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the most frightening thing about this is that the immediate reaction is revert to some places mandating the one thing that does absolutely nothing and has done
by jrnichols 5y ago
the most frightening thing about this is that the immediate reaction is revert to some places mandating the one thing that does absolutely nothing and has done nothing since the beginning - "face coverings."
haven't seen one peer reviewed study yet showing that masks mandates work against sars-cov2, but plenty of studies showing that mask mandates haven't. Or, they've had a negligible effect.
this change, and the subsequent media interpretation, will only drive vaccine hesitant further behind. All they're seeing is "the vaccines don't work."
Terrible messaging by the CDC, and this has made the Biden administration look incompetent. we're back to square 1 again, except we aren't spraying groceries with lysol. yet.
- kbos87 5y agoIt’s relatively simple, settled science that masks are effective against airborne pathogens, but I agree that all the rhetoric ignores the fact that masks are only as good as people are at wearing them. Visit any airport in America and you’ll see at least a third of the people technically wearing a mask, but not effectively wearing a mask. Vaccines are our way out of this, full stop.