I'm sure these meetings consist of thorough literature review and analysis. Surgical masks are effective at decreasing spread, it's why we're back to using them for all patient encounters. You can't distance effectively in a crowd, hence why it's called a crowd.I sit in meetings listening to the IPCO experts tell us what's really happening out there in the real world. Surgical masks are basically useless and social distancing in a crowd is pure fantasy for infection prevention.