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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by varjag on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:18PM (#25479659)
No, masks were mandated for health personnel dealing with COVID from day one. It was simply a lot of bad faith/ascientific messaging by WHO and national authorities early on.

This also to a large extent fuelled the anti-makser movement you have trouble reigning in now. Absolutely moronic.

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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by pell on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:58PM (#25480066)
The anti-masker movement would have happened anyway. There's no logical consistency there which is very apparent when you listen to their "arguments".
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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by varjag on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:10PM (#25480194)
It would have certainly happened. It could also never have reached such a magnitude had health authorities not proclaimed for 3 months that masks are the new facehuggers.
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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by tertius on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:35PM (#25480412)
Yes, except Fauci was against masks because of fake science, I mean because of supply. I.e He lied. (And has admitted it was because of supply).

https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire...

And most anti-maskers are against it because of government overreach. Unrelated to science.

A third party has emerged. The "we'll believe and parrot anything because it's what we're told".

They act in the following realm (whether they are aware or not): Cotton/cloth masks don't work. But it qualifies as a mask so checkbox! Moral superiority is on my side whether science is or not doesn't matter.

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