We may possibly be getting somewhere with this. Yes, I don't deny that if everyone didn't wear masks that the situation would be far worse. BUT, we're talking about things being far worse now, 8 months into a mask mandate where most people actually wear masks. It is masked people spreading the virus and they spread the virus because masks don't really work that well, they only work better than not having masks at all. But, the point is, the left encouraging people to wear masks actually encourages people to go out. While the left say, "It's better to stay home but if you must go out, wear a mask" is picked up and heard by people as, "go out and do whatever the hell you want, but wear a mask". This is evidenced by travel at Thanksgiving and Christmas. People were told the very same thing, "You should stay home but if you must travel, wear a mask, social distance, etc." But, people, including millions of lefties, heard this as, "It's OK to travel, just wear a mask and follow guidelines". And what happened? People traveled by the boatloads, wore masks, followed the guidelines, and we had surges. The virus is spreading because too many people are out and too many people are out because they falsely believe that masks are some sort of force field that stops the virus. Encouraging people to wear masks encourages them to go out when they shouldn't be going out. We should be encouraging them to stay home and don't go out and leave the part off about, "Well if you must go out, wear a mask" because this just encourages them to go out instead of hearing what you said at first, "Don't go out".