Posted on 09/29/2023 1:25:06 PM PDT by Vendome
After questioning the value of general mask-wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided the practice was so demonstrably effective that it should be legally mandated even for 2-year-olds. A new review of the evidence suggests the CDC had it right the first time.
That review, published by the Cochrane Library, an authoritative collection of scientific databases, analyzed 18 randomized controlled trials that aimed to measure the impact of surgical masks or N95 respirators on the transmission of respiratory viruses. It found that wearing a mask in public places “probably makes little or no difference” in the number of infections.
These findings go to the heart of the case for mask mandates, a policy that generated much resentment and acrimony during the pandemic. They also show that the CDC, which has repeatedly exaggerated the evidence in favor of masks, cannot be trusted as a source of public health information.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
Not accurate: “They” are.
As I stated in this thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4185856/posts
we’re at war. It’s past time that we all wake the eff up and act like it.
I'm seeing that, too. And a large number of them are young people.
It was about having an *easily visible* indicator that the wearer was a socially compliant little drone.
Also enabled the fearful drones to target the folks who were not "on board" and shame, coerce, or terrify them into compliance. While the gummint watched and nodded approvingly.
And that's the real reason the COVIDiots wear them all alone in their cars. "Don't beat me, please!"
🐑😷. Fidiots!
I posted this on Facebook awhile ago and it was Fact Checked. FB is part of the Deep State...
If you go into the depths of Reddit, you can see the psychosis of the mask wearers in some of the subreddits. They wear N95s everywhere they go. Their personal relationships with family and friends are gone due to their fear of covid. They refuse to do the normal things that make a life worth living , like going to a restaurant . They pronounce that we are selfish because we don’t wear masks. When you argue with them that my refusal to not mask is not going to affect them if they think their mask is all powerful, you get banned. I seriously think covid brought out all the crazies, and they now have a illness they can fixate on. I am not even sure if long covid is a thing. When I see mask wearers I think there is some mental illness going on . I understand patients going through chemotherapy, or are immunosuppressed needing to wear masks ( like they did before covid) but some of these people claim they are immunosuppressed for stupid reasons. They are autistic, or black, or depressed. Somehow that makes them immunosuppressed. I think the main reason that maskers want the rest of us to mask is to validate their feelings and also to make them not look like they are the oddball.
I tried posting this article link on FakeBook and it was blocked BEFORE I hit the post button with a warning that I would be sanctioned if I continued with the post. Their AI must scan the web for any anti mask literature and auto block it.
FakeBook is all in for masks and nails anything that disputes the effectiveness of masks. It’s like a farkin cult. Creepy.
Oh yeah, Zucktard’s “fact-checkers” are just paid sheep. Zucky loves vaccine mandates and mask mandates.
btt
Masks are a joke but that analogy is bogus. The filtering effect of the masks isn’t just mechanical, it’s also electrostatic, which means they can trap particles smaller than the openings in the weave. In fact there’s no lower limit to the size of particles that can be trapped. Plus, viruses usually travel on water droplets that are much bigger than themselves.
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