> It was all about masks/no masks, remember?

No I don't. What I remember is that they said a lot about social distancing and going outside, and for those who do have to be around others, they initially said you gotta wear N95 since ordinary masks aren't very effective, then they said there's a shortage of N95 masks so please just wear normal masks since at least it's better than nothing, and save the N95s for the hospitals and other high-risk settings/workers.

If you remember it differently, please explain what I'm misremembering, because (unlike a sizable fraction of the population) I don't remember hearing anything nonsensical or misleading about masks, especially given the information and resources they had available at the time.

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mensetmanusman a day ago | parent [-]

California was forcing people to go indoors from the beach after we at HN were discussing the misleading CDC recommendations that masks won’t help… it really depends on what timeline you focus on.

	▲	dataflow a day ago \| parent [-]
		> California was forcing people to go indoors from the beach after we at HN were discussing the misleading CDC recommendations that masks won’t help What does that have to do with masks? And wasn't this in the beginning of the lockdown while they were scrambling to figure things out? And "misleading" in what way? I know you and the rest of HN knew exactly the right thing to do in the very start of lockdown, so it's sad that they never came on HN for advice, but what makes you think they knew a better solution and yet held it from you?