The Masked Face and the Public Square

Illinois Review ^ | July 8, 2020 A.D. | John F Di Leo

[KTM rider]

a caller to Rush show today had a good point that the mask is a product of socialist indoctrination, it embodies the concept of collectivism. Instead of taking care of ourselves with individual responsibility , the Socialist government orders us ALL to wear masks and do what they say.

we now have a socialist/marxist deep state monkey on our backs

[livius]

Excellent. This stupid panic-demic has been used to shut down all of American civil society and all of our network of relationships. It has killed our cultural expressions. And it is crushing the dreams of the young.

This has to stop.

[ClearCase_guy]

We seem to be a weak and pathetic people.

[tellw]

I am a school teacher and I am relieved to learn that face shields will be allowed instead of face masks. I think masks are both dehumanizing and less protective. I want students to be able to see my face.

[SunkenCiv]

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[mewzilla]

Did your union ever worry about TB?

[steve86]

“We know that the virus itself isn’t usually what directly causes the sicknesses, but that the virus opens up the body to other infections that are more easily treated. “

What the hell is he talking about?

[Mom MD]

i don’t think the shield is much less dehumanizing. It is still a physical barrier between you and your students

[HighSierra5]

Invasion of the body snatchers.

[LouieFisk]

“We know that the virus itself isn’t usually what directly causes the sicknesses, but that the virus opens up the body to other infections that are more easily treated. “
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“What the hell is he talking about?”
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Beats me, I was wondering too.

[CincyRichieRich]

Not one city mandate has included an end date nor any criteria.

[steve86]

As I understand it secondary infections are not a big issue. That nonsense is what you get when a lawyer writes about medical matters, I guess.

[Fiji Hill]

Did your union ever worry about TB?

In California, teachers must be periodically tested for TB.

[LouieFisk]

“As I understand it secondary infections are not a big issue. That nonsense is what you get when a lawyer writes about medical matters, I guess.”
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I don’t think the guy has nay idea what he’s talking about, it’s more like he strung som bits and pieces together.

The part about the scifi story is interesting, though, and a good comparison. If the virus doesn’t just go away or if no vaccine is forthcoming, much of life will continue to be impacted for a very long time as in the scifi tale.

[jfd1776]

To Steve86 -

You asked what I meant when I said that the virus itself isn’t directly causing the severe sickness, but it opens up the body to other infections.

That’s why the mix of hydrochloroquine, z-pack, and zinc work well. I’m not a doctor so I can’t explain it well, but the virus weakens the body, especially your torso, to be open to really bad bacterial infections.

That’s why treating it as a virus hasn’t really been working. You need to treat the bacterial infections that the virus brings in. Hydrochloroquine and zithromax do that.

[steve86]

You need to read up on the microbiology before expounding on the matter. The quinine derivative, azithromycin or doxycycline and zinc work together to get zinc into the host cells where they inhibit viral replication. Has nothing to do with bacteria.

[SisterK]

masks are both dehumanizing and less protective

very dehumanizing
and I am shocked at the lack of rebellion against the masks

[kiryandil]

Whoa there, steve86, big fella.

The azithromycin or doxycycline are there to treat any attendant bacterial pneumonia.

jfd1776 - EXCELLENT article. I was especially struck by these paragraphs that you wrote:

It’s not just the loss of a year’s wages for those whose careers are dependent on entertainment – the concert center staffs, the actors and musicians, the athletes and motivational speakers. It’s also the lack of human contact with strangers... the usually smooth, usually safe human contact that enables us to work together, to cooperate, to come together on Election Day without the feeling that it’s “Me vs. Them.”

Our Founding Fathers designed this system. They proved that all these different groups could get along politically because they also got along at church, at the theatre, at restaurants and in the public market. Take that away, and we can no longer expect them to get along on Election Day.

As we have seen the numbers disprove the need for massive lockdowns – as it has been demonstrated that the mask-wearing and the avoidance of public events was an overreaction – we can see society collapsing. Riots in our cities, political polarization at an unprecedented level. Can these be related? Of course they are!...

Very well-constructed piece!    

[steve86]

"The azithromycin or doxycycline are there to treat any attendant bacterial pneumonia."

False. All the middle school scientists seem to be chiming in tonight.

Twenty cases were treated in this study and showed a significant reduction of the viral carriage at D6-post inclusion compared to controls, and much lower average carrying duration than reported of untreated patients in the literature. Azithromycin added to hydroxychloroquine was significantly more efficient for virus elimination.

Read any of hundreds or thousands of technical references.