I say yes.
Masks work. Mask mandates don't work.
Too many people are too stupid to wear them properly. But the article makes it clear that masks work.
The "masks work, mandates don't" was the newspaper's opinion. And I doubt that people in Hong Kong wore them improperly. Face it: Masks don't work, as 12 RCTs since World War II clearly show.
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