A federal judge ruled Monday that masks are no more required for public transit and airplanes. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, U.S. District Judge, called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control mandate. “unlawful,” thereby striking down the Biden administration’s controversial mask mandate. One would think Democrats from New York to Los Angeles would be rejoicing at finally being able to breathe easier, speak freely and see others’ smiling faces after a grueling multiyear pandemic.
But no, many liberals are upset over the ruling because A) the judge was appointed by former President Donald Trump; and B) they can no longer continue the pretense they’re morally superior to “dumb”Many conservatives doubted the efficacy and safety of most face-masks.
Never mind that Democrats’ demigod, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a rare moment of truth at the outset of the pandemic in March 2020, advised against public mask wearing. He said, “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. … When you think masks, you should think of health care providers needing them and people who are ill.”
Nonetheless, throughout the pandemic, many liberals have used masks as a political symbol, a cultural badge of honor, if you will, that they’re somehow “smarter” and more socially virtuous by donning them than their conservative counterparts who purportedly don’t believe in “science.”
That conceit, of course, contradicts studies that showed that states that implemented mask mandates throughout the pandemic did not fare significantly better during the pandemic — if at all — than states that didn’t require them. Rhode Island is an example. Despite having an extremely high compliance rate for its mandate to wear masks during the latest micron surge, the blue state also experienced one of largest national surges in January. Evidence suggests that masks did not stop the spread of the virus.
“Given the current understanding that the virus is transmitted in fine aerosol particles, it’s likely an infectious dose could easily get through and around loose-fitting cloth or surgical masks,”Experts associated with The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (University of Minnesota) found.
But remember, virtue-signaling isn’t based on science or data. This is how it works. “maskaholics”Even though they have been vaccinated and are double-boosted, many people still wear masks outdoors. “experts”Fauci also said that outside transmission is a risk. “miniscule.” These maskaholics still wear face coverings while walking solo in the woods or alone on the beach — or, even more embarrassingly, while driving alone in their cars. These maskaholics have never realized that face covers are supposed to protect against the spread of the virus.
So when they’re alone, who are they protecting exactly? They can’t protect themselves.
You can see the absurdity and effect upon those who, throughout the pandemic, spent far too many hours watching CNN and other left-wing outlets that relentlessly peddled fear to its viewers — to boost their ratings.
According to the CDC, the pandemic has moved to an endemic phase. Daily cases are down from a seven day moving average of 806,984 cases on Jan. 15 and to around 35,000 per hour as of April 15. This is in addition to the fact, that at least 82.2% Americans have received at least one dose of vaccines, according to CDC. Therapeutics and other medical interventions can also be found easily.
Again, facts are irrelevant “maskaholics”Still holding on to their masks like Linus “Peanuts”He holds on to his baby blanket wherever it goes.
Here’s an inconvenient fact mask proponents don’t want to recognize: Masks and other personal protective equipment are wreaking havoc on the environment. Billions of masks made of microplastics have made their way to the world’s oceans, and soon, experts warn we’ll have more masks in the sea than jellyfish. This shocking reality was something British Environmental Minister ZacGoldsmith raised alarm about last month.
“More than 26,000 tonnes of the billions of plastic masks we’ve used have leaked into — and are now choking — the ocean,”He tweeted. “It is catastrophic and unforgivable. The Earth is being cost by the covid theatrics. It genuinely pains me to see … committed environmentalists bemoaning the loosening of restrictions on these largely pointless and nature-ruining masks. It’s enough. Please.”
Bottom line: The longer people wear masks, the more profound damage they’re doing to the environment. A mask isn’t a symbol of cultural superiority; to the contrary, it’s a sign one doesn’t care about marine pollution, poisoning wildlife and other environmental damage. Enough is enough.
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