Haha and now here in BC Canada they’re delaying back to school for kids after winter break and the teachers are in a tizzy apparently over now wanting N95s. Now?!!!!!! Cases are up cause everyone’s testing. But hospitalizations and deaths SOLELY due to covid?! Where are those numbers? You’ve been right all along, Dr. Prasad. It’s hard to watch the powers that be pretend they haven’t known these things. Makes me worried for what’s next.
Delaying back to school for a week (at this point). Here we go again?! Seems criminal at this point. Will we add these days to the end of the year like we used to with snow days?!! 🤣
Why do healthy children need any masks? Why does any healthy person need a mask? If a child is among a vulnerable population and therefore at higher risk, that is a different issue, to be dealt with on a case by case issue. But if you have ever worn an N95 mask (hint, these never come with ear loops) you will note that they would be literally impossible for a child to use. Yes, there are "N95s available at Home Depot and Amazon etc," and they are largely, if not entirely, bogus.
As for the so-called "surgical masks," which I can see preventing droplet spread from coughing or sneezing, but these too are ineffective against airborne microparticles. I've used several and all have varying sizes of gaps on the sides, which small chipmunks could get through.
We are caught in a powerful contagion of fear right now. Let us fight the urge to be caught up this pandemic theatre. Look at these crazy policies our CDC/administration/FDA are imposing on us. Where is our proud tradition of civil disobedience?
This video was pulled from Youtube and cannot be found on CNN's website. It appears they must have pulled it as well. It appears they must have been embarrassed by Wen's remarks.
OK. Welp. Wen is certainly authorized to float/parrot the official narrative, so it's fascinating to hear her state (without compunction) that this pillar of virtuous conformity was made of plaster of Paris rather than stone. Maybe the masking displays will be expected to include N95s now (massive gaps around the nose optional).
Fear mongering over a (far?) more mild variant seems like a great way to vaporize what little credibility they have left. That anyone with a fully functioning brain is still listening to this stuff is a testament to the skill with which they've manipulated the unwitting public into hysterical levels of fear.
I just want these people to leave us alone (and for their actions to be judged in totality). Please let the mildness of Omicron permit this be the last, desperate gasp of this absurd and insulting propaganda campaign!
Great analysis. No good evidence to support mask use. My suspicion is that this is a question of optics. We need masks to "stop transmission" so we don't have to resort to lockdowns.
This time will be looked upon (specifically masking 2yr olds when so many countries do not do this) as an utter embarrassment for the U.S as far as mitigation procedures. I can just hear my MD friends in Ireland saying to themselves..."wait...I thought US MDs & scientists were amongst the most intelligent in the world.....ummm maybe not?!"......it really cannot be explained. Its like delusional stupidity that is WAY more contagious than Omicron!!!
In CA, masking policies aren’t set by childcare centers themselves; the CA Dept of Ed drove these mandates and Public Health Officers often required even tighter restrictions. Layers and layers of rules, including “no soft objects” in a child’s classroom (!) We literally had to remove stuffed animals and dress- up materials. Children have literally been taught not to share!
Locally, in Santa Cruz Co. childcare admin have turned each other in where deemed in violation, resulting in program closures in an industry already decimated since 2020. Make it stop!
Haha and now here in BC Canada they’re delaying back to school for kids after winter break and the teachers are in a tizzy apparently over now wanting N95s. Now?!!!!!! Cases are up cause everyone’s testing. But hospitalizations and deaths SOLELY due to covid?! Where are those numbers? You’ve been right all along, Dr. Prasad. It’s hard to watch the powers that be pretend they haven’t known these things. Makes me worried for what’s next.
Oh jeesus….this happened? I was delaying listening to the BH news.
Delaying back to school for a week (at this point). Here we go again?! Seems criminal at this point. Will we add these days to the end of the year like we used to with snow days?!! 🤣
The entirety of Canadian health "talking heads" should be jailed for their miscarriage of health policy.
Are there any N95's that can even be fitted to children? Even so what torture!
Why do healthy children need any masks? Why does any healthy person need a mask? If a child is among a vulnerable population and therefore at higher risk, that is a different issue, to be dealt with on a case by case issue. But if you have ever worn an N95 mask (hint, these never come with ear loops) you will note that they would be literally impossible for a child to use. Yes, there are "N95s available at Home Depot and Amazon etc," and they are largely, if not entirely, bogus.
As for the so-called "surgical masks," which I can see preventing droplet spread from coughing or sneezing, but these too are ineffective against airborne microparticles. I've used several and all have varying sizes of gaps on the sides, which small chipmunks could get through.
We are caught in a powerful contagion of fear right now. Let us fight the urge to be caught up this pandemic theatre. Look at these crazy policies our CDC/administration/FDA are imposing on us. Where is our proud tradition of civil disobedience?
This video was pulled from Youtube and cannot be found on CNN's website. It appears they must have pulled it as well. It appears they must have been embarrassed by Wen's remarks.
She said something similar on at least one other occasion recently. I don't watch, but I saw a clip.
OK. Welp. Wen is certainly authorized to float/parrot the official narrative, so it's fascinating to hear her state (without compunction) that this pillar of virtuous conformity was made of plaster of Paris rather than stone. Maybe the masking displays will be expected to include N95s now (massive gaps around the nose optional).
Fear mongering over a (far?) more mild variant seems like a great way to vaporize what little credibility they have left. That anyone with a fully functioning brain is still listening to this stuff is a testament to the skill with which they've manipulated the unwitting public into hysterical levels of fear.
I just want these people to leave us alone (and for their actions to be judged in totality). Please let the mildness of Omicron permit this be the last, desperate gasp of this absurd and insulting propaganda campaign!
Great analysis. No good evidence to support mask use. My suspicion is that this is a question of optics. We need masks to "stop transmission" so we don't have to resort to lockdowns.
This time will be looked upon (specifically masking 2yr olds when so many countries do not do this) as an utter embarrassment for the U.S as far as mitigation procedures. I can just hear my MD friends in Ireland saying to themselves..."wait...I thought US MDs & scientists were amongst the most intelligent in the world.....ummm maybe not?!"......it really cannot be explained. Its like delusional stupidity that is WAY more contagious than Omicron!!!
In CA, masking policies aren’t set by childcare centers themselves; the CA Dept of Ed drove these mandates and Public Health Officers often required even tighter restrictions. Layers and layers of rules, including “no soft objects” in a child’s classroom (!) We literally had to remove stuffed animals and dress- up materials. Children have literally been taught not to share!
Locally, in Santa Cruz Co. childcare admin have turned each other in where deemed in violation, resulting in program closures in an industry already decimated since 2020. Make it stop!
Agree 200%. Not sure when or how all this nonsense stops. I suspect with an election year coming it’s only going to get worse.