Posted on 12/21/2021 10:38:59 AM PST by Red Badger
CNN Medical Analyst Leana Wen joined Victor Blackwell on Monday afternoon to offer advice for Americans as Omicron panic grips mainstream airwaves ahead of Christmas and New Year's gatherings. And one warning she gave viewers about masks is raising eyebrows.
"We should be keeping the events that are safe and also the events that have fun for people too," Wen — who previously served as president of Planned Parenthood before being ousted after less than one year with the organization — said of New Year's Eve celebrations. "We can't be canceling everything especially if we're going to be living with COVID for the foreseeable future," Wen said in an unintentional debunking of President Biden's quixotic campaign promise to "shut down the virus."
For those who choose to attend celebrations in Times Square or elsewhere, Wen said "I would make sure that you're vaccinated and boosted, make sure that you're wearing a mask even though it's outdoors."
Wen advised that, "If there are lots of people packed around you, wearing a three-ply surgical mask" would offer protection but told viewers "don't wear a cloth mask — cloth masks are little more than facial decorations — there's no place for them in light of Omicron," Wen explained.
.@DrLeanaWen: "Don't wear a cloth mask. Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There's no place for them in light of Omicron." pic.twitter.com/Kpoj18sxdi
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 21, 2021 Excuse me? Cloth masks — the likes of which have turned into a cottage industry peddled everywhere from Etsy to grocery store checkout lanes to the CDC's guidance— are "little more than facial decorations" now? Got it. But the White House doesn't seem to.
As Katie covered back in August, another CNN guest — former Biden advisor and University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Director Michael Osterholm — similarly said that "many of the face cloth wearings people wear today are not very effective in reducing any of the virus movement in or out." But the White House, via Press Secretary Jen Psaki, rejected Osterholm's conclusion.
Jen Psaki is pressed about Former WH COVID Advisor Michael Osterholm's recent comments about the ineffectiveness of cloth masks.
Psaki says that while he is "a public health expert...we are going to continue to rely on the advice of medical experts in the federal government." pic.twitter.com/eOuprTIYdq
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 6, 2021 Wen's statement is also reminiscent of an email Fauci sent in early 2020 saying "The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material."
So the Biden administration has known for months that there are questions about certain masks' efficacy, but they've rebuffed such warnings and continued to advocate for masking without telling Americans the full story about which ones are believed to be most effective.
As the CDC guidance on masking — last updated on October 25, 2021 — explains, including with renderings that seem to show cloth masks, that Americans should not choose masks "specially labeled 'surgical' N95 respirators, as those should be prioritized for healthcare personnel." In the section addressing mask guidelines for Americans who rely on lipreading to communicate, the CDC advises "wearing a clear mask or a cloth mask with a clear panel."
VIDEO: CNN talking heads now admit that cloth masks are “facial decoration”
I like what some people have on, Vampire teeth, Animal fangs, and all the sports TEAMS MASKS..........
I got a friend who masks one of his horses when it gets too chippy with the rest of the bunch. He says it calms the aggressive horse down nicely.
Actually cloth masks provide some protection from rape in Muslim run countries. >:->
The only jewelry I wear is my wedding ring. Masks are basically enforced jewelry.
I had a TRUMP 2020 mask that I would wear to church on Sundays.
My local priest always smiled when I wore it.
They don’t require masks anymore.
The people they can coerce and intimidate via federal mandated are already baked in the covid cake.
$oooooooo brilliant! For idiots!
As soon as this whole hoax began, February or March 2020, I did five minutes of research and found out that the coronavirus is approximately .2 microns in diamater; a further two minutes of research bore out that no cloth mask could stop any particle less than a micron in diameter. In other words, the coronavirus would have to be five times larger than it is for a cloth face mask to be at all effective. Does anyone want to hear this? NO! They are sheep and as sheep they are ripe for the slaughter.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0714-americans-to-wear-masks.html
So are surgical masks!
WE SHOULD MAKE OUR POLS WEAR THEM AS LONG AS THEY HOLD OFFICE................
I can see the precaution if you or a household family member is immuno-compromised, otherwise it’s just virtue signalling.
Same thing the good Dr Fauci said 2 years ago. Nothing has changed except his take on it. … based on zero science.
From the article: “Wen advised that, “If there are lots of people packed around you, wearing a three-ply surgical mask” would offer protection but told viewers “don’t wear a cloth mask — cloth masks are little more than facial decorations — there’s no place for them in light of Omicron,” Wen explained.”
Actually, cloth masks are more than a decoration, they are a form of virtue signaling sending the message “I Care, Therefore I Wear”. Then too, cloth masks are a way for politicians to prove that they’re doing all they can to protect you.
‘In the section addressing mask guidelines for Americans who rely on lipreading to communicate, the CDC advises “wearing a clear mask or a cloth mask with a clear panel.”’
Riiiiight. Because the deaf person who needs to lipread to communicate is the one whose lips need to be visible, not everybody else’s.
On Heels up the mask is considered a chastity belt.
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