He's right.
Whether he's wrong about that one article or not (I'm not spending time looking into some technical little gotcha), there are numerous articles that corroborate his claim.
Fascists deny alternative ideas by any means necessary including technicalitys even if the spirit of the idea is correct.
It's what fascists do.
> It’s what fascists do.
Nick, you’d be wise to listen to your own advice.
It is a fact that masks reduce the spread of disease.
They are not a silver bullet, but a tool for mitigation. The idea is to layer multiple risk-mitigating techniques.
Masks on their own are not enough, but masks plus distancing plus hand washing plus travel restrictions plus vaccines plus whatever else is somewhat effective combines to be something much more effective.
In one comment, you say to “stop spreading misinformation” and in another you say “numerous studies show that masks don’t prevent covid” and follow up with the comments about fascists.
You’re literally doing what you say fascists do.
Study: in simple terms, "can COVID live on and in masks"
Rand Paul: "this study shows that these masks don't prevent COVID".
I'm not talking about other studies. I'm not talking about anything else. There are plenty of inconclusive and concerning studies.
But Rand Paul, who as you keep reminding us, is far more educated than all of us fascists, wilfully and repeatedly held up the specific study above as being "undeniable proof" of masks being a problem. They may be a problem. But that study doesn't show it. It doesn't imply it. It does nothing other than talk about the ability or lack thereof of the virus to grow and survive in the material of the mask itself.
And he knows that, as an educated scientist.
And he doesn't care. He also knows that people will see keywords and draw matching conclusions to the factually incorrect statements about the study that he makes, repeatedly.
That's why he got banned.
Your martyrdom is unbecoming. And your assumptions of my beliefs on the matter are entirely broken because you're too focused on foaming at the mouth about fascists demonizing you while comparing yourself and Rand Paul to Galileo.
I work in EMS as a critical care paramedic. Every year I get the flu vaccine because I'm around vulnerable populations a lot. My girlfriend and my step daughter don't get these vaccines, and rather than suppressing and demonizing them, I think that's entirely reasonable, because they're not around those populations as I am.
I also have never said - because I don't believe - that every person needs to be vaccinated for COVID.
For someone who has spent a large chunk of these discussions building up these strawmen, your radar needs a lot more calibration.