> - Ignored/denied the potential of wide-spread usage of masks to reduce transmission (instead, only focusing on its disadvantages)
This one personally I couldn't and still can't understand. People saw since at least late April - early May that there was a strong correlation between the use of masks and the number of new cases going down (most visible for me in countries like Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, maybe there were others, too), by that point there was almost no downside asking everyone to wear a mask (at least indoors), so, again, I can't understand why some informed people were against it.
This one personally I couldn't and still can't understand. People saw since at least late April - early May that there was a strong correlation between the use of masks and the number of new cases going down (most visible for me in countries like Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, maybe there were others, too), by that point there was almost no downside asking everyone to wear a mask (at least indoors), so, again, I can't understand why some informed people were against it.