Sad and stupid as that is after 600,000 deaths here in the US
The science could not be clearer on the benefits of wearing masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 (and the associated sickness, hospitalization and death):
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/4...s-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent
What's the disconnect?
Hello; Had this discussion on a different forum recently. Some on that site have the same opinion as you. Below is one of my posts on the mask issue. I used the article about Fauci since he has been one of the top officials. That forum is much more open than this one and I will give a link to the discussion if any wish. Several of us there have been going on about the general topic. We had a very interesting discussion on the infection rates between a lockdown state and an open state. California and Florida. You may recall the hue and cry about how bad Florida was going to be over run with virus cases back many weeks ago when it opened up. Well California stayed locked down. Their most recent infection rates are almost neck and neck.
A copy of my post follows:
Hello; (my comments) Found these two articles in a quick search. I will be some surprised if a couple of you find the gall to dish on Fauci. The second article will not be a surprise.
In the second article I pulled a quote from the end. There was other interesting stuff before that if any wish to take time to look.
The thing about most of the masks ordinary folks could find was they were well below the of a good N95 mask. I often thought of what a school principal did back when the debate was about how to protect students in schools. This guy had boxes of rocks placed in each classroom. The idea was the teachers and students could throw rocks at an intruder. OK I thought, not worth much but better than nothing at all I guess.
Quotes from the articles.
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Fauci said masks were not 'really effective' at blocking virus, emails reveal | Washington Examiner”
“Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an email correspondence last year that face masks aren’t needed unless an individual was sick and that the coronavirus was able to pass through personal face masks easily.”
““Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading [an] infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection,” Fauci wrote to who is believed to be Obama-era Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell in February 2020.”
“Fauci, also the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, added: “The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out [the] virus, which is small enough to pass through the material. It might, however, provide some slight benefit in [keeping] out gross droplets if someone coughs or sneezes on you.””
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Masks Don’t Stop Viruses – The Proof | WSAU News/Talk 550 AM · 99.9 FM | Wausau, Stevens Point”
“Final point by me”
“There is so much more info out there but I think I proved my case.
For those who present studies that say masks work. Those studies always look at how a mask blocks sneezes of coughs. They show that droplets will be knocked down by a mask and not travel 15 feet. Well no duh. But what they don’t tell you is the virus still goes through the mask, it just won’t go as far. They are lying to you if they say it blocks viruses. But they usually don’t say that. They trick you with sleight of hand talking points. They say see it blocks droplets and bacteria from spreading far. But who cares if the virus still goes through. A sick person still contaminated the store you are in, and your mask will not stop it from getting to you. FACTS they don’t like.”
“By the way, even if I was wrong about masks. (I am not wrong – the science on this cannot change) But let’s pretend I am. Your eyes are still exposed and you can catch the virus through your eyes regardless. That is a medical fact that proves masks cannot prevent a virus from spreading. (Game, Set, Match)”
