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Balaji Srinivasan
@balajis
Official misinformation continues. Getting everyone to wear even imperfect masks all the time is an intervention we could quickly and cheaply deploy at scale. There are dozens of papers on the topic. Need to find the people responsible for this and have them post a retraction.
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World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific
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If you do not have any respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, or runny nose, you do not need to wear a medical mask. When used alone, masks can give you a false feeling of protection and can even be a source of infection when not used correctly. ➡️bit.ly/2QN3QOp
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Daniel Micay
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@balajis
Instead of misleading people about it, we should be producing enough to meet the demand and encouraging everyone to use them. The solution to a shortage of masks is ramping up production especially with the amount of time that was and still is available to prepare for this.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
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@fat__tire
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@balajis
A substantial portion of people with the virus have little to no noticeable symptoms and yet they're contagious. If people wear masks, they reduce the chance they'll get the virus or spread it to others if they're already infected. It's harmful misinformation and reduces trust.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
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@balajis
The WHO and many governments chose to downplay the severity of the crisis. There was ample time to ramp up production of masks and ventilators along with other ways of preparing for this. Instead, very little was done with the time available to prepare due to downplaying it.
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𝗳𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲
@fat__tire
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@balajis
I'm NOT defending in ANY way the idea of effectively lying about (or grossly distorting) the evidence of mask efficacy. In fact, it reminds me of Christie Todd Whitman's Machiavellian statements about air quality safety at Ground Zero.
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Ground Zero Government Lie About Air Quality. (2007)
With people dying and sick...Fox 5's John Deutzman confronts Christine Todd Whitman , the former head of the EPA, who's agency lied about the safety of the a...
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