Posted on 12/21/2020 4:42:29 AM PST by Kaslin
Obviously, no amount of evidence, data, trends, facts, studies, or science will ever convince most ‘public health officials’ that masks aren’t doing squat to stop the spread of COVID-19. Cases and deaths continue to spike (yes, many of these are super-sensitive PCR test-driven numbers, but still) despite the fact that well over 90% of the country are complying with their absurd mandates. Yet, predictably, the virus keeps going right on virusing, as highly contagious respiratory viruses, unfortunately, tend to do, especially once cold weather hits.
Nevertheless, those of us who are mask skeptics have a difficult chore in front of us. Given that most of the country is under a mask mandate of some form or another, we can point to spikes all day AFTER these mandates were put in place only to have our opponents simply say, “Look how bad it would have been WITHOUT masks!”
It’s a tough argument to counter given the fact that our overlords have sold masking as a low-cost, easy “solution” that’s totally worth it even if they “save one life,” or something (nevermind the health risks - let’s censor docs who talk about those!). So, how DO we prove that things wouldn’t have been worse without masks? One way is to look at data from the few free states remaining.
In Florida, for example, most counties have so far bravely refused to implement mask mandates while others, usually in high population centers, have done so. Justin Hart and the team at Rational Ground (follow them on Twitter here - it’s worth it) just released a comprehensive data analysis of masked vs non-masked counties in the state. A total of 22 of 67 counties in the state have implemented a mask order at some point during the period of May 1 through December 15. It may not sound like many, but these include almost all of Florida’s largest metro areas. To be more than fair, if an area added a mask order at some point during the outbreak, the study’s authors gave a 14 day period to allow time for cases to begin subsiding. “Cases were summed for both mandate and non-mandate jurisdictions and adjusted per 100,000 people for days the mandates were or were not in effect,” wrote the authors, describing the methodology used.
If masks did even close to as advertised, one would expect to see the counties that went maskless to be absolute dumpster fires next to the counties that implemented mandates, right? At the very least, the numbers should favor the masked areas by more than a percentage point or two. So, how did it go? Yep, it was the Mask Cult’s worse nightmare:
“When counties DID have a mandate in effect, there were 667,239 cases over 3,137 days with an average of 23 cases per 100,000 per day. When counties DID NOT have a countywide order, there were 438,687 cases over 12,139 days with an average of 22 cases per 100,000 per day.”
In other words, counties with mask-mandates in place actually did WORSE than those that refused to implement them. (Yeah, color me shocked.) The authors even accounted for population density in their analysis, suggesting that it didn’t have an impact on the numbers because four of the 12 most populous counties in Florida never had a countywide order. “When the eight DID have an order in effect, there were 64 cases per 1,000. In periods 11 of 12 DID NOT have one, there were 40,” they wrote.
“But that’s just Florida,” you say. “They’re weirdos anyway. Surely masks have worked in the rest of the country.” Well, I’m glad you asked! The good folks at Rational Ground went on to compare national numbers, pitting the states that resisted the urge to impose a statewide mask mandate against those that masked up. How did those compare?
“When states DID have a mandate in effect, there were 9,605,256 cases over 5,907 total days and averaged 27 cases per 100,000 per day. When states DID NOT have a statewide order there were 5,781,716 cases over 5,772 total days averaging 17 cases per 100,000 people per day.”
So there you have it, incontrovertible data evidence that mask mandates do little to nothing to stop or even slightly curb the spread of COVID-19. If masks were the answer, wouldn’t you expect to see a drop in cases not long after mask mandates are implemented? At the very least, wouldn’t you expect to see cases level off and STAY leveled off? What you would NOT expect would be what has actually happened, for cases to spike as they have done since November seemingly all across the country, regardless of whether or not a mandatory masking policy was in place.
Further, wouldn’t you also expect states and areas that MASKED HARRDERRR than anyone else, states like California that have the ‘bold leadership’ to insist the plebes under their control mask up outside on hiking trails and sitting alone in parks, to have the lowest case counts of all? Just look at the latest per capita numbers there compared to Florida and tell me with a straight face that mask mandates ‘work.’ As Dave Rubin adeptly pointed out earlier this month, Florida’s numbers “should be ten times higher” than California’s. I mean, nobody is asking for masks to work perfectly, but hell, shouldn’t we expect SOME performance?
Numbers and data like this get down to the brass tacks. We can pit our doctors, scientists, and epidemiologists against their doctors, scientists, and epidemiologists on the actual science behind whether forcing people to put a moist, bacteria & virus-laden piece of cloth over the holes through which they breathe actually works to contain a virus that’s infinitesimally smaller than its threads (and yes, there are plenty of doctors, scientists, and epidemiologists on Team Reality too, and a bunch of them are on this must-follow Twitter list!), but if mask-mandates aren’t actually WORKING to curb the spread, why do we have them in place?
It’s complete and utter nonsense, of course. You know it, I know it, and the powers-that-be likely know it too. So why do they insist on continuing the charade? Whatever it is, it has NOTHING to do with either public health or real science.
US - 330 million population - 300,000+ Covid deaths
EU - 500 million population - 500,000+ Covid deaths
If you look at deaths per XX population, you will find no significant difference between nations with strong mask mandates/shutdowns versus those without.
PS: South Korea going through another spike despite being looked at as a “success”
It’s nothing to do with disease prevention, it’s just a visible sign of submission. That’s why they don’t even let honest studies like this get published or publicized.
2 Things getting rid of Trump, done, now collecting billions in cash in stimulus, repeat.
Anyone with any common sense knows this, but some here will still refuse to acknowledge that masks are just a ploy to psychologically condition the masses.
I don’t know if I agree.
I have been in Vietnam for the Wuhan flu breakout.
Once again, after two additional breakouts, there is no local transmission in the country, at present.
No flu, no mask required.
Though most people here, do still wear a mask.
Not trying to do anything by this post, except to say, masks do seem to be working here, anyway.
Denying the reality of the total ineffectiveness of widespread masking of America’s population is a sickness unto itself ... but its effects are far more protractive and widespread, and are far more damaging to the mental and physical health individuals who suffer from these conditions — the denial of reality as well as masking to “stop the spread” — than is a respiratory virus with a 99.9 percent survival rate.
Initially, the Surgeon General was against masks and said so frequently. IIRC, the reasoning was that a) people would not wear them correctly and b) that the mask gave people a false sense of security and would not do the other hygiene things. Only after months did he adopt the gubermint line, even going so far as to record a Public Service Announcement touting mask usage.
Face it, most of us know the masks do nothing and wear them just to get in the stores. And then there are the ones who changed their avatars (on sites that allow that) to a photo of them wearing their mask. Cringeworthy morons...
We also know not even n95s will do anything against a virus. I don’t wear anything to go anywhere. I just let it buck.
Australia is also going through another wave despite proclamations of success.
I dare someone to show me a mask manufacturer that makes the claim their product prevents or reduce the spread or transmission of viruses. They can not make this claim because the data does not support it and doing so would violate FDA labeling requirements and subject the manufacturers to fines and law suits.
My mother-in-law is a 40+ year OR nurse, and it absolutely infuriates her the complete lack of knowledge and application of proper PPE fitting by a majority of the holier-than-thou mask Nazis. She gets especially bristly when she sees someone wearing gloves, because these people seem to think that by wearing gloves they can touch anything and go anywhere. They are living proof that this isn’t about controlling spread of anything, because the glove wearers don them when they leave the house and dispose of them when they get home, basically traipsing all manner of filth from point to point.
N95 masks are useless if not properly fitted to the face, and that requires that men completely shave. I’ve seen fully bearded men walking around with an N95 and wonder how much money they wasted buying those masks considering the efficacy is zero.
I’ve gone to some places and this last weekend I went to the butcher shop. I went in and got dirty looks from some other “men”. The cashiers thanked me for fighting for them though. A lot of people know exactly that. As you said, they don’t claim they prevent viruses because they don’t. Dentists now have new terminology too. It’s called mask mouth. Fungal disease, mouth infections etc. Nobody wants to talk about the harm that masks do. That’s just physical. We don’t know yet the mental damage to people and society.
“I dare someone to show me a mask manufacturer that makes the claim their product prevents or reduce the spread or transmission of viruses.”
There’s an ad on TV for those masks with copper in them - the same company that makes braces for arthritic backs, legs and wrists.
THEY claim that their masks prevent 99.999% of ‘viruses.’ Of course, they don’t mention Covid, specifically.
Lysol spray also advertises that it kills the Covid virus...and just try to find a can of that stuff, anywhere these days.
You get what you pay for. Your Mileage May Vary. Advertisers don’t care. They’re selling the SIZZLE, not the STEAK to the unwashed and unwitting. ;)
I see people who pull the collar of their t-shirt up over their face, and that is somehow acceptable. The whole mask thing is, and always was, just another fraud, another scare tactic to control the people, and one that has worked incredibly well.
Similarly useless are these other “mitigation measures”:
Social distancing - useless and unnecessary, as evidenced by the simple fact that it has not had any affect on the spread of COVID whatsoever.
One-way entry/exit doors at stores - this is mind-numbingly stupid, to the point where I don’t even need a study to tell me that it is stupid and useless.
Plexiglas sheets hanging in mid-air - as with the one-way entry/exit farce, no study is needed to see how brainless and useless it is.
COVID is a LIE. Possibly the biggest lie ever (well, Creepy Joe’s “win” is a close second). And all of the fools who believe the COVID lie, are going to believe the “new strain of COVID” lies, just as they have believed all of the other lies, because they are stupid, intellectually lazy, fearful, gutless, worthless sacks.
To me these covid lies are the worst since the rise of the Reich. These current lies are being used to bring in another order. It must be resisted without fail.
Public ‘health officials’ are ‘of their father, the devil’...
I dare you to sue them.
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