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14 Jan, 7 tweets, 3 min read
This is, of course, the dumbest antimask analogy out there. It betrays utter ignorance of virology and physics gussied up with a false sense of knowledge, so much so that I can feel neurons in my brain apoptosing whenever I see some ignoramus post this brain dead talking point.🙄
Yep...
Then there’s this inconsistency in antimask nonsense...
Let's see. He claims that those who accept the science that masks work to slow the spread of #COVID19 are "neurotic hypochondriacs," but he's "not antimask." Oh, no... 🙄
The appeal to popularity also amuses me. Ghost stories and #QAnon are VERY popular; it doesn't make them science.
So he thinks that those who accept that mask wearing slows the spread of #COVID19 have PTSD and need a mental health professional...don't call him antimask! and this after he had parroted the most brain dead antimask analogy there is.🤦‍♂️
And then he tries to minimize the danger of #COVID19 by focusing on only high risk populations, ignoring that in a pandemic you CAN’T protect at-risk populations if the virus is circulating inched through the ENTIRE population.

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