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Never Ending Mask Mandates Bode Well for Republican Midterms
Townhall.com ^ | April 16, 2022 | Jenny Beth Martin

Posted on 04/16/2022 4:26:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

The Biden Administration has decided to extend the federal public transportation mask mandate for another two weeks “to monitor [the] uptick in COVID-19 cases,” says the AP’s White House reporter. Joe Biden couldn’t be doing more to elect Republicans if he tried.

First things first: The Biden Administration never should have issued that mandate in the first place, and certainly should have allowed that mandate to expire. Vulnerable in-cycle Democrats – but I repeat myself – are going to be wondering what they did to anger the leader of their party so much that he decided to hurt them even more as they prepare to campaign this fall.

Second: Let’s retire the canard that the CDC “follows the science” when it makes such decisions. That wasn’t true from the beginning, and it’s not true now.

If the CDC had been “following the science,” it never would have issued a mask mandate of any kind, because the kind of masks the vast majority of Americans have been wearing don’t stop the coronavirus from spreading. The width of the holes in a surgical mask ranges from 2 to 10 microns, while the coronavirus is just 0.12 microns in diameter. That’s less than a tenth the size of the holes in the fabric of a mask. Trying to prevent transmission of the coronavirus by wearing a mask is like trying to prevent mosquitoes from invading your backyard by putting up a chain-link fence.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid19; maskmandate; school

1 posted on 04/16/2022 4:26:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Common sense along with facts are lefts weakest points.


2 posted on 04/16/2022 4:30:11 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Kaslin

Anything ‘COVID’ coming from CDC, NIH, FDA, anyone in government is a lie until proven otherwise ..... they’re all that corrupt.

She ends her piece with “bless his heart” regarding FJB. Not what I would say ....


3 posted on 04/16/2022 4:58:07 AM PDT by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Kaslin

Remember in November! And there’s a lot to remember.


4 posted on 04/16/2022 5:12:52 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Qiviut

YesterdAy at the super market I decided to count the nitwits wearing face coverings. Mind you this is Florida. Over 15 minutes I saw 20 and the breakdown was 18 to 3 women to men. Most looked older than 40. My guess is the media is beginning the drum beat on the commie virus scare.


5 posted on 04/16/2022 5:15:01 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Qiviut

In the south “bless your heart” is a sly dig at somebody. Kind of li,e “Let’s Go Brandon.”


6 posted on 04/16/2022 5:15:16 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: maddog55

...totally agree.... I am sooooo disgusted with this administration....the national mask mandate for public transportation has been extended for 15 day, if I am correct...then, after that.....?? another 15 days “to flatten the curve....” or some such claptrap....you watch; there will be call for more mail-in ballots as the mid-term elections draw nearer.....


7 posted on 04/16/2022 5:31:53 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’m a “southern” woman .... use it often. Still, would not use it for FJB ... needs to be more than a “sly dig”.

Another ‘good one’ when someone is saying something you do not agree with, lecturing you, etc. (especially if you can manage a somewhat ‘syrupy’ southern accent): “Why THANK you for sharing that with me”. They usually take it as a positive response until they think about it .... you’re not agreeing at all.


8 posted on 04/16/2022 5:52:55 AM PDT by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Mouton

Pretty much the same thing here. “They” lap the lies up with a spoon ... mmmm, mmmm good - gotta get that face diaper ON!! /sarc


9 posted on 04/16/2022 5:54:58 AM PDT by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Kaslin

I haven’t seen a great outcry by Washington republicans about anything Fauci has done aside from maybe Ron Paul. THEY”VE DONE NOTHING!


10 posted on 04/16/2022 6:12:44 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: From The Deer Stand

Come November people will decide if they want a progressive that comes with a 60k EV requirement or the freedom that we knew 2 years ago


11 posted on 04/16/2022 6:47:32 AM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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To: maddog55

Never ending inflation
Never ending open borders
Never ending witch hunts
Never ending senility
Take your pick…..


12 posted on 04/16/2022 6:58:45 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Kaslin

Oh yeah, just two more weeks. Uh huh.


13 posted on 04/16/2022 7:37:19 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: TokarevM57

‘you watch; there will be call for more mail-in ballots as the mid-term elections draw nearer’

mailed votes have been us for many election cycles, not only absentee ballots, but for the five states primarily employing the mails for vote totals...

mailed votes are not the problem; what is the problem are centralized locations for collecting those votes, and transporting them to the various precincts...in an ideal world, a vote of any type would go directly from the voter to the precinct, either by physical presence or usage of the postal service...


14 posted on 04/16/2022 9:57:51 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Kaslin

Just two weeks. Where have I heard that before?


15 posted on 04/17/2022 7:57:05 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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