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To: Kaslin
I hope that he and the pulchritudinous Dr. Deborah Birx will take note of this column. I have changed my tune. I have been won over by the advocates of masks. It was Redfield and his argument in the JAMA that convinced me. He believes the pandemic can be brought under control in four to eight weeks, if "we could get everybody to wear a mask right now." In a signed editorial, he said there is "ample evidence" that masks assist in reducing transmission of the virus. Think of it! We could limit this horrible plague to a few weeks -- if we all worked together.

There is also "ample evidence" from past peer reviewed studies that masks do nothing to prevent virus transmission. That past evidence also identifies that masks can cause significant harm to the individual under certain circumstances.

Three months ago the refrain was "two weeks to flatten the curve". Then "thirty days to slow the spread". Now "four to eight weeks to bring the pandemic under control".

At what point does it end?

I'm sure the author is well intentioned, but I cannot find it in myself to trust the "experts" who have been on every imaginable side of every imaginable issue with regard to this weaponized flu. Your mileage may vary.

6 posted on 07/23/2020 7:06:43 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: MortMan

The science on this is as clear as mud, the data as uncertain as ever.


11 posted on 07/23/2020 7:08:59 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: MortMan

It ends with President Biden. I am a Spectator fan but this article was disappointing.

After 8 weeks off mask the masks come off and the spread restarts In time to be roaring on Election Day

No mask. Let it spread. We have better treatments and plenty of hospital capacity. Time to be done with the virus and Democrats.


15 posted on 07/23/2020 7:13:22 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: MortMan

Remember a few weeks ago when it was all about “Don’t touch your face?” Well, now we are being told to wear masks all the time. Have you seen these health “experts” on TV? Constantly tugging at, adjusting, lowering, and raising their masks which must certainly be filled with bacteria and all manner of deadly viruses. And then those filthy hands touch many other surfaces. Masks will spread the virus more quickly.


35 posted on 07/23/2020 7:25:48 AM PDT by youthphil
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To: MortMan
"There is also "ample evidence" from past peer reviewed studies that masks do nothing to prevent virus transmission."

Show me the data. There is also ample evidence from peer reviewed studies that masks "do" work.

73 posted on 07/23/2020 8:35:10 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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