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Did better information become available, or was he misleading the public to prevent people buying too many masks making it harder for medical staff to acquire t

by coolso 5y ago

Did better information become available, or was he misleading the public to prevent people buying too many masks making it harder for medical staff to acquire them? Either way the quote is important to inform people who may not be aware, that a Fauci quote is not necessarily the end all be all factual information the media would have you believe it is.

ceejayoz 5y ago
> Did better information become available... Yes. We have significantly more information on the utility of cloth and surgical masking than we did in March of 2020.
- coolso 5y ago
  Ahh, so the Asian countries that have been using them for decades, as well as medical workers all over, have been hiding their secrets from us until after March 8th, 2020. Perhaps the real answer is a little bit of both things can be true? That is, if you don’t consider Fauci an infallible deity?
  - seoulmetro 5y ago
    The real answer is that some people hide facts for political gain. Actually, most people do. It's a shame really.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    Asian countries have been using them in part due to pollution. In March 2020, there wasn't much literature on the efficacy of it for disease prevention; we now have a lot more information on this. Healthcare workers are trained not to "keep fiddling with the mask"; that aspect of Fauci's quote seems to indicate some of the concern was not the theoretical mechanics of masking, but the more practical aspects of having the untrained public doing it.
    - seoulmetro 5y ago
      No they weren't. Those are two different masks. The Fauci quote was definitely a veil to hide the truth. But it's only a thin veil. >we now have a lot more information on this. Even little kids have enough information to know that blocking your mouth when sneezing or coughing stops germs. Don't blame it on discoveries or inventions. It's not new information, it's just the full house that wipes your account.

by coolso 5y ago

ceejayoz 5y ago

> Did better information become available... Yes. We have significantly more information on the utility of cloth and surgical masking than we did in March of 2020.

coolso 5y ago
Ahh, so the Asian countries that have been using them for decades, as well as medical workers all over, have been hiding their secrets from us until after March 8th, 2020. Perhaps the real answer is a little bit of both things can be true? That is, if you don’t consider Fauci an infallible deity?
- seoulmetro 5y ago
  The real answer is that some people hide facts for political gain. Actually, most people do. It's a shame really.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Asian countries have been using them in part due to pollution. In March 2020, there wasn't much literature on the efficacy of it for disease prevention; we now have a lot more information on this. Healthcare workers are trained not to "keep fiddling with the mask"; that aspect of Fauci's quote seems to indicate some of the concern was not the theoretical mechanics of masking, but the more practical aspects of having the untrained public doing it.
  - seoulmetro 5y ago
    No they weren't. Those are two different masks. The Fauci quote was definitely a veil to hide the truth. But it's only a thin veil. >we now have a lot more information on this. Even little kids have enough information to know that blocking your mouth when sneezing or coughing stops germs. Don't blame it on discoveries or inventions. It's not new information, it's just the full house that wipes your account.