[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?

[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.

[Vendome]

[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.

[LouieFisk]

Barring something sudden and unexpected, such as a vaccine coming out in the next 2 months or the virus just disappearing, masking is here til at least sometime next year.
Governments could change their rules, but they’ll still be required for commercial interactions. More and more business are telling people they gotta mask up.
Be interesting to see if how masking is handled if schools are open for in-person learning.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Interesting post, but one thing was missed - the profiteering angle. A lot of connected people are raking in piles of cash selling masks and related stuff directly or by contracts. The longer it can drag on, the more money they'll make.

 

 

[Vendome]

Surgeon General “Please, I’m begging you to wear a mask” PSA

Title is a complete fraud. He spends one minute saying “Face Covering “.

Worse, he never says what a medically effective standard forba face covering is nor cites a study

In fact, he looks stupid with all the gesticulating, as he knows the script he is reading is a lie
https://youtu.be/9-Y_da0-vYQ

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“maskerade?????”

Who writes these articles? Kindergarten children?

[logi_cal869]

If everyone (healthy, not at-risk) would just grow a pair, this would be over tomorrow.

[logi_cal869]

I've explained it to others like this:

Most people don't understand large numbers; their minds just default to something familiar. Same goes for what they can't see (small numbers, i.e. 120 nanometer SARS-CoV-2). Radiation, too.

So...about the "science": If it's physically-impossible to block a virus - see images below - then it's not about the "science".

I will not comply.

Facemask under microscope:

N95 Outer Layer

N95 Fine layer

Disposable surgical mask (medical grade):

T-shirt

Note: The small dot to the immediate right of all 4 of the Coronavirus graphical representations us the virus to the SAME SCALE (you may need to zoom in; the enlarged representation is provided for visual effect to locate the properly-scaled virus, which is smaller than a decimal point at that scale).

[zeestephen]

ping

[LateBoomer]

There are very powerful entities behind the Pandemic Panic push. Masks are a visual that the Pandemic is real and deadly beyond what the actual numbers support.

Yes people have gotten the virus and died. But a thin cloth mask isn’t protecting anyone. In fact, it’s spreading the virus by the act of touching your face to handle your mask. So why the show? Because that’s exactly what it is, a show.