well there's plenty of data out there showing that masks do cause harm. so, if they can't figure out what good they do or to what extent, we do have a measure of the downside already.
This happened last year in Ireland. The Health Minister was asked what data he had to support masking in the context of him floating their return during winter. He replied, asininely, that there was "Oodles of Data". His office was pushed on this claim and eventually they were forced to list these oodles of data.
I went through every single thing they listed in my substack which was picked up by a national media outlet. Suffice to say, the oodles were anything but convincing.
My main complaint about the insanity of masking has always been mandating them. I've mentioned many times my over 30 year experience with wearing a mask (properly fitted, right mask for the right reason, etc) and knowing that the ritual of masking was doing absolutely nothing but scare people, divide people and give people a false sense of security drove me insane. My thing is, if you want to wear a ridiculous face diaper because you think it's going to somehow help you... Go for it! No one's going to stop you. Where I draw the line is when someone demands that I wear one to make them "feel" safe. If masks work, with at least 90% "compliance" in 2020/21 no one, and I mean no one would have become ill those years. Yet I heard numerous times, I wore my mask and still got sick, what am I doing wrong?" I would just shake my head in awe over the ignorance of so many people. We must *never* allow mask mandate rituals to ever again be the rule of the day. The damage these damn things cause physically and mentally are *not* worth it.
It has never been about whether masks "work" or "don't work". We have known for 50 years that masking is ineffective against airborne viruses. It IS about being perceived as "doing something" ... oh, and CONTROL!
"... looks like nobody bothered with any kind of messaging exit strategy..." it's so true and it is still impacting many of us... when are all my doctors' offices going to stop giving me a mask as soon as I walk in? Sigh... at least after the completely arbitrary date of May 11, Novak Djokovic and countless Americans' family members, business colleagues, etc can enter the US and be treated with dignity like human beings.
Worth noting people were arrested and I am aware of at least one death (in Canada) for not wearing a mask where someone was strangled to death by security in a hospital after pulling down her mask to breath. Crazy.
Yesterday (in NZ) I saw an elderly man walking along the street, alone, on a windy day (it’s always windy here) with a surgical mask strapped to his face. The mask was being sucked in and out as he struggled to breathe. The government and health care providers who endorse mask wearing are doing harm to scared people like this elderly man. It incenses me.
Deepti is retweeting about mask fitting in Australia as recently as last Saturday, Trisha Greenhalgh has taken off hers at last for profile pic but is still writing lengthy threads on the topic womansplaining why masks still work* while our very own (in Ireland I mean) Anthony Staines is still saying wear a mask in FULL CAPS while still wearing one in his profile pic (take that Trish!)
*My favourite tweet in the thread is number 5 where it is noted that masking is controversial because it is also a cultural practice - after all "Pirates and Burglars wear masks"!
I think no one bothered to craft a "messaging exit strategy" because they don't need one. Myths are very sticky, even after they are discredited. The sheep, having adopted Covid propaganda as their own truth, will cling to the lies indefinitely. To acknowledge the truth is to lose their pseudo-self esteem. The collaboration of the herd allows the bureaucrats to move smoothly from one propaganda campaign to another. "Like it never happened."
The bigger question with all of this stuff is ultimately just: Do we want it?
The risk of pointing out "A does not work" is that they come up with B, which does work and is more miserable than A. The respirators probably work.
It's like saying lockdowns don't work. I'm pretty sure the CCP strategy of sealing people in their apartment and leaving people to watch their family members die in front of their eyes because they're unable to get dialysis stops them from spreading viruses. But that's not what we are.
It probably helped get the normies on our side and build critical mass to point out none of the shit they were peddling worked, but in the long run the important thing to always keep in mind is that all of the stuff they peddle is existentially miserable, undignified and isolates us further and further from (human) nature.
The real problem is that none of the stuff they proposed is compatible with the kind of society worth living in. The fact that we don't want any of it is argument enough. Children don't want to wear masks and that's sufficient reason not to make them wear masks.
well there's plenty of data out there showing that masks do cause harm. so, if they can't figure out what good they do or to what extent, we do have a measure of the downside already.
This happened last year in Ireland. The Health Minister was asked what data he had to support masking in the context of him floating their return during winter. He replied, asininely, that there was "Oodles of Data". His office was pushed on this claim and eventually they were forced to list these oodles of data.
I went through every single thing they listed in my substack which was picked up by a national media outlet. Suffice to say, the oodles were anything but convincing.
https://raggedlines.substack.com/p/oodles-of-data
My main complaint about the insanity of masking has always been mandating them. I've mentioned many times my over 30 year experience with wearing a mask (properly fitted, right mask for the right reason, etc) and knowing that the ritual of masking was doing absolutely nothing but scare people, divide people and give people a false sense of security drove me insane. My thing is, if you want to wear a ridiculous face diaper because you think it's going to somehow help you... Go for it! No one's going to stop you. Where I draw the line is when someone demands that I wear one to make them "feel" safe. If masks work, with at least 90% "compliance" in 2020/21 no one, and I mean no one would have become ill those years. Yet I heard numerous times, I wore my mask and still got sick, what am I doing wrong?" I would just shake my head in awe over the ignorance of so many people. We must *never* allow mask mandate rituals to ever again be the rule of the day. The damage these damn things cause physically and mentally are *not* worth it.
It has never been about whether masks "work" or "don't work". We have known for 50 years that masking is ineffective against airborne viruses. It IS about being perceived as "doing something" ... oh, and CONTROL!
It’s too bad they didn’t mandate a plastic bag over the head, tied closely at the neck. It would have helped thin the compliance herd.
"... looks like nobody bothered with any kind of messaging exit strategy..." it's so true and it is still impacting many of us... when are all my doctors' offices going to stop giving me a mask as soon as I walk in? Sigh... at least after the completely arbitrary date of May 11, Novak Djokovic and countless Americans' family members, business colleagues, etc can enter the US and be treated with dignity like human beings.
You are completely on top of this. I wish the morons in the U.S. would come clean. Thx for all that you are doing to bring truth to the world!
How could a mask with a minimum pore of 4 microns stop a virus with a diameter of .04 micron?
Worth noting people were arrested and I am aware of at least one death (in Canada) for not wearing a mask where someone was strangled to death by security in a hospital after pulling down her mask to breath. Crazy.
And maybe someone should apologize to all the kids who had to wear masks, especially during physical exercise....
That was the craziest to me
I used to call this Groupthink, but now I call it BlobThink
Yesterday (in NZ) I saw an elderly man walking along the street, alone, on a windy day (it’s always windy here) with a surgical mask strapped to his face. The mask was being sucked in and out as he struggled to breathe. The government and health care providers who endorse mask wearing are doing harm to scared people like this elderly man. It incenses me.
Just been checking - they're still out there.
Deepti is retweeting about mask fitting in Australia as recently as last Saturday, Trisha Greenhalgh has taken off hers at last for profile pic but is still writing lengthy threads on the topic womansplaining why masks still work* while our very own (in Ireland I mean) Anthony Staines is still saying wear a mask in FULL CAPS while still wearing one in his profile pic (take that Trish!)
*My favourite tweet in the thread is number 5 where it is noted that masking is controversial because it is also a cultural practice - after all "Pirates and Burglars wear masks"!
I remember watching Fauci say that goggles would also be needed because you can get infected through your eyes. (True)
And he did say "goggles" not "glasses" - as a glasses-wearer, he understands the distinction.
When this entire discussion was dropped in less than 24 hours - I knew the whole thing was fake as a Kardashian.
I think no one bothered to craft a "messaging exit strategy" because they don't need one. Myths are very sticky, even after they are discredited. The sheep, having adopted Covid propaganda as their own truth, will cling to the lies indefinitely. To acknowledge the truth is to lose their pseudo-self esteem. The collaboration of the herd allows the bureaucrats to move smoothly from one propaganda campaign to another. "Like it never happened."
The bigger question with all of this stuff is ultimately just: Do we want it?
The risk of pointing out "A does not work" is that they come up with B, which does work and is more miserable than A. The respirators probably work.
It's like saying lockdowns don't work. I'm pretty sure the CCP strategy of sealing people in their apartment and leaving people to watch their family members die in front of their eyes because they're unable to get dialysis stops them from spreading viruses. But that's not what we are.
It probably helped get the normies on our side and build critical mass to point out none of the shit they were peddling worked, but in the long run the important thing to always keep in mind is that all of the stuff they peddle is existentially miserable, undignified and isolates us further and further from (human) nature.
The real problem is that none of the stuff they proposed is compatible with the kind of society worth living in. The fact that we don't want any of it is argument enough. Children don't want to wear masks and that's sufficient reason not to make them wear masks.