Look at this viral thread - not from January but from late March - in which someone self-identifying as a scientist warned that not only do not masks not help, but "that they could be *increasing* their risk" by wearing them. Claims like this were fatal:https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1241454649758056450 …
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And the asymptomatic transmission? I wrote a NYT op-ed trashing the misleading of the public by the CDC and the WHO in mid-March & I could point to asymptomatic transmission as a key reason because.. well, the research was out! I'm not the only one in the world with eyes, right?pic.twitter.com/xmPpLoTrob
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Again, I am hoping people notice that this isn't "evolving" evidence. We were misled, and badly, and it is a great failure that there wasn't a loud and public push-back. Instead, many, like you, just repeated the CDC (I get it) and people like me were treated like anti-vaxxers.
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My understanding of the basis for those claims is that the CDC was concerned that people would end up touching their face and adjusting their masks, thereby introducing germs into a space where it would be easier to enter nasal/respiratory tracts.
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Remarkably like the arguments that seat belts make people take less care while driving.
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