"Respiratory pathogens in hospitals are not hypothetical risks.

"Respiratory pathogens in hospitals are not hypothetical risks. They are endemic occupational hazards, extensively documented long before the Covid pandemic. If respirators are demonstrably more effective than surgical masks, as laboratory filtration studies overwhelmingly confirm, then continuing to mandate inferior protection moves from policy choice into regulatory negligence."

https://www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy/why-the-who-respirator-revolt-could-reshape-global-health-governance/624/