“The CDC does not mandate anything,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci. But if a Covid surge leads to a recommendation that people wear masks, “I hope they would abide by the recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and to their families. We are not talking about forcing anybody to do anything.”
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Masking was effectively the shopping cart theory writ large.
I’m on day 4 of COVID and it fucking sucks. I haven’t worn a mask in a while and I’m full of regret :(
Don’t knock yourself too hard.
I’m fully for masks, but they are better at protecting others from your infection that you from catching one.
As long as you wear a mask unil you’re well if you do mix with others.
Hope you feel better soon.
Agreed. The best things you can do to protect yourself from COVID are getting vaccinated and staying up-to-date with any boosters and maintaing basic hygiene like washing your hands before sticking your fingers in your mouth, etc.
Masks are best at keeping your germs to yourself, so you don’t spread it to others.
Before the onset of this latest surge, if you weren’t sick, and did the above, there was no real reason to regularly wear a mask. No reason for regret.
Not true if you have a high quality n95 mask
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Why don’t you just come out and say that you don’t care whether the elderly and the immunocompromised live or die?
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Oh look, a dipshit
If you listen closely you can hear the wind whistling through their cranium
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Hey everyone, just a reminder that you can simply block accounts like this, it’s super easy.
Imagine the majority of your feelings and personality being your political lean…
Oh look the same wishy washy bullshit he did at the start of the pandemic that everyone forgot about.
What’s wishy washing about advising people to listen to health experts?
Health experts would tell you to wear a mask because it costs you nothing, not to do whatever you feel is best.
Not nothing. Proper N95s are a cost some people can’t afford. But even a cloth mask is better than no mask.
Found the person who doesn’t understand how science works.
You mean when they were telling people not to wear masks so that they could ensure there was enough supply for healthcare workers? And then changed to say we should all be wearing them once supplying them to healthcare workers was no longer an issue? That “wishy washy bullshit”?
That’s not being wishy washy, that’s making the best recommendations at the time based on the situation not just of the disease, but practical factors too.
That was only N95 masks which are the ideal ones to use but not even close to the ones a majority of people used even after the mandate. Telling people not to mask at all is not the same thing as saying “use cloth masks so that n95 masks can be preserved for healthcare workers”.
They weren’t telling people not ti wear masks they were telling people that they didn’t need to wear them and had no effect. He made groundless statements because they wanted to ensure there was enough supply for healthcare workers. Then they started saying that they actually work and we must wear them.
Personally I do think they can help. But the government has been consistently dishonest. It’s not difficult to see how people won’t believe a known liar.
EDIT: for those that have a hard time accepting facts. here is a video that quotes fauci then an now confirming my points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5FY58I5RQ0
