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It is actually true. The surgeon general literally said: "Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catchi
by ikeyany 6y ago
It is actually true. The surgeon general literally said:
"Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus"
- Tomte 6y agoDid you read my comment at all? "which was a smaller component of the motivation, sure, but got mostly conflated with the real argument. I think that is because it was much easier to explain to the public and to journalists."
- ikeyany 6y agoThey still lied, which was the original point. Even if they lied for what they believed to be good reasons.
- Tomte 6y agoNo, they didn't. They reasonably believed masks to be useless (at least compared to the burden of having everyone wear masks). They simplified (and arguably over-simplified) the public communication. Insisting that they lied is uncharitable at best, and a hallmark of all sorts of conspiracy theories right now.