Thread by @ianmSC

Of all of the misinformation the devastatingly incompetent @CDCgov has posted, this might be the worst. Unsurprisingly reprehensible behavior.

Beyond everything else, they associated statewide mandates with County level data, which makes zero sense.

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

For example, in California, counties like Los Angeles had mask mandates starting in early April. But in this horrific “study” they wouldn’t start their “reference” period until the middle of June, with the statewide mandate.

It’s just flat out dishonest.

The time periods they used are just…unbelievable. For masks, they say cases and deaths slowed within 20 days, for restaurants they used 41-100 days for cases and 61-100 days for deaths. Why? Because they’re trying to sell an agenda, not tell the truth.

And what was the effect of masks, they claim? 0.5% reduction in growth rate. 0.5%. Even using nonsensical, misleading, misinformation level criteria.

Just another chapter in the CDC’s war against truth and reality.

Wonder why they didn’t put 0.5% in their graphic?

I don’t know why I’m surprised anymore, this is what they’ve become. A weapon of mass incompetence. Absolutely horrifying.

This is what the @CDCgov does. They bury the details at the end, knowing that one will read it & will just share the headline.

See how cases were going down before the “reference period”? That’s before statewide mandates. So cases were going down anyway.

Their claim is that statewide mask mandates increased the already occurring decrease by 0.5%. And again, this is tantamount to a lie, considering that they ignored county level mandates.

It is remarkable that they continue to get away with this level of misinformation.