“The CDC does not mandate anything,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci. But if a Covid surge leads to a recommendation that people wear masks, “I hope they would abide by the recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and to their families. We are not talking about forcing anybody to do anything.”

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    10 months ago

    Sorry Grandma, mask are for pussies ~ i wish this was /S, but this WHY its still around - hate this timeline!!!

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      10 months ago

      “COVID would be gone by now, if not for the pesky masks!!”

      Such a strange hot take, is the COVID coming in the masks?

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        10 months ago

        Maybe they’re thinking of culling the population more? Like had we not worn masks and taken other precautions, those getting sick now would already be dead?

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        Maybe the take is that without masks, everyone would have had covid already and immunized themselves to it? Given how fast covid seems to evolve I don’t think this interpretation is true, but at least it’s coherent

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        Sounds like they’re saying that they wish nobody were unironically saying “masks are for pussies,” but the fact that there are such people is why the virus is still around. Everyone just completely misread it.