+ He's still talking about masking in 2025.

He is saying that's because another pandemic is coming and there still isn't good evidence that masking reduces the spread of respiratory virus. There are a number of observational studies that show an effect which disappears when you consider only high quality RCTs.[0] Maybe now that Prasad has influence the USA will conduct some good research on the topic and we can get a definitive answer, which will be very useful when the next pandemic lands.

Despite that, it is a shame that Prasad has in other respects gone off the deep end as partially described in TFA.

[0] https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD...

More likely they continue with the policies that just destroyed the CDC. More likely they continue to go forward with policy based on petty grievances because they are fascist morons who want to see people die.