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Can we trust the Dem reversal of masks and mandates?
American Thinker ^ | 11 Feb, 2022 | Linnea Lueken

Posted on 02/11/2022 3:09:39 AM PST by MtnClimber

They have no intention of giving up their position permanently.

As we approach day 673 of “14 days to slow the spread,” it seems the left is finally coming around to the position that most conservatives have held for the past two years.

Following a few weeks of tentative support for less draconian mask mandates from mainstream media outlets and a massive Freedom Convoy of truck drivers in Canada who have simply had enough, blue states like New York, California, Virginia, and Massachusetts are beginning to ditch the mask mandates.

While they should be encouraged to continue ending the mask mandates (especially in schools) along with coerced vaccinations, it would be wise to note that the inspiration is not based on some new scientific discovery that the masks don’t work.

They have no intention of giving up this position permanently. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer spoke with the outlet’s medical analyst, Dr. Leana Wen, where she called for the end of mask mandates in order to “[P]reserve the ability of public health authorities to reinstitute mandates in the future” the next time a new variant is discovered.

Health officials have irreparably damaged their reputations and positions of public trust. Just because they backpedal now does not mean anyone should start trusting them again. They did not suddenly become political pawns during the coronavirus situation. The mask of “apolitical scientist” was just removed, revealing what they always were: unaccountable leftist partisans.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: communism

1 posted on 02/11/2022 3:09:39 AM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 02/11/2022 3:09:57 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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What reversal?

Kids and employees in NYS are still being muzzled.


3 posted on 02/11/2022 3:13:35 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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Well… we pretty can’t trust them with ANYTHING, so why should this be any different…


4 posted on 02/11/2022 3:14:17 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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It’s their lead-up to a new variant. “See how fast it can change? Now get back in your masks.”


5 posted on 02/11/2022 3:17:53 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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Never, EVER, trust a DemonRat! EVER!


6 posted on 02/11/2022 3:19:25 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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It’s their lead-up to a new variant. “See how fast it can change? Now get back in your masks.”

They will pull the same stunt for a bad flu season, maybe even a minor one.

7 posted on 02/11/2022 3:27:04 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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Nope.

Not ever.


8 posted on 02/11/2022 3:29:27 AM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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After the midterms


9 posted on 02/11/2022 3:31:11 AM PST by vigilante2
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Health officials have irreparably damaged their reputations and positions of public trust. Just because they backpedal now does not mean anyone should start trusting them again.

There’s a flip side to this. People who called themselves principled and free Americans irreparably damaged their reputations when they caved to this nonsense in the first place. Just because you are happy that your slave masters removed their mandates now does not mean you won’t bend over and take it again next time.

10 posted on 02/11/2022 3:43:04 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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I live in blue Illinois. If the governor and faceless health professionals get any blowback, they will blame the faceless health bureaucrats at CDC and FDA.


11 posted on 02/11/2022 4:20:41 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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They’ll lay off the testing and revive it closer to election and you’ll see new variants that will set off a new mask mandate AND mail in voting will be the hottest item going.


12 posted on 02/11/2022 4:55:57 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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And just because leftist democrats back off on one thing, does not mean they still want to find a “legal” way to murder you and I.


13 posted on 02/11/2022 5:07:23 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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Absolutely not.


14 posted on 02/11/2022 6:14:37 AM PST by tbpiper
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"People who called themselves principled and free Americans irreparably damaged their reputations when they caved to this nonsense in the first place."

Absolutely right! I continue to be astonished by how many people either have no principles, have no understanding of what it means to live in a free society, or are simply too stupid and ignorant to be given that responsibility.

15 posted on 02/11/2022 7:12:04 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Call me when their tomorrow (I will STOP all covid mandates “Fill in FUTURE date”) comes:-)


16 posted on 02/11/2022 9:23:55 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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From "14 days to slow the spread" to "Show me your papers" in one short year.

We did Nazi that coming!

17 posted on 02/11/2022 11:38:18 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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