There is a large and complex story around this that includes the fact that many countries have been pushing this with success. Follow @zeynep if you would like a sense of scope of this issue.
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I’ve followed. But you haven’t answered the question. Some guy tweets, with no source, that CDC will recommend universal masks. How does he know? How do you know what CDC will supposedly order? This looks like utter rumor-mongering. Not what is needed during a crisis.
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Whether or not the CDC recommends it, the fact remains that it’s the correct choice and other nations have done it with great success. We’d be foolish not to do it. And so I stand by my statement that we should be getting as many sewn or makeshift masks as possible. A number
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Okay, random people making health policy on Twitter is one of my least favorite kinds of twitter.
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Well those “random people” are right and you are wrong. I know it’s hard to reconcile this in many people’s heads but that’s the reality.
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Any astute observer of life should have realized over the course of a 20-year career that occasions when randos are right and experts are wrong are not unknown, perhaps not even uncommon. Why are they so discomfited by such a basic truth?
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I can’t be wrong if all I’ve done is ask a question. But I’ve obviously struck a nerve. That other guy has blocked me.
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You were likely blocked for JAQing off https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions …
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If somebody starts making assertions about the corona response, they’d better be able to answer questions about it, without resorting to blocking people to avoid having to answer. I never suggested that people who challenge the official view are wrong. But I want a source.
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Do your research man.
@zeynep wrote an NYT oped on this topic citing plentiful sources. You leapt in their with your authority worshiping rando critique and snide remarks about the looking glass. No wonder she blocked you1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I didn’t block and he’s still wrong though!
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I blocked him, the mystery can end, lol.
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