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Surgeon General begs Fox News viewers to wear a face mask and insists 'we are not trying to take away your freedoms'
businessinsider.com ^ | July 20, 2020 | Eliza Relman

Posted on 07/20/2020 11:06:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Surgeon General Jerome Adams begged Fox News' audience on Monday to wear face masks to help contain the spread of the coronavirus and to avoid thinking of the health measure as a violation of their rights.

Adams stressed that President Donald Trump has recently said he supports mask-wearing, despite his refusal to implement a federal mask mandate.

"I'm pleading with your viewers, I'm begging you, please understand that we are not trying to take away your freedoms when we say wear a face covering," Adams said during a "Fox and Friends" interview.

He went on, "We are not trying to take away your ability to go out when we say keep restaurant capacity under 50%. We are saying if we do these things, we can actually open and stay open. We can get back to school, to worship, to jobs. We can do this."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; coronavirus; facemasks; fakenews; jeromeadams; masks; surgeongeneral; who
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sorry, Doc. Not gonna go there. AGAIN

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-brown-fail-lucy-sports-football-gif-4460715


41 posted on 07/21/2020 12:27:05 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas ( January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Caveat... If you are feeling sick, wear a face mask.

Essential fact number one... The WHO has already indicated that asymptomatic transmission is a very rare form of transmission. They backtracked somewhat from this scientific and factual position after the media screamed like banshees, but the truth remains a truth. Most transmissions occur after prolonged exposure to a person who has covid-19 and is displaying one or more of the symptoms associated with covid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/09/asymptomatic-coronavirus-spread-who/

Essential fact number two... Wearing a mask will not prevent you from getting covid-19. If you wear a mask and you are exposed for a prolonged amount of time to somebody who is sick with covid-19 you will still likely get covid.
https://www.livescience.com/are-face-masks-effective-reducing-coronavirus-spread.html

Essential fact number three... If you are sick with covid-19 and you wear a mask, it will be helpful in preventing you from transmitting covid-19 to others around you.

Essential fact number four... Several studies have already debunked the myth that you can get covid-19 from touching a surface. Outside of a lab, the virus does not adhere well to surfaces and your chances of touching a surface and then getting covid-19 are infinitesimal. Washing your hands is still essential and useful, but is highly unlikely that you will touch a surface and then touch your face and get covid-19.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-surfaces-groceries-packages-playgrounds-1.5645602


42 posted on 07/21/2020 12:31:49 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: cba123

That’s good news, can you say if no one wore a mask there would have been cases? maybe there would have been, no one knows for sure.


43 posted on 07/21/2020 12:33:57 AM PDT by saturn
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To: Vendome

F masks I’ll take my chance. People die all the time I’m not bothered..time to move on


44 posted on 07/21/2020 12:36:33 AM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
We can get back to school, to worship, to jobs. We can do this."

Except you won't let us do this even if we wear masks. Liar.

45 posted on 07/21/2020 12:38:22 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: saturn

I don’t know.

All I know is three things:

First of all, the disease started one country away. Right next door.

Second of all, the country 100% locked down. Completely.

Everywhere closed. The only stores open, were groceries, and other food stores. Immigration stopped. The country closed down.

Third, every single person, everyone, everywhere, wore a mask.

Everyone.

For two months.

That seemed to break the disease.

That was however, pretty early in the breakout. It is tougher now, in the US, no question.


46 posted on 07/21/2020 12:49:11 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: saturn

Someone claimed there is a country in Europe, which did NOT mask up.

They also have had good fortune.


47 posted on 07/21/2020 12:54:01 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

BS!!!!!

The Science is Conclusive: Masks and Respirators do NOT Prevent Transmission of Viruses

https://www.sott.net/article/434796-The-Science-is-Conclusive-Masks-and-Respirators-do-NOT-Prevent-Transmission-of-Viruses


48 posted on 07/21/2020 12:57:38 AM PDT by afchief
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To: philman_36
"Fines and incarceration for NOT wearing a mask..."

You're life too, at least for a 73 year old Canadian man killed by police in Minden, Ontario. They followed him home, and shot him dead:

Elderly Man Shot Dead by Police After Refusing to Wear a Mask in Grocery Store

49 posted on 07/21/2020 12:58:10 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: cba123

You are a LYING IDIOT!!!

Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy

https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy


50 posted on 07/21/2020 12:59:03 AM PDT by afchief
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To: Simon Foxx

“The reason they all LIED was because they were genuinely afraid that a “run” on masks would leave the health care providers short.”

Do you know how STUPID that statement is?????

Do hospital workers get their masks from Walmart and Costcos??????

You sound like a Liberal IDIOT who cannot use LOGIC!!!


51 posted on 07/21/2020 1:00:30 AM PDT by afchief
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To: afchief

I have been wearing one outside the home every day, since February.

So opinions can differ.

:)


52 posted on 07/21/2020 1:02:56 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Simon Foxx
The reason they all LIED was because they were genuinely afraid that a "run" on masks would leave the health care providers short.

This is complete BS and I show you why very easily:

Currently, the big push is not just for medical masks, but for "face coverings" of any kind - homemade masks, bandanas, face shields, etc. If they were merely afraid of not having medical masks for health care personnel, why not call for these alternatives back then?

Back when we should have been the most afraid, when less was known about the behavior of the virus and the rate of infection, normal human behavior and logic would have dictated that we take the most paranoid actions THEN, such as demanding everyone wear face coverings of some sort. Instead, we had our "top" medical staff specifically advising that people not wear masks.

Then, six months later, when we know more about the virus and realize that the numbers tell us it isn't nearly as deadly or contagious as we thought, NOW they go full paranoia. Masks for everyone, all the time! This does not line up with rational human behavior and suggests an ulterior motive.
53 posted on 07/21/2020 1:09:42 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: cba123

really? your proof of that statement?

One month after statewide mask mandate, California’s daily COVID case average has increased by 162% - by Daniel Payne - Just The News


54 posted on 07/21/2020 1:10:57 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: cba123

again your proof if that statement? or are we to just accept your expertise without question?


55 posted on 07/21/2020 1:13:34 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: cba123

and you are a small country that sealed your borders. the mask has nothing to do with it. but thanks for playing


56 posted on 07/21/2020 1:15:54 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: moehoward

The crappy thing is that the N95 has a little flapper thing that cuts down on your rebreating of CO2. That’s cool, it lets you wear the thing longer. But, guess what.. its spewing a jet of your breath on everyone around you. Huh.. I thought that was the point of the darn things.

The cloth masks are worse, they clog and your breath goes around the sides, and meanwhile, you are rebreathing your own CO2 and concentrating virus particles all along.


57 posted on 07/21/2020 1:18:29 AM PDT by dalight
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To: dalight

A real N95 has no such valve. At least the medical grade ones


58 posted on 07/21/2020 1:20:58 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Mom MD

All I know is, the FIRST DAY of the outbreak here, every last person in the entire country, was wearing a mask.

(Practically)

Everyone here rides a motor scooter. There are very few cars. As such, practically every single person in the entire country, already had a facemask, in their pocket.

They just all, put them on.


59 posted on 07/21/2020 1:21:25 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

so from what you are saying I can logically infer that cars spread the disease and if everyone here rode a motor scooter the disease would vanish. Got it


60 posted on 07/21/2020 1:22:55 AM PDT by Mom MD
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