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Masks aren’t a chemical inserted into your body. Their risk is practically zero. While some of the information around effectiveness may be a bit exaggerated, ma
by righthand 2y ago
Masks aren’t a chemical inserted into your body. Their risk is practically zero. While some of the information around effectiveness may be a bit exaggerated, masks were a net benefit that Americans needed to learn about. Next pandemic feel free to forgo your mask as a core of the population has learned the advantages of masking and is fine with it.
- timr 2y ago> Their risk is practically zero. In fact, no. We're finding out that children are having long-term speech and educational issues related to masks [1,2]. And that's without looking very hard, because people continue to make bald assertions about risk that deter actual, high-quality research into the question. > masks were a net benefit that Americans needed to learn about In science, claims must be proven. We don't just get to make things up. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evidence-summary-covid-19-children-young-people-and-education-settings https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evidence-summary-... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/how-masks-get-way-speech-therapy-kids/623332/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/how-masks...
- righthand 2y agoThese reports could be debunked in 4 years.
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