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And the CDC did a 180 on masks. But they cant seem to get the story straight on if it was because the science changed and more was learned about COVID or what you stated and they didnt want the first responders to go without.
That was a lie, and it's appropriate for Fauci to pay a reputational price for having lied to the public about this. But the important thing right now is that masks really do work and people should get on board with wearing them.
I think if Fauci came out from day 1 saying masks were needed to prevent the spread, we wouldnt even be having this conversation today.
Sure but that shouldn't have any impact wearing masks for the last couple months. Wasn't the mask thing figured out pretty quickly? My wife began sewing and sending masks to friends and health care workers at the start of April.
Fauci was quoted last week as saying that his own "don't wear a mask" guidance was specifically driven by worries about supply. I posted it somewhere in the covid thread.
The President could also jump on the messaging bandwagon. I bet a lot of people would follow his lead.
Fauci didn't say that masks "don't work"; he said that there was no need to wear a mask in early March.
For a large portion of this country, anything Fauci says that contradicts the President is being ignored. #FireFauci
The real reason was so the government and hospitals could get masks before the public started hoarding them. I know this for a fact.
That's one of about nine million simple things he could do that could help him turn around his deficit in the polls. The man got plaudits just for reading a speech that didn't specifically insult anybody; showing that he understood the problems that were affecting millions every day would practically turn the election around on its head. Just do some small things to show that you care; the virus wasn't a personal attack on you.
I find that to be appalling coming from our health community. They need to put out accurate information and not lie to the public for what they think is the greater good.
Just funny that the guy was not wearing a mask because of the odds of getting the virus...but was buying lottery tickets.
I agree with you. I'm saying in March we only had so much information available. Fauci was the #1 expert on this, so when he says dont wear a mask at the start, it's a hard bus to turn around now with conflicting reporting everywhere.
My sister isn't worried about Covid because of the low odds it would harm her or her kids. Meanwhile, she won't get those same kids normal vaccines because she's read anecdotes of those who had bad reactions.
The bus would have instantly turned around if Trump, Pence, and the rest of the administration started using masks the moment the CDC updated its guidelines in early April, and if Trump called for a nationwide mask policy.
Do all masks work or only the N95? Does a surgical mask work?
Fauci recently did an interview where he suggested they knew masks could reduce the spread, but chose to go with the masks arent neccessary route instead.
I’m pro looking both ways before crossing the road. I know opinions on that may vary.
I think we are learning new info about it as we learn more. It's been a fluid situation.
Right. So why use this as a justification to not wear masks?
I think Nate could be right here, but it's hard to imagine him changing his stance.
I think you are asking about what he said during a 60 Minutes interview:
I'm not trying to justify it, just pointing out why some are still resistant to it.
There's a lot of uncertainty and unknowns when dealing with a virus we've never seen before. That's the beauty of science though, our opinions and instructions change as more becomes known. Our knowledge today is much different than it was 3 or 4 months ago.
I don't think so. It was that they weren't necessary. Since then he's been telling anyone who listens to wear a mask, which is now about 10-12 weeks in. We've also learned that the reason he was saying the masks weren't necessary was primarily because of the "fear factor" of the average American's panic (see the unexplainable toilet paper debacle that seems to STILL be going on) not that they don't work.
Fauci just suggested they knew face coverings worked from the start and just chose not to inform the public. That is pretty horrible.
He could have made and given away MAGA facemasks by the truckload. We'd be better off as a country fighting the virus and his polls would be much stronger. Instead he continues to fumble this leadership opportunity....and Americans are suffering for it.
It didn't come from our health community, it came from the highest officials in our government. What's really appalling is we had months to prep for this and there could have been plenty of masks to go around. Instead, information was suppressed in the "hope" it would stay isolated to China and it would just go away.
I'm not sure this would be true. I can't see a scenario where a person who continues to reject the idea of masks today, after we now understand what they do, would have just magically fell in line months ago with a guy they'd never heard of before. The more likely scenario is "hey, look at this guy Fauci. Never heard of him...who's he to tell me I have to be wearing a mask". I AM willing to acknowledge that things might have been different for a few had Trump come out pro-mask.
Aren’t we just talking about masks? Don’t we know for a fact that all people wearing masks can reduce the rate of infection? Why does it need to be more complicated than this?
Dude, that's your shtick
Its the bashing of Fauci or anyone but Trump to diminish Trumps responsibility here -- what the heck does Rand Paul have against the guy ?!?
Imagine the enforcement. By whom? In federal courts with already clogged dockets? Please expand upon your plan.
