Just an observation.
If one the goals of masking, as opined by many anons, is depopulation, through illness associated with such, the benefit to the DS must be in the short term.
As, the majority of mask worshippers are democrat or those poor folk who live in dem controlled areas and are subject to their rules!
But, in the long term, the effect of depopulation would only hurt these areas through district realignments and ideological support!
What other goals might the masking scenario be intended to secure?
What are we missing, here?