Really, it's worse than just the mask theatre.

They've known for a very long time that asymptomatic transmission is not a thing. In December, JAMA published a meta-analysis of 54 studies with 77 758 participants. The estimated overall household secondary attack rate was 16.6% for symptomatic transmission, but it varied by relationship.

The estimated asymptomatic transmission was 0.7%.

If you can't catch the 'ro while sharing a household with an infected asymptomatic person, then surely you have zero risk when walking by an asymptomatic person on the sidewalk or sitting near one in the bar.

Last week, I heard Marty Makary, MD (whom I like and respect) state that asymptomatic spread was the driver of the pandemic. Clearly, it wasn't. Clearly, it couldn't have been.

So, it begs the question...how are people catching this virus?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774102