Posted on 05/19/2021 8:24:17 PM PDT by conservative98
This is how confused New Yorkers are about masks. At Barnes & Noble Wednesday, no mask was required to browse the bookshelves, but on the other side of Union Square, the Strand bookstore had mandated masks for all shoppers. Practically everyone inside both stores was wearing a mask, anyway, despite CDC advice that you don’t need one, indoors or outdoors, if you’re vaccinated against COVID-19.
Considering that more than half of Manhattan has been fully vaccinated, something is very wrong with the way we are processing risk. The trust between public health experts and the public is broken and now no one knows what to believe.
We can blame one man above anyone for this parlous state of affairs: Saint Anthony Fauci, the coronavirus czar once hailed as the most trusted man in America for his leadership through the pandemic. He has flip-flopped on every piece of advice, never admits doubt and tells lies with brazen indifference.
But just as with Gov. Cuomo, Fauci’s halo has fallen off with a thud.
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More at the link. Article gets better, but was too darn long to post.
Here’s some good stuff:
“He should have used his power and prestige for good. He should have acknowledged that it is cruel to children and detrimental to their social development to force them to wear masks all day, and that doing so is just a sop to malign teacher unions who should not be dictating CDC policy.
A wonderfully brave boy of 10 in Florida did Fauci’s job last week when the kid articulated the feelings of the nation’s children to his school board.
Fourth-grade student John Provenzano said the masks were hot, gave him headaches, stuck to his face, and made him feel “claustrophobic” and anxious.
“All of this seems unfair, and it doesn’t make sense,” he said. “I miss seeing people’s faces. I miss the way things used to be. I’m scared they’ll never go back to normal.”
He spoke poignantly about feeling sad when his teacher did not recognize him without his mask.
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“I don’t recognize anyone. It’s this simple state. Do we know any other people? It’s just dehumanizing.”
Reading faces is a crucial part of children’s socialization and helps them learn empathy. There is no telling the damage done to them from the overreaction of the last year.
The admirable stoicism of younger generations speaks well for their ability to face the challenges they will meet in the future, caused almost entirely by the selfishness of their elders throughout the pandemic.
There was no need for young people in the prime of their lives to be muzzled and locked in and denied education, jobs and opportunities.
Older people could have locked themselves in and relied on the young to pick up the reins. But those in charge preferred to shut everything down rather than lose their grip on power. Now they’re piling crippling debt on generations to come.
This is what happens when you let geriatrics run your country. The average age of the three most powerful politicians in the country is over 76. President Biden is 78, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 81 and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the spring chicken at 70. Fauci is 80.
It’s not healthy. By all means we should incorporate the wisdom of elders in decision-making but not when they are so clearly motivated by self-interest.”
Bkmk
Give it up, Fake-Views Falsey; you have caused MORE than enough damage to humanity already.
There’s no vaccine for mortality...no matter how hard your try to blow smoke up our collective arses
The Democrats’ tying Americans’ own mortality to their antiquated “agenda” should be a capital crime.
“It’s not healthy. By all means we should incorporate the wisdom of elders in decision-making but not when they are so clearly motivated by self-interest.””
Yeah, well I want a certain 78 year old in 2024 to once again be President, Donald J. Trump. So don’t paint old people with too broad of a brush.
He MUST be arrested and tried at The Hague for Crimes Against Humanity!
Parents.....get your kids OUT of these Government schools....they are EVIL!!
There he goes putting his dirty fingers all over his masks,just what he told us NOT to do over a year ago and that was why wearing a mask was just to make you THINK you were doing something to not get the virus
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