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Former FDA Commissioner: Six Foot Social Distancing Rule Was ‘Arbitrary … Nobody Knows Where It Came From’
Breitbart ^ | 09/20/2021 | Hannah Bleu

Posted on 09/20/2021 10:09:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), admitted during an interview on Face the Nation that the six foot social distancing rule recommended by public health officials for months on end was actually “arbitrary in and of itself,” and he noted that “nobody knows where it came from.”

Speaking with Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan, Gottlieb discussed the rules and risks early in the pandemic, explaining that the Trump administration shifted its focus to the impact lockdowns and rules would have on the economy and children.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commissioner; covid19; covidstooges; fda; flubras; flubros; gottlieb; hysterics; maskbullies; rule; scottgottlieb; socialdistancing
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I knew it was BS from the start with those idiot circles and one way stickers on the floors in the aisles at stores. Made zero sense.
1 posted on 09/20/2021 10:09:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

you mean it wasn’t “the science”


2 posted on 09/20/2021 10:10:54 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“We are the government, and we just make stuff up.”


3 posted on 09/20/2021 10:11:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Overpaid ‘experts’.......


4 posted on 09/20/2021 10:12:06 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I knew it!
Could have just as easily been 6 inches.


5 posted on 09/20/2021 10:12:44 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Uh, because the real answer is ridiculous

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/social-distancing-coronavirus.html

And it had some unexpected detours, including a deep dive into the history of the 1918 Spanish flu and an important discovery kicked off by a high school research project pursued by the daughter of a scientist at the Sandia National Laboratories.

The concept of social distancing is now intimately familiar to almost everyone. But as it first made its way through the federal bureaucracy in 2006 and 2007, it was viewed as impractical, unnecessary and politically infeasible.

6 posted on 09/20/2021 10:12:52 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It came out of Fauci’s rear end.


7 posted on 09/20/2021 10:14:02 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Foot...Social...Distancing!

7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.

Why?

'Cause you're ...... fired!

8 posted on 09/20/2021 10:15:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The key to understanding our “COVID” response lies in two things -

The failed stewardship of Fauci during the HIV epidemic (vaccine or bust sound familiar?) when the therapeutics used now by people with HIV were roundly ignored and condemned and instead of focusing on those at risk the narrative became that “everyone was at risk.”

Orange Man Bad + Fear Porn Media + Totalitarian Government were all riding with Biden.

We have not followed the science for over a year and instead of reversing course and saving lives they double down on wrong policy.


9 posted on 09/20/2021 10:15:59 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gezz this is sad. They made a complete mockery of the masses with this Wuhan flu bull sh*t, getting all of them to cower like sheep, following this asinine crap in lockstep cadence.


10 posted on 09/20/2021 10:16:49 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: volunbeer

No kidding, well stated.


11 posted on 09/20/2021 10:18:13 AM PDT by New Perspective (#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fauxci simply multiplied his height by 2 and that is where the number came from


12 posted on 09/20/2021 10:18:30 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The six foot distancing was to stop people from talking about the STOLEN election.


13 posted on 09/20/2021 10:18:47 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

264’ makes sense to me.


14 posted on 09/20/2021 10:19:04 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It was based on droplets falling to the ground. The WHO recommended 3 feet (1 meter) as good enough. The USA went with 6’. Other places went with 10 feet. Aerosols play a larger role with COVID than with flu, so the distance is LESS important. But it IS true that closer & longer increases the chance of spread.

But it is meaningless if the time frame is a couple of minutes. IIRC, the WHO argued distancing was good for sustained interaction of 10+ minutes. IOW, meaningless for walking through a grocery store.


15 posted on 09/20/2021 10:19:18 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: lee martell

Could have just as easily been 6 inches.


Don’t be silly. Everyone knows the correct distance for safety is two meters. Those fewer inches are why the U.S. got hit as hard as it did.
/s


16 posted on 09/20/2021 10:20:35 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: dragnet2

“Gezz this is sad. They made a complete mockery of the masses with this Wuhan flu bull sh*t, getting all of them to cower like sheep, following this asinine crap in lockstep cadence.”

And now all those shots have lost or are about to lose their “protection” factor, leaving the vaccinated all dressed up in spike proteins with nowhere to go but the hospital.


17 posted on 09/20/2021 10:20:52 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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i read some where that they were basing this “social distancing” thing from a study in the 1890’s...


18 posted on 09/20/2021 10:21:14 AM PDT by basalt
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I know a lot of people died...but I seriously doubt they all died from Covid....I think Democrat's saw this as an opportunity to take control of our destinies....just like they always do!!!
19 posted on 09/20/2021 10:24:23 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Mr Rogers

None of the “mandates” made any common sense, but distance made more sense than the masks to prevent “catching” the virus.


20 posted on 09/20/2021 10:24:37 AM PDT by WVNan (neve)
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