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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by themgt on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:40PM (#25480959)
It's frankly worse because he won't even admit he was lying. We knew about asymptomatic spread back in January and he's mischaracterizing his own "masks don't work" message. It just further erodes any reason to trust him.

"Right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks"

"There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences — people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face." - Dr Fauci, March 8th 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRa6t_e7dgI

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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by rhizome on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:57PM (#25481114)
>It's frankly worse because he won't even admit he was lying

Ah, the old classic. Should we start by cutting off a pinky? Or maybe bamboo splinters, for an international flavor?

He has been clear that he was speaking before transmissibility was known. First there was "no reason," then there was a reason. It's not hard, if you're not trying to intentionally misrepresent his words for some reason.

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