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I Was Fine With Wearing A Mask Until Government Demanded I Wear Two
The Federalist ^ | 2/11/2021 | Tristan Justice

Posted on 02/11/2021 8:12:29 AM PST by Signalman

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a new study on face masks Wednesday, touting the benefits of individuals wearing two masks instead of one to prevent transmission of the novel Wuhan coronavirus.

The study, conducted entirely on mannequin models in a controlled environment, not any human subjects, concluded double masking was about 95 percent effective at reducing particle transmission.

Then came the typical culprits taking a single study that promotes their narrative to amplify its findings across the internet. CNN followed suit, along with the Washington Post, the New York Times, and all the rest.

The study, not based on any actual people and not using the highest-quality research methods such as a randomized controlled trial, will ultimately serve to justify those demanding double mask requirements while vilifying those who oppose the idea as cartoon caricatures who don’t believe in science and want people to die. There’s no room to even debate the efficacy of face masks in the first place since big tech shut that down too.

When requirements for facial coverings arrived, I was fine wearing a face mask. I spray my eucalyptus pillow mist in them to keep them fresh, and when the Colorado cold came, I certainly didn’t mind the extra warmth. If it made those around me feel more comfortable, I was happy to oblige.

But when questions began to rise about when we can finally ditch them, even after multiple vaccines have arrived and millions have recovered, it’s become ever more clear our leaders have no intent of us having our lives back.

The issue stretches far beyond a face mask, because it’s not just a mask like we’ve been told time and again on repeat. It’s just a mask, it’s just six feet, it’s just two weeks, it’s just another few weeks, it’s just another month, another season, another holiday, another year, another birthday, another wedding, another graduation, another milestone, another concert, another business, until there’s a vaccine, until everyone’s vaccinated, until there’s another vaccine.

Don’t be selfish, they say, don’t live your life. It’s just two masks.

There is no small portion of the population that now that just wants the government to tell them exactly what to do, the same government that shut down their neighbor’s businesses declaring their lives’ work non-essential. It’s amazing to consider the American public’s apathy towards liberty 250 years after the Boston patriots dumped tea into the harbor over a dumb tax. In fact, I’ve seen people huffing and puffing at 8,000 feet with nobody else nearby being yelled at by other hikers for taking a few minutes to collect themselves without a face covering.

When asked on Fox News this week when Americans could stop wearing face masks, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said when the coronavirus “is not a threat at all.” Meanwhile, scores of public health officials from the same apparatus demanding double face masks are saying the coronavirus is “here to stay,” a pandemic that’s with us for as long as we last, so too now are the masks.


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To: Irenic

https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/

If there’s a backup, it’s not due to WuFlu.


21 posted on 02/11/2021 8:30:14 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: lakecumberlandvet

At this rate, we may see people walking around with diapers on their heads. What’s next? Full face respirators with cartridges? SCBA’s?


22 posted on 02/11/2021 8:30:14 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Signalman

Bookmark


23 posted on 02/11/2021 8:30:17 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love BULL MARKETS!)
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To: Signalman

Next week you will be required to stand on one foot while whistling “I got you, babe” by Sonny and Cher................


24 posted on 02/11/2021 8:32:12 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Red Badger

I Was Fine With Wearing A Mask Until Government Demanded I Wear Two

You vill obey or it’s off to the camp for you!


25 posted on 02/11/2021 8:33:23 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: Signalman

I would like to see the added income and profits being made by Face Mask Providers and who they are and in what countries do the manufacture them. It might be an interesting exercise to expose this information and who the Major Stockholders are.


26 posted on 02/11/2021 8:36:09 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Signalman

If a person wants to wear a mask, then he should wear one.
If he doesn’t want to, then he should not.
There should not be any laws about this.
No one should bitch at people for not wearing masks or for wearing them - it is none of their damn business.
If someone is that afraid of a virus with a 99%+ survival rate, the he should STAY HOME.


27 posted on 02/11/2021 8:43:06 AM PST by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: Signalman

Trying to see how far they can push people. It’s a Sacha Baron Cohen prank at this point.


28 posted on 02/11/2021 8:44:40 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: real saxophonist

Walk into a store from the cold (then put the mask on) and poof can’t see anything.


29 posted on 02/11/2021 8:44:45 AM PST by pas
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To: Signalman

CDC can’t “make” anyone do anything but apparently the writer was easily duped into the mask BS anyway.


30 posted on 02/11/2021 8:46:52 AM PST by maddog55 ((the only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!))
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To: Signalman

Why not 3 masks? 4? 5? Just put a plastic bag over your head and tie it. Guarantee you won’t get Covid.


31 posted on 02/11/2021 8:48:04 AM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Signalman

The CDC has proven it is now a thoroughly political entity. No science needed.


32 posted on 02/11/2021 8:48:10 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Signalman

You want to wear masks or take experimental vaccines that’s your business. I will not comply.
The government of PA recognizes a man wearing a dress as their secretary of health. They call him “she/her”. These people are all crazy and I won’t do what they say. To do so would mean I was crazy, too.


33 posted on 02/11/2021 8:49:55 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Signalman

A fellow Freeper recently proposed that a floating CV19 virus views a mask in the way a mosquito views a chain-link fence.

Well played, IMHO.


34 posted on 02/11/2021 8:50:22 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
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To: bk1000
The government of PA recognizes a man wearing a dress as their secretary of health. They call him “she/her”. These people are all crazy and I won’t do what they say. To do so would mean I was crazy, too.

lol, THAT'S FUNNY

35 posted on 02/11/2021 8:50:44 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Signalman

Wait until it becomes two masks and a hajib, and then two masks, a hajib and a burqa, for both American women and men.


36 posted on 02/11/2021 8:52:24 AM PST by This I Wonder32460 (So tired of Rhino Repulican'ts. I prefer Trump Republicans.)
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To: Signalman

They’re just making you jump through hoops now like a trained animal.


37 posted on 02/11/2021 8:54:21 AM PST by hercuroc
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To: hercuroc

whats astounding is how many Ameicans gleefully go along.
The cult of shared misery.


38 posted on 02/11/2021 8:57:30 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: Irenic

Most of the obits I’ve read say that there will be no services.


39 posted on 02/11/2021 8:58:38 AM PST by caver
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To: Signalman

In Ohio here. Mandated masks in July because the numbers were going up. They only went up sent the start of mask wearing. Proves that masks do not work.


40 posted on 02/11/2021 9:00:06 AM PST by IgnorerOfLiberals
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