Timothy Birdnow

Anthony Fauci and the New England Journal of Medicine admitted that masks are virtue signaling and symbolic.

According to the May 2 Journal:

We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.

[...]

It is also clear that masks serve symbolic roles. Masks are not only tools, they are also talismans that may help increase health care workers’ perceived sense of safety, well-being, and trust in their hospitals.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 08:23 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 179 words, total size 2 kb.