Posted on 06/29/2020 6:04:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Author’s note: The below is the Op-Ed that was accepted to USAToday on June 24. They deleted key phrases/paragraphs for their print paper and then they refused to print it at all online.
It is clear to me as a physician-lawyer that the disinformation about both Covid-19 and the Constitution has caused us to turn a medical issue into a legal crisis.
The scientific usefulness of a mask has been so aggressively overstated, and the foundational importance of the Constitution has been so aggressively understated, that we have normalized people screaming obscenities at each other while hiking.
The Covid virus was supposed to be contained in the kind of lab where people wear astronaut suits and go through triple sealed doors. It is a con of massive proportion to assert that now, having escaped those environs, a bandana will magically do the trick.
After all, size matters.
The pore size of cloth face coverings range from ~ 20-100 microns. The Covid virus is 200-1000x smaller than that, at 0.1 microns. Putting up a chain link fence will not keep out a mosquito. Even the most esteemed medical journals admit their purpose is to calm anxiety. “Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety …”
Of course, by knowledge or common sense observation, most Americans already know that masking everyone is superstition. But unlike privately carrying a lucky charm, mandating facial coverings requires the consent of the governed.
Many cultures mandate clothing that appears totally irrational to outsiders. Never have those cultures pretended that there is a scientific basis for their clothing requirement. Their leaders rule, and their citizens accept, that their choice of clothing is due to religious or cultural preference.
Not wearing a mask is not mere “personal choice” like deciding between a head covering or a t-shirt. It is a flashpoint for being a free human being who has consented to be governed but has not consented to be ruled. We do not consent to a masked America, because that is a fundamental change in American society, culture, norms, and rights.
People who are apathetic toward their own liberty cannot eliminate Constitutional rights for those who are not. This is not the first (or last) time that people who believe in superstition are screaming the loudest. The Constitution exists precisely to protect all people during times of mass hysteria.
The mask has become the most visible symbol of #socialconditioning to Americans determined to preserve individual freedom. Thus far most Americans have continued to give their consent to be governed. But you are trying our patience.
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Simone Gold, MD, JD, FABEM, is a board certified emergency physician. She graduated from Chicago Medical School before attending Stanford University Law School to earn her Juris Doctorate degree. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York. Dr. Gold worked in Washington D.C. for the Surgeon General, as well as for the Chairman of the Labor & Human Resources Committee. She works as an emergency physician on the frontlines whether or not there is a pandemic. Her clinical work serves all Americans: from urban-inner city, to suburban, to the IHS. Her legal work has focused on conflicts between hospitals and insurers. She writes on a number of policy issues relating to law and medicine. She always leads with the facts. Read more at The Gold Opinion.
And I agreed that was possible. I apologize. You posted facts.
The answer to your question is no, I never wear a mask outdoors unless I just left a place and haven't removed it yet.
thanks
i am all for people taking whatever precautions they need
i am opposed to people demanding they take precautions for others’ feats and anxieties
like you i suggest these people also ought to stay home as well
to me its like being forced to play along with the trannies’ mental illnesses
and heres the other thing everyone should be angry about
first the doctor ‘expert’ knobs say we need herd immunity
but they are for prolonged isolation and lockdown, which inherently prevents and prolongs getting herd immunity
then they say wear masks
which also inherently according to them prevents and porlomgs getting herd immunity
well if you want to build up herd immunity people have to be exposed in order to fight it off and develop immunity
the experts should be drawn and quartered or at least never be listened to again
And in the People's Republik of Transylvania it is a she/he/it Dr. (Dickless) "Rachel" Levine who is issuing the orders.
PLEASE don't post any pictures.
That is one face that should be permanently masked.
Those with underlying medical disorders such as breathing issues only have to say so and are exempt.
Or at least masked and muzzled.
LOL
that’s the face that sunk 1000 libidos
there’s not enough viagra in the world to ...well you get the idea
well the ‘experts’ flipped and flopped so many times that they basically advocated every position, so that with a straight face, they can claim that they were ‘right’
And when “droplets” evaporate in a minute or two, where do you think the viruses go? Think hard...
Maybe, maybe not. There is always exposure with or without masks. Some virus particles land and there could be some immune response. I don't know how infected a person has to get to develop antibodies.
To offer useful protection a mask has to be properly designed and fit. The usual homemade mask is far from the mark. One that is properly designed will be very uncomfortable for most people in the coming hot humid months. Certainly there is no valid reason for a healthy person going about their business in the great outdoors to wear one.
In situations where it is valid the mask should never be considered a stand alone method of infection control.
Ping to post 48.
Might inspire a new limerick?
Just put on the sheep costume and say “Baaaaa”.
They turn into aerosols that float around. We don't know how much aerosol spread there is with this virus versus airborne droplets.
Coughs and sneezes, or common breathing are the culprit?
Also, what about the studies that claim up to 20 % less oxygen? How do you trade that off?
I do appreciate you’re not one of the outdoor mask wearing fools.
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shhhhhhhhhhhh.....
Excellent piece.
not everyone who has it knows they have itYou need to stay indoors.so it becomes a worse problem for them
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