31 states STILL recommending face masks to protect against Covid and CDC refuses to rule out making

[mountaineer]

Thirty-one states are STILL recommending face masks to protect against Covid and CDC refuses to rule out making TODDLERS wear them again
    Studies show face masks are only five percent effective at preventing infection
    The CDC's face mask guidelines change depending on community spread
    READ MORE: Research finds face masks made little to no difference in pandemic

By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.Com
Published: 10:49 EST, 6 December 2023 | Updated: 10:55 EST, 6 December 2023

America's face mask policy has been branded 'outdated' and unscientific as a DailyMail.com analysis shows most states are still recommending them to protect against Covid.

Last week, an infectious disease doctor who advises the UK Government testified there was no proof face coverings stopped viral transmission and may have even raised the risk of getting infected because it gave people a 'false sense of security.'

The expert's testimony came after numerous reviews - including one by the esteemed Cochrane Institute - that failed to find solid evidence masks reduced Covid cases, hospital admissions or deaths globally during the pandemic. Yet in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still recommending masks for people in areas where the community spread is elevated and hospital admission levels are high. ...

Full story at the Daily Mail

[DefiantMassRINO]

A recommendation is not a mandate.

We have herd immunity.

Unless Emergency Rooms and Intensive Care Units are over capacity ... mask mandates would swing 2024 election momentum back towards Republicans.

[libertybele]

A recommendation is not a mandate.

We have herd immunity.

Unless Emergency Rooms and Intensive Care Units are over capacity ... mask mandates would swing 2024 election momentum back towards Republicans.

This is enlightening.  I had know idea that 'recommendations' for masks were still being given.  31 states.  Obviously people aren't aware of the data.

[mountaineer]

Colleges still mandating vaccine:
As of the end of last week, we are down to 71 colleges left mandating COVID vaccines.  It is unbelievable there are colleges still doing this but here we are.

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