Study on Mask Mandates Will Have the Hysterics Seething

ThinkCivics ^ | 06/06/2022 | Bonchie

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The National Pulse is reporting on a new study out of Kansas that completely contradicts the conventional wisdom regarding mask mandates and COVID-19.

According to the study, fatalities were actually ~50 percent higher in places with mandates vs. those without mandates, and there are a few reasons to suspect why that might be.

The observational study – “The Foegen Effect: A Mechanism by Which Facemasks Contribute to the COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate” – was published in Medicine in February 2022, authored by German doctor Zacharias Fögen.

The paper analyzed “whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas” during the time period of August 1st, 2020 to October 15th. Kansas was used for comparison because the state allowed each of its 105 counties to decide whether or not to implement mask mandates, with 81 counties deciding against the measure.

“The most important finding from this study is that contrary to the accepted thought that fewer people are dying because infection rates are reduced by masks, this was not the case,” summarized the paper.

“Results from this study strongly suggest that mask mandates actually caused about 1.5 times the number of deaths or ∼50% more deaths compared to no mask mandates.”

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Fauci & CDC knew this the whole time. It was intentional. That is why Fauci reversed himself on masks early on— they weren’t getting enough cases to get political control. Making everyone mask up helped their cause.

My take is there wasn't a lot of real science involved with the early mitigation strategies. It was mostly guess work(political science). When the CDC recommended masking, the working theory was the virus spread mainly by respiratory droplets. I think the decision to mask was likely similar to the FDA decision to vax 5-12 year olds. Let's do it and see what happens.