Thread by @SiccoVanHoegee

The Dutch ministers of Health and Education are inspecting the venue of the #Eurovision Song Contest. They are wearing FFP2 masks. That's remarkable as both are strongly opposed using FFP2 masks in schools and health care facilities. /1 #HerdImmunity

https://twitter.com/hugodejonge/status/1391795302777118726

The Dutch minister of Education, Arie Slob, told on live TV that masks are NOT allowed in the classrooms. /2 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/SIGILUX/status/1312840084354404357?s=20

The Dutch minister of Health, Hugo de Jonge, told journalists masks for citizens don't work, it will give a false sense of safety (against COVID-19). /3 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/Bezorgde_Brgr/status/1311658504030126080?s=20

The Dutch Minister for Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, told the Dutch parlement that wearing FFP2 masks for Healthcare Workers is difficult, because they make it harder to breathe. /4 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/ContainmentNow/status/1349715635840954369?s=20

Jaap van Dissel, Director of the Dutch RIVM Centre for Infectious Disease Control and chief advisor of PM Rutte, has said that masks offer "fake protection". This was even published in the New York Times. /5 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/SiccoVanHoegee/status/1296931162150117378?s=20

Jaap van Dissel, Director of the Dutch CDC (RIVM) and chief advisor of PM Rutte, said in july 2020 Norwegian calculations showed that at least 200,000 people have to wear a mask for a week to prevent one(1) COVID-19 infection. /6 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/ockelz/status/1312394993416404993?s=20

The Dutch ministers of Health and Education are inspecting the venue of the #Eurovision Song Contest. They are wearing FFP2 masks. That's remarkable as both are strongly opposed using FFP2 masks in schools and health care facilities. /7 #HerdImmunity

https://twitter.com/MinOCW/status/1391792567453429761?s=20

The Dutch Minister for Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, told the press and public: "Use masks aimed at influencing behavior, but there is no proof masks work. /8 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/ockelz/status/1312394993416404993?s=20

Only after Tony Fauci gave an interview on the Dutch TV asking the head advisor of the Dutch government, Jaap van Dissel, to look into research, masks became mandatory in public indoor places starting on December 1st 2020 /9 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/Nieuwsuur/status/1310657861006110722?s=20

Jenna Ellis, advisor of Donald Trump, sent a tweet from the White House that she is enthusiastic about the Dutch minister of Health Hugo de Jonge and his comments "that masks are of no use and there will be no obligation." /10 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

An article in the US magazine Newsweek about Jaap van Dissel, Director of the Dutch CDC (RIVM) and chief advisor of PM Rutte.

Dutch Dr. Fauci Thinks Masks Won't Work. Here's Why /11 #herdimmunity #Eurovision newsweek.com/netherlands-ma…

Germany used a Dutch RIVM study of masks from 2008 for its public masks policy. The same Dutch government health institute RIVM said in 2020 that masks are useless. /12 #herdimmunity #Eurovision

https://twitter.com/SiccoVanHoegee/status/1331692457067679748?s=20

Aura Timen, head of the National Coordination of Infectious Disease Control at RIVM, and Jacco Wallinga, head of the Modeling of Infectious Diseases Department at RIVM, also conducted a face mask study in 2010. /13 #herdimmunity #Eurovision