Did I mention that I'm forced to wear a mask at work again?

 Because I'm unvaccinated.  Yeah.  Fucking anti-science bullshit is what it is.

“Data from 35 European countries on morbidity, mortality, and mask usage during a six-month period were analyzed and crossed,” continued the study, which encompassed a total of 602 million people.

“The findings presented in this short communication suggest that countries with high levels of mask compliance did not perform better than those with low mask usage in the six-month period that encompassed the second European wave of COVID-19,” Spira summarized.

“The lack of negative correlations between mask usage and COVID-19 cases and deaths suggest that the widespread use of masks at a time when an effective intervention was most needed, i.e., during the strong 2020-2021 autumn-winter peak, was not able to reduce COVID-19 transmission.”

Oh but Dave, you wear a mask to protect others!

Bullshit.  It.  Does.  Not.  Work.  It has never worked.  It will not work, because you're putting a piece of cloth over your mouth that a virus simply blows right through.  Civilization has known that masks were worthless.  They've done studies on it, trying to find out how to deal with a pandemic.  We've known the results for decades.

And now there's more proof.