Horowitz: Exposing the maskerade: The questions every American should be asking about indefinite mask mandates

conservative review ^ | · July 24, 2020 | bout indefinite mask mandates Daniel Horowitz

[conservative98]

The trope of “just shut up and wear a mask” is not science, ordered liberty, or constitutional governance. It’s what they do in North Korea. We need real debate on the effectiveness of masks, the type of masks, the situations in which they are worn, the duration of time, the benchmarks that need to be met to measure effectiveness, and the process for promulgating these rules. We are no longer 24 hours into an emergency. We are four months into this virus, and it’s time to function like the representative republic that we are.

There are numerous political and scientific questions any thinking person should be asking at this point:

[conservative98]

• Why did the CDC, World Health Organization, and such luminaries as Fauci and Surgeon General Jerome Adams so emphatically dismiss the effectiveness of masks, then flip 180 degrees to the point where they shame people who don’t wear them, without ever explaining what changed? While we learn more about the virus every day, the micro-biology of the particles hasn’t changed, and the premise that non-professional masks worn by non-trained professionals run the risk of counterproductive cross-contamination did not change.
• The suggestion that this is needed to protect others raises the obvious question: If me not wearing a mask transmits the virus to others who are wearing a mask, then is that not an admission that masks do not work to stop a respiratory virus that is microscopic and gets through the mask? Garbage in, garbage out. It makes no sense to suggest it doesn’t penetrate the transmitter’s mask from inside-out, especially with the air pressure of a cough or sneeze, but can penetrate the mask of the receiver through suspended molecules that are stagnant without pressure pushing those molecules outside-in to the receiver. If anything, the opposite should be true – it should be more effective for protection of yourself.
• How can mask-wearing work when everyone just stores them in their pockets to collect bacteria, as our government officials predicted from day one?
• How could kids ever keep it clean and not collect more bacteria, and where is the evidence that children are even a vector for viral transmission? My home county is mandating that even two-year-olds wear masks. How can anyone suggest that children can keep them clean, and where is the evidence that young children are a vector for transmitting the virus, when numerous studies from other countries have shown the opposite?
• Mask-wearing in all of the major cities – from Los Angeles to Miami – has been in place and followed by pressure and community shaming for months. Compliance in most of these places has been off the charts, according to the NYT. Yet the virus is still spreading more than before the mandate. The virus is now spreading in Japan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, which have near universal mask-wearing. At what point does the mask cult have to provide evidence of the effectiveness of these unconstitutional mandates, and at what point do benchmarks have to be met to maintain such a draconian and life-altering requirement?
• Do masks that are continuously reused, cross-contaminated, and not properly disposed of become a trap to further transmit the virus or become retainers for other pathogens – or at the very least for bacteria, which are larger than viruses – that can harm the mask-wearer and others alike?
• What are the known side effects to one’s health after wearing these masks for hours on end in the heat, especially for children in school? Does long-term mask-wearing lower oxygen levels and compromise our immune systems?
• Do masks cause people to touch their faces more often, the exact opposite of what was originally the desired result?

[Fungi]

The size of corona virus is 125 nanometers, that is 125 one billionths of a millimeter. No mask can prevent transmission on that scale.

[MortMan]

WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR REMOVING THE MANDATE TO MASK?

Nobody has asked or answered that question.

[ConservativeInPA]

We need real debate on the effectiveness of masks

No, we do not. We need action now. We need every usurper of the law that has made tyrannical edicts locked in prison until they rot to death.

[MAGAthon]

they are great for hiding the identity of the rioters.

[Vendome]

[Ann Archy]

MASKS ARE NOT HEALTHY!

[HighSierra5]

Duct tape.

[Fungi]

How was the sermon?

[HighSierra5]

I like the way you think. I’m going to be keeping an eye on you.

[stormhill]

I feel a sudden urge to be quarantined

[Vendome]

You probably need a hug too

[DuncanWaring]

125 nanometers, that is 125 one billionths of a millimeter.

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125 nanometers, that is 125 one billionths of a METER, not millimeter.

[jmacusa]

As I’ve posted here many times I work in a hospital ER. We are being HAD!!

[ConservativeInPA]

Good Answer

[Fungi]

You are correct. Forgot to delete the “milli.” Thank you for the correction.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”””We need real debate on the effectiveness of masks, the type of masks, the situations in which they are worn, the duration of time, the benchmarks that need to be met to measure effectiveness, and the process for promulgating these rules.””””

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Now that would be a debate worth watching.

Such a debate would only be outdone by the debate between Trump and Biden.

[HighSierra5]

I didn’t actually attend but I went to the office and talked with an elderly woman named Gloria and made a substantial donation. I’m sure it was great cause we watch MacArthur often on TV. I’m down here for a doctor’s appointment and I’m on medication to get rid of fluid. Next time I will time it so I can sit for an hour without running to the bathroom. Rather embarrassing. Did you hear John?

[Bratch]

The mask isn’t about science it’s about politics.