at the strict enforcement in Spain and France and then compare to U.K, Netherlands, Belgium with our half measures in comparrison. The trejectory remains the same.
How can you tell? You don't know what would have happened had mask wearing not been so widespread. It's quite possible that masks have reduced the spread compared to what would otherwise have been the case.