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Democratic Senators Announce National Face Mask Legislation
forbes.com ^ | Nov. 25, 2020 | Nicholas Reimann

Posted on 11/25/2020 12:35:11 PM PST by PROCON

U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced legislation Wednesday aimed to bring mask mandates to the entire U.S., saying that “overwhelming scientific evidence” has shown that masks reduce the spread of Covid-19, which is now taking a grim toll on the country at levels never before seen.

-The bill would set aside $5 billion in federal funding that would then be given to states and local governments in the form of grants.

-Money would be withheld from states that do not have a mask mandate in place.

-Funding would be contingent upon mandates that require face coverings in public, “including in each place of business,” with some common exceptions, like outdoor spaces where social distancing is of ease, children under the age of two and the eating of food.

-The bill is called the ‘‘Encouraging Masks for All Act of 2020.’’

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; fakenews; maskmandate; masks; ussenate
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They're wasting no time, thinking that the Georgia senate race will go their way.

Here we go with 'overwhelming scientific evidence' again.

1 posted on 11/25/2020 12:35:11 PM PST by PROCON
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“overwhelming scientific evidence”

Show me.


2 posted on 11/25/2020 12:36:41 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: PROCON

I have my own scientists I listen to. There are differing opinions, or don’t they know that? Btw, who gets the money?


3 posted on 11/25/2020 12:36:57 PM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: PROCON

Dems wouldn’t know a fact if it bit them in the bu__.


4 posted on 11/25/2020 12:36:59 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: PROCON

“Implementing totalitarian communism in 2020” bill


5 posted on 11/25/2020 12:37:21 PM PST by Skywise
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-The bill would set aside $5 billion in federal funding that would then be given to states and local governments in the form of grants....

And we know where that 5 billion will go :)

To hell with both of them.

Getting REALLY annoyed being told what to do.

I didn’t like it much when I was a kid.


6 posted on 11/25/2020 12:37:37 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: PROCON

“Overwhelming scientific evidence” is a lie; the evidence is mixed, and some studies say masks do little good. In my state, we’ve had a mask mandate for seven months, and Covid-19 cases are higher than ever.


7 posted on 11/25/2020 12:38:50 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: PROCON

https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/these-12-graphs-show-mask-mandates-do-nothing-to-stop-covid/


8 posted on 11/25/2020 12:39:29 PM PST by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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Every state with a mask mandate has rising cases. I guess the science is fake.

They are itching to shut down the country and blame it on Trump.


9 posted on 11/25/2020 12:40:06 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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"They're wasting no time,..."

Whatever else you can (and should) say about the communists, they rarely waste time in pursuit of final victory or the fruits of final victory...

10 posted on 11/25/2020 12:40:14 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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At .003 microns, the Wuhan CCP Virus goes right thru any mask made, even paint shop respirators.


11 posted on 11/25/2020 12:40:14 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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They’ve been following this site:

http://www.masks4all.co


12 posted on 11/25/2020 12:40:18 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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There is NO Scientific Evidence and there never has been.


13 posted on 11/25/2020 12:40:49 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: PROCON
which is now taking a grim toll on the country at levels never before seen.

From the CDC: The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

Back then the population was about 103 million. Multiply 675,000 by 3 to get over two million to be proportional to today's population.

14 posted on 11/25/2020 12:41:02 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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run hard on this in GA. get reverend commie and the penis-with-ears on the record for a nationwide mask mandate.

hell, we’ll run a margin that’s fraud proof.


15 posted on 11/25/2020 12:41:18 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Steve_Seattle

Inslee just loves the tyranny he wields over we peons.


16 posted on 11/25/2020 12:42:05 PM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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I see no evidence that masks help. In fact, since Evers mandated wearing mask in public buildings, the number of cases went through the roof in WI.


17 posted on 11/25/2020 12:42:16 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: PROCON

Totally unconstitutional.


18 posted on 11/25/2020 12:42:54 PM PST by Russ (I )
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The ugly witch Whitmer of MI kept repeating for months in her annoying nasal, back of the throat whine “Unlike the Republicans and Trump, we are following science.” Then refused tso ever allow anyone to see the “sceience” data. Refused repeatedly.

I have now heard 1) the cloth of the mask splits the molecules into smaller ones, thus allowing faster spread of the breath droplets outward from the mask. and 2) a study of mask group versus non-mask group in some country showed a 0.3% improvement over no mask-—statistically insignificant.


19 posted on 11/25/2020 12:43:14 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: PROCON

Absolutely unconstitutional.


20 posted on 11/25/2020 12:43:29 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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