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THE COVID-CON I

“When it comes to non-pharmacologic interventions such as mandatory business closures, mask mandates, and countless other interventions, the shocking conclusion of the last 18 months is this: We have learned next to nothing,”

“The CDC is again recommending vaccinated people to wear cloth masks in indoor public spaces, at least in locations where COVID is surging. The CDC director calls this "following the science," but it is not. It is following the TV pundits.”

"The CDC cannot "follow the science" because there is no relevant science. The proposition is at best science-y; a best guess based on political pressure, pundit anxiety, and mechanistic understanding."

“When the history books are written about the use of non-pharmacologic measures during this pandemic, we will look as pre-historic and barbaric and tribal as our ancestors during the plagues of the middle ages. What the books won’t capture is how, in the moment, our experts were simply so sure of themselves.”

— Vinay Prasad, MD, is a hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He is pro-masks even though masks have pores much larger than viral particles and thus cannot exclude them.

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