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Wear masks save lives
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These 12 Graphs Show Mask Mandates Do Nothing To Stop COVID
Yinon Weiss
10-13 minutes
Masks have become a political tool and a talisman. When COVID-19 hit, governments panicked and created enormous fear. The Centers for Disease Control currently estimates a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.99 percent for people younger than 50, but the damage created by the panic was too great to undo.
It is likely that some politicians eventually realized their mistake and needed a way to back-pedal without admitting their lockdowns were a policy disaster. Their solution was for people to put any old piece of cloth across their face and magically believe that it’s okay to go out shopping again.
Masks are not merely a small inconvenience. They have inadvertently become a key impediment to returning to a more normal life, a desirable goal for those seeking to twist the pandemic for political and electoral purposes.
Masks dehumanize us, and ironically serve as a constant reminder that we should be afraid. People can now be spotted wearing masks while camping by themselves in the woods or on a solo sailing trip. They have become a cruel device on young children everywhere, kindergarten students covered by masks and isolated by Plexiglas, struggling to understand the social expressions of their peers. Face coverings are causing real harm to the American psyche, provide little to no medical benefit, and distract us from more important health policy issues.
The mask dogma had many cracks in it from the start. For one, the U.S. surgeon general and the Centers for Disease Control both previously said that “masks are NOT effective in preventing [the] general public from catching coronavirus,” so they were already starting with a credibility deficit. Furthermore, many officials have been frequently caught without masks when they think the cameras are off them. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for example, has been caught doing this multiple times.
Chicago’s mayor and local media were all caught taking off their masks and violating social distancing as soon as a press conference ended. This was caught in a now deleted YouTube video that was shared by a now deleted Twitter account after being retweeted more than 26,000 times. As of the date of this publication, it is still available to view in a crude video of a video that has yet to be deleted on YouTube.
Clearly, some people do not want you to see what politicians do behind the scenes. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a strong advocate for mandatory masking, was caught off camera laughing about how wearing masks is an act of “political theater.”
Faking ‘Science’ to Achieve Political Goals
These same politicians and health officials are so desperate to make people believe in masks that they doctor charts to make their case, even when their own data actually undermines them. So what is the actual science behind masks? Let’s begin by reviewing the leading scientific studies.
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University summarized six international studies which “showed that masks alone have no significant effect in interrupting the spread of ILI or influenza in the general population, nor in healthcare workers.” Oxford went on to say that “that despite two decades of pandemic preparedness, there is considerable uncertainty as to the value of wearing masks.” They prophetically warned that this has “left the field wide open for the play of opinions, radical views and political influence.”
A study of health-care workers in more than 1,600 hospitals showed that cloth masks only filtered out 3 percent of particles. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine stated, “[W]earing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection” and that “[T]he desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.”
There are many other credible studies showing lack of mask efficacy, such as studies published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Cambridge University Press, Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Influenza Journal, just to name a few.
Studies do show masks can help in the case of direct respiratory droplets, which would matter if somebody is coughing, breathing, or sneezing directly on your face. That happens normally in a tight and highly confined space.
But the plentiful evidence we have indicates masks would not meaningfully help with aerosol transmission, where two people are just in the same area, or even the same room. This is because the two people end up breathing the same air, with or without a mask, as visually demonstrated in this video.
Now for Graphs about International Mask Mandates
Historical scientific studies do not make a compelling case that universal masking would meaningfully help, so let’s explore real-world situations to see where data leads us.
Austria was one of the first governments to require masks, and it did so about 10 days after its cases began to go down. The level of downtrend did not change or improve after masks were required. After the nation’s people wearing masks for an extended period, cases are currently four times where they were when Austria mandated masks, and cases continue to climb.
Germany mandated masks about halfway down its original recovery. Their cases are now similarly climbing quickly.
The French now have around 1,000 percent more daily cases they had when they mandated masks, despite having one of the highest mask compliance levels in the world.
Spain was not far behind its French neighbor with a mandate. Spain required masks when cases were near zero and has the highest compliance with mask-wearing in all Europe. Now Spain is at around 1,500 percent the level of cases compared to when it mandated masks.
After three months of requiring masks, the United Kingdom is at around 1,500 percent more cases despite having one of the highest mask compliance records in Europe.
Belgium required masks shortly after the British did, and now possibly has the highest rate of cases in the world.
Italy had extremely high levels of mask-wearing despite no national mandate. Recently skyrocketing cases finally compelled them to create one of the strictest mask laws in the world, but the results have predictably failed to slow the rise in coronavirus cases. In fact, cases skyrocketed immediately after the mask mandate went into effect.
Similar results have been found in Ireland, Portugal, Israel, and many other countries. No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance the population follows, cases all fall and rise around the same time.
How about the United States? Americans have proven to be highly compliant with mask wearing, even higher than the Germans.
It is therefore no surprise that the same trends found in Europe are also found in U.S. states. For example, California required masks in June but cases still went up by more than 300 percent and the state remains heavily locked down four months later with still higher cases.
Yinon Weiss
10-13 minutes
Masks have become a political tool and a talisman. When COVID-19 hit, governments panicked and created enormous fear. The Centers for Disease Control currently estimates a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.99 percent for people younger than 50, but the damage created by the panic was too great to undo.
It is likely that some politicians eventually realized their mistake and needed a way to back-pedal without admitting their lockdowns were a policy disaster. Their solution was for people to put any old piece of cloth across their face and magically believe that it’s okay to go out shopping again.
Masks are not merely a small inconvenience. They have inadvertently become a key impediment to returning to a more normal life, a desirable goal for those seeking to twist the pandemic for political and electoral purposes.
Masks dehumanize us, and ironically serve as a constant reminder that we should be afraid. People can now be spotted wearing masks while camping by themselves in the woods or on a solo sailing trip. They have become a cruel device on young children everywhere, kindergarten students covered by masks and isolated by Plexiglas, struggling to understand the social expressions of their peers. Face coverings are causing real harm to the American psyche, provide little to no medical benefit, and distract us from more important health policy issues.
The mask dogma had many cracks in it from the start. For one, the U.S. surgeon general and the Centers for Disease Control both previously said that “masks are NOT effective in preventing [the] general public from catching coronavirus,” so they were already starting with a credibility deficit. Furthermore, many officials have been frequently caught without masks when they think the cameras are off them. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for example, has been caught doing this multiple times.
Chicago’s mayor and local media were all caught taking off their masks and violating social distancing as soon as a press conference ended. This was caught in a now deleted YouTube video that was shared by a now deleted Twitter account after being retweeted more than 26,000 times. As of the date of this publication, it is still available to view in a crude video of a video that has yet to be deleted on YouTube.
Clearly, some people do not want you to see what politicians do behind the scenes. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a strong advocate for mandatory masking, was caught off camera laughing about how wearing masks is an act of “political theater.”
Faking ‘Science’ to Achieve Political Goals
These same politicians and health officials are so desperate to make people believe in masks that they doctor charts to make their case, even when their own data actually undermines them. So what is the actual science behind masks? Let’s begin by reviewing the leading scientific studies.
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University summarized six international studies which “showed that masks alone have no significant effect in interrupting the spread of ILI or influenza in the general population, nor in healthcare workers.” Oxford went on to say that “that despite two decades of pandemic preparedness, there is considerable uncertainty as to the value of wearing masks.” They prophetically warned that this has “left the field wide open for the play of opinions, radical views and political influence.”
A study of health-care workers in more than 1,600 hospitals showed that cloth masks only filtered out 3 percent of particles. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine stated, “[W]earing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection” and that “[T]he desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.”
There are many other credible studies showing lack of mask efficacy, such as studies published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Cambridge University Press, Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Influenza Journal, just to name a few.
Studies do show masks can help in the case of direct respiratory droplets, which would matter if somebody is coughing, breathing, or sneezing directly on your face. That happens normally in a tight and highly confined space.
But the plentiful evidence we have indicates masks would not meaningfully help with aerosol transmission, where two people are just in the same area, or even the same room. This is because the two people end up breathing the same air, with or without a mask, as visually demonstrated in this video.
Now for Graphs about International Mask Mandates
Historical scientific studies do not make a compelling case that universal masking would meaningfully help, so let’s explore real-world situations to see where data leads us.
Austria was one of the first governments to require masks, and it did so about 10 days after its cases began to go down. The level of downtrend did not change or improve after masks were required. After the nation’s people wearing masks for an extended period, cases are currently four times where they were when Austria mandated masks, and cases continue to climb.
Germany mandated masks about halfway down its original recovery. Their cases are now similarly climbing quickly.
The French now have around 1,000 percent more daily cases they had when they mandated masks, despite having one of the highest mask compliance levels in the world.
Spain was not far behind its French neighbor with a mandate. Spain required masks when cases were near zero and has the highest compliance with mask-wearing in all Europe. Now Spain is at around 1,500 percent the level of cases compared to when it mandated masks.
After three months of requiring masks, the United Kingdom is at around 1,500 percent more cases despite having one of the highest mask compliance records in Europe.
Belgium required masks shortly after the British did, and now possibly has the highest rate of cases in the world.
Italy had extremely high levels of mask-wearing despite no national mandate. Recently skyrocketing cases finally compelled them to create one of the strictest mask laws in the world, but the results have predictably failed to slow the rise in coronavirus cases. In fact, cases skyrocketed immediately after the mask mandate went into effect.
Similar results have been found in Ireland, Portugal, Israel, and many other countries. No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance the population follows, cases all fall and rise around the same time.
How about the United States? Americans have proven to be highly compliant with mask wearing, even higher than the Germans.
It is therefore no surprise that the same trends found in Europe are also found in U.S. states. For example, California required masks in June but cases still went up by more than 300 percent and the state remains heavily locked down four months later with still higher cases.
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This is what Fauci said about masks based upon his decades as a medical professional and before his political masters told him to change his tune.
I believed him then and fortunately I am not beholden to anyone so I don't need to change my beliefs under duress.
I believed him then and fortunately I am not beholden to anyone so I don't need to change my beliefs under duress.
We QANON do not practice mask wearing. You are a priest of high ranking. The Angels sing for you. Do god's work and you will be awarded. Death is natural.
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It's an excellent illustration of how something that is newsworthy gets all the attention and how deaths attributed to this incident are termed "tragic".
In the meantime 1.4 million people are killed in road accidents annually and nobody even notices because these deaths are just part and parcel of life.
When Covid is no longer newsworthy the death count will suddenly stop and people will get back to their good old lives until the next catastrophe.
If masks work I'd be the first to champion their use. However all the data plus Fauci himself already pointed to the fact that masks, when worn by untrained members of the public, just make things worse and increase the infection rates.
We shall sacrifice many in your honor, noble one. For the greater good. Many will die, but this is god's will. A purge is needed. We must cleanse this world. We are in contact with heaven, and guided by his angels. We are bathed in light. Join us in this reawakening of man.
Do not wear a mask. Government Ministers are aliens. Resist the vaccine, they contain microchips to control you. Avoid 5G Mobile Signals. Mind control.
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you believe this fake Potus. The real Potus will be reinstated soon. Well, technically reinstate in a wrong word, he never lost.
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Nobody is being sacrificed so get over it. People are going to die no matter what we do.
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Fox News asks why Biden wasn't wearing mask 'at all times'
January 22, 2021
President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions on Wednesday hours after he was sworn into office, many aimed at sweeping away former President Donald Trump's policies, including mandating masks on federal property.
Video Transcript
- Why weren't President Biden and all members of the Biden family masked at all times on federal lands last night, if he signed an executive order that mandates masks on federal lands at all times.
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JEN PSAKI: At the inaugural--
- At the Lincoln Memorial, yes.
JEN PSAKI: I think, Steve, he was celebrating an evening of a historic day in our country, and certainly he signed the mask mandate because it's a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it can save tens of thousands of lives. We take a number of COVID precautions, as you know here, in terms of testing, social distancing, mask wearing ourselves, as-- as we do every single day. But I don't know that I have more for you on it than that.
- But as Joe Biden often talks about, it is not just important the example of power but the power of our example. Was that a good example for people who are watching and might not pay attention normally?
JEN PSAKI: Well, Steve, I think the power of his example is also the message he sends by signing 25 executive orders, including almost half of them related to COVID, the requirements that we're all under every single day here to ensure we're sending that message to the public. Yesterday was a historic moment in our history. He was inaugurated as President of the United States. He was surrounded by his family. We take a number of precautions, but I don't think-- I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.
January 22, 2021
President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions on Wednesday hours after he was sworn into office, many aimed at sweeping away former President Donald Trump's policies, including mandating masks on federal property.
Video Transcript
- Why weren't President Biden and all members of the Biden family masked at all times on federal lands last night, if he signed an executive order that mandates masks on federal lands at all times.
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JEN PSAKI: At the inaugural--
- At the Lincoln Memorial, yes.
JEN PSAKI: I think, Steve, he was celebrating an evening of a historic day in our country, and certainly he signed the mask mandate because it's a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it can save tens of thousands of lives. We take a number of COVID precautions, as you know here, in terms of testing, social distancing, mask wearing ourselves, as-- as we do every single day. But I don't know that I have more for you on it than that.
- But as Joe Biden often talks about, it is not just important the example of power but the power of our example. Was that a good example for people who are watching and might not pay attention normally?
JEN PSAKI: Well, Steve, I think the power of his example is also the message he sends by signing 25 executive orders, including almost half of them related to COVID, the requirements that we're all under every single day here to ensure we're sending that message to the public. Yesterday was a historic moment in our history. He was inaugurated as President of the United States. He was surrounded by his family. We take a number of precautions, but I don't think-- I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.
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Fox News asks why Biden wasn't wearing mask 'at all times'
January 22, 2021
President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions on Wednesday hours after he was sworn into office, many aimed at sweeping away former President Donald Trump's policies, including mandating masks on federal property.
Video Transcript
- Why weren't President Biden and all members of the Biden family masked at all times on federal lands last night, if he signed an executive order that mandates masks on federal lands at all times.
Scroll to continue with content
JEN PSAKI: At the inaugural--
- At the Lincoln Memorial, yes.
JEN PSAKI: I think, Steve, he was celebrating an evening of a historic day in our country, and certainly he signed the mask mandate because it's a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it can save tens of thousands of lives. We take a number of COVID precautions, as you know here, in terms of testing, social distancing, mask wearing ourselves, as-- as we do every single day. But I don't know that I have more for you on it than that.
- But as Joe Biden often talks about, it is not just important the example of power but the power of our example. Was that a good example for people who are watching and might not pay attention normally?
JEN PSAKI: Well, Steve, I think the power of his example is also the message he sends by signing 25 executive orders, including almost half of them related to COVID, the requirements that we're all under every single day here to ensure we're sending that message to the public. Yesterday was a historic moment in our history. He was inaugurated as President of the United States. He was surrounded by his family. We take a number of precautions, but I don't think-- I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.
January 22, 2021
President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions on Wednesday hours after he was sworn into office, many aimed at sweeping away former President Donald Trump's policies, including mandating masks on federal property.
Video Transcript
- Why weren't President Biden and all members of the Biden family masked at all times on federal lands last night, if he signed an executive order that mandates masks on federal lands at all times.
Scroll to continue with content
JEN PSAKI: At the inaugural--
- At the Lincoln Memorial, yes.
JEN PSAKI: I think, Steve, he was celebrating an evening of a historic day in our country, and certainly he signed the mask mandate because it's a way to send a message to the American public about the importance of wearing masks, how it can save tens of thousands of lives. We take a number of COVID precautions, as you know here, in terms of testing, social distancing, mask wearing ourselves, as-- as we do every single day. But I don't know that I have more for you on it than that.
- But as Joe Biden often talks about, it is not just important the example of power but the power of our example. Was that a good example for people who are watching and might not pay attention normally?
JEN PSAKI: Well, Steve, I think the power of his example is also the message he sends by signing 25 executive orders, including almost half of them related to COVID, the requirements that we're all under every single day here to ensure we're sending that message to the public. Yesterday was a historic moment in our history. He was inaugurated as President of the United States. He was surrounded by his family. We take a number of precautions, but I don't think-- I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.
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Meghan McCain rips Biden for not wearing mask at Lincoln Memorial after signing mask mandate
Psaki responds to critics of Biden not wearing mask at Lincoln Memorial
White House press secretary says 'we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.'
"The View" co-host Meghan McCain slammed President Biden Friday for appearing to not follow his own mask mandate on the night of his inauguration.
Hours after taking the oath of office, Biden signed several executive orders, including one requiring the wearing of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal land and by federal employees and contractors, as well as on airlines, trains, and transit systems traveling between states.
However, critics piled on the 46th president for appearing at the Lincoln Memorial without a mask during his inauguration celebration Wednesay night. In addition, several members of the Biden family similarly ignored COVID precautions.
McCain, long a family friend of the Bidens, took the president to task for the apparent hypocrisy.
"We had President Biden ... him and his family, they're not wearing -- after mandating and requiring for people to wear masks on federal property -- he and his family were not wearing masks out," McCain said. "So again, I think the rules for thee, not for me that [has] been going on for a long time in the Trump administration, and now you're seeing President Biden -- I was really disappointed that he wasn't wearing a mask."
McCain also bashed Dr. Anthony Fauci, now a White House adviser, over his inconsistent remarks about wearing masks early in the pandemic. She insisted it's okay to hold Fauci's "feet to the fire" for his role in the Trump administration.
"I was pregnant in New York City when the pandemic broke out. I had a bunch of masks and I ended up giving them away because they said it doesn't do anything and you don't need it ... but I was lied to," McCain told her co-hosts.
She also knocked Amazon for withholding support for the federal rollout of coronavirus vaccines until Biden took office "after months of complete silence," suggesting the company's actions were "political."
"Why does Jeff Bezos all of a sudden want to help with vaccine distribution, but he didn’t during the Trump Administration?" McCain asked.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @JosephWulfsohn.
White House press secretary says 'we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time.'
"The View" co-host Meghan McCain slammed President Biden Friday for appearing to not follow his own mask mandate on the night of his inauguration.
Hours after taking the oath of office, Biden signed several executive orders, including one requiring the wearing of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal land and by federal employees and contractors, as well as on airlines, trains, and transit systems traveling between states.
However, critics piled on the 46th president for appearing at the Lincoln Memorial without a mask during his inauguration celebration Wednesay night. In addition, several members of the Biden family similarly ignored COVID precautions.
McCain, long a family friend of the Bidens, took the president to task for the apparent hypocrisy.
"We had President Biden ... him and his family, they're not wearing -- after mandating and requiring for people to wear masks on federal property -- he and his family were not wearing masks out," McCain said. "So again, I think the rules for thee, not for me that [has] been going on for a long time in the Trump administration, and now you're seeing President Biden -- I was really disappointed that he wasn't wearing a mask."
McCain also bashed Dr. Anthony Fauci, now a White House adviser, over his inconsistent remarks about wearing masks early in the pandemic. She insisted it's okay to hold Fauci's "feet to the fire" for his role in the Trump administration.
"I was pregnant in New York City when the pandemic broke out. I had a bunch of masks and I ended up giving them away because they said it doesn't do anything and you don't need it ... but I was lied to," McCain told her co-hosts.
She also knocked Amazon for withholding support for the federal rollout of coronavirus vaccines until Biden took office "after months of complete silence," suggesting the company's actions were "political."
"Why does Jeff Bezos all of a sudden want to help with vaccine distribution, but he didn’t during the Trump Administration?" McCain asked.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @JosephWulfsohn.
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