For those of you who think that masks are only for keeping others from getting your illness

[Chainfire]

10. The government is not responsible for protecting your health.

What the government's job is is to to provide you with the best information possible based on the best scientific evidence. If the information they give you is tempered with political or economic considerations than it is worthless if not harmful.

You are responsible for the protection of your health. You can only make informed decisions if you are given accurate information to work with.

Again, the prima facie evidence is in their actions, not their words. Government and private health care workers wear masks for protection. If it is good for the goose, how can it not be important for the other goose, unless considerations, other than health and safety are being included in the equation.

Give me accurate information and I will determine the risks I am willing to take and the preventive measures I am willing to forego. After all, it is my life that is in the balance, not Wall Street's, not the President's, not the NIH or the WHO.

Just the facts, ma'am.