masks stop the spread of Corona, just not other flus

I think technically they're supposed to reduce the spread of anything (depending on whose irrefutable evidence from more professional sources you believe) though from the get-go there has been shrill screaming about how it's so very extremely different so that's hardly surprising XD

But, governments and corporations aren't very good at reflecting on their behavior, nor learning from it.

That might have something to do with governments and corporations not being people (despite the sheer bloody minded idiocy of whoever thought "corporate personhood" was a good idea, if they ever come out the bad side of that they thoroughly deserve it).

They're also likely run by people who are textbook definition of narcissist.

Hope small gets over the annoying cold quickly. She probably likes your singing for whatever reason if she keeps waking up, otherwise she'd get herself back to sleep ;D