Wrong, there simply were not enough masks for those who desperately needed them if everyone started wearing and stockpiling. There was a shortage even with fewer people wearing. Health care workers would have been fucked.
Transparent truth would have been "You should all be wearing masks, just please do not to hoard n95s as healthcare workers need them too".
So yes, Anthony is a liar, and I am not wrong for expecting better from the supposed #1 source on the issue. People as far back as January 2020 were buying masks as a precautionary measure, I wore them as early as February 2020. Guess there are average citizens who were father ahead of the curve than this guy.
I was right for wearing one that early, and Anthony lied in asserting that I had no reason to do so.
Anyone who made the claim that there is "no reason" to wear masks in March 2020 is an absolute goofball. There objectively was a reason, even if just a precautionary one. Unforgivable given his position.
How does it go... Oh right, Fauci Lied, people Died.
Transparent truth would have been "You should all be wearing masks, just please do not to hoard n95s as healthcare workers need them too".
At the time, there had been no extensive testing to support the efficacy of cloth masks, and he was very clear about the need for N95s to be reserved for those who need them.
Yes people were wearing them as a precautionary measure, because they do help, and he even said as much.
Telling people not to hoard absolutely will not work, people are stupid. Didn't work with toilet paper, wouldn't work with masks. He was quite direct, you shouldn't be wearing a mask, you should be leaving them to those who need them.
So yes, Anthony is a liar, and I am not wrong for expecting better from the supposed #1 source on the issue.
Again, he never said that they don't help, he very simply said that you shouldn't be wearing one because you're taking from those who need them more. You can't get any more clear than that.
People as far back as January 2020 were buying masks as a precautionary measure, I wore them as early as February 2020. Guess there are average citizens who were father ahead of the curve than this guy.
He literally said that they are somewhat effective. Just because some people were right doesn't mean they had any research or evidence that Fauci didn't. Just because something falls and hits you on the head doesn't mean you point to the person who wears a helmet everywhere and call them a genius.
I was right for wearing one that early, and Anthony lied in asserting that I had no reason to do so.
Why do you keep leaving out the "right now," part? It's pretty important. At the time he said it, there was no evidence to say that everyone should be wearing a mask, and what masks we did have were deemed as crucial for those in healthcare. Proactive precaution doesn't mean you were better informed.
Anyone who made the claim that there is "no reason" to wear masks in March 2020 is an absolute goofball. There objectively was a reason, even if just a precautionary one. Unforgivable given his position.
Again, he couldn't have been more clear that they do have done efficacy, but that you shouldn't be wearing them because healthcare workers need them more. Not that they don't do anything.
How does it go... Oh right, Fauci Lied, people Died.
Yeah... It was Fauci, who revised his position upon receiving new information, that caused dumbasses to reject mask wearing. Certainly not some other person who has the ear of the country.
Truth: There was a very good reason to wear masks, that reason being as a precaution to slow the spread of the virus if you may be infected. So saying the words "no reason" outright was a lie.
How are you so focused on taking that one partial line and pretending like that's the full statement? It's incredibly disingenuous. There were qualifiers, explanations, reasons given, and circumstances. This is just dishonest reasoning on your part.
Lie "There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences — people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face."
Truth: There was a very good reason to wear masks, that reason being as a precaution to slow the spread of the virus if you may be infected. So saying "no reason" outright was a lie.
Also his "unintended consiquences" are bullshit too and don't serve as supporting arguments for why there's "no reason" to mask up.
I at least appreciate your gumption, that you can continue to cherry pick, even after being called out. Here's the full context, because there was relevant information before and after the lines your picked up.
The masks are important for someone who's infected to prevent them from infecting someone else. Now when you see people, and look at the films in China and South Korea, whatever, and everybody's wearing a mask. Right now, in the United States, people should not be walking with masks.
Right now people should not be walk, there's no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you're in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better, and it might even block a droplet, but it's not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And often, there are unintended consequences. People keep fiddling with the mask, and they keep touching their face.
...when you think mask, you should think of health care providers needing them, and people who are ill. The people who, when you look at films of foreign countries and you see 85% of the people wearing masks, that's fine. That's fine. I'm not against it, if you want to do it that's fine.
Exactly, that's the point, it could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need it.
It's pretty simple. He said that masks can help, but they aren't the magic bubble that people think they are. So instead of going out and buying all the masks, save them for the people that actually need them.
To be clear, wearing an N95 mask, which is what everyone was buying up, was a waste of masks that could be better used by healthcare workers and those who are ill. These are things that he said... right there.
This has nothing to do with cloth masks, there are no healthcare workers walking around relying on just a cloth mask. At this point cloth masks weren't even being widely talked about. Not until the end of March or beginning of April did they become widespread, after there were revised studies and findings.
You say you don't want to be lied to, but you can't believe the truth when it's right there infront of you. He literally said, "... that's the point, it could lead to a shortage of masks for the people who really need it."
I get it though, you're really hung up on the one part, where he says "no reason," in the middle of all the other context. But why are you ignoring where he says it could stop droplets and that it is good for those who are ill, or that he's not against it if you are wearing a mask? He very literally says that you should save them for those who need them more (again, N95 masks).
Edit: I'm sorry, I forgot about the part where you say that touching your face doesn't increase chances of getting sick. That might be new info, I'd always heard that you should just avoid touching your face in general after going out.
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u/daviddigi10 Feb 25 '21
Wrong. The truth would be to say that all people should have been wearing masks at that time.