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You're whitewashing when you say "Not because masks didn't work." Here's a direct tweet from the U.S. Surgeon General on Feb 29, 2020 telling people that masks
by toomim 3y ago
You're whitewashing when you say "Not because masks didn't work." Here's a direct tweet from the U.S. Surgeon General on Feb 29, 2020 telling people that masks don't work:
> Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can't get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!
Here's a quote from him saying masks increase your risk:
> You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider. Folks who don’t know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot and actually can increase the spread of coronavirus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/health/surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks-risk-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/health/surgeon-general-corona...
- defrost 3y agoIt seems that yourself and Animats are in essential agreement. As was said above: Not because masks didn't work, but because they were in short supply and medical and emergency personnel needed them more. I'm outside the US - I recall the US Surgeon General making those statements at the time and it seemed very clear that logistics and pragmatics were being discussed rather than the "science of masks". At that time most of the US had no general spread of COVID - the midwest buying up all the masks wasn't doing anything useful other than making those few places that actually needed masks there and then more dangerous. As your quote states: if healthcare providers can't get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!