Bill Nye uses science to show world of adult children the importance of wearing a mask - The A.V. Club

In 2020, with so many grown-ups acting like idiot kids during a pandemic, Nye has returned to this format in an attempt to convince people to wear face masks.

The video was posted on his TikTok—because, yes, even Nye has a TikTok now—and uses a straightforward demonstration to show why everyone is being asked to wear face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19.

For anyone who thinks this idea is deep state magick used by the evil elites to control the general populace, he performs an experiment, blowing on a candle through a scarf (which does little) and then repeating this through a face mask (which doesn’t even make the flame flicker).

“The reason we want you to wear a mask is to protect you, sure, but the main reason we want you to wear a mask is to protect me!