Masks work when used appropriately in limited contexts (see next tweet).
Mask mandates don't work is amply demonstrated by extensive data that states with mask mandates fared no better than those without, no matter how you slice the data.
Masks Work, Mask Mandates Don't 2/2
Masks work so long as the following three statements are true:
a) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted person-to-person.
b) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via water droplets in breath.
c) Severity of Covid-19 illness is directly proportional to viral load.
People used masks in appropriate contexts based on their own common sense, with or without mandates. That's why Covid-19 infection rates show no correlation to presence/absence of mandates.
Anyone who doubts masks work must indicate which of the following conditions they hold to be untrue:
a) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted person-to-person.
b) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via water droplets in breath.
c) Severity of Covid-19 illness is directly proportional to viral load.
For masks not to work at all, one or more of the following statements has to be untrue. Which one?
a) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted person-to-person.
b) SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via water droplets in breath.
c) Severity of Covid-19 illness is directly proportional to viral load.
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WSJ: "Is there any city where residents endorse the BLM's agenda? Some news organizations have labored to persuade viewers that police officers constitute a major threat to many of the citizens. The citizens still aren’t buying it."
2. Even in what is arguably America’s leftwardmost political jurisdiction, it turns out that “defund the police” is a rallying cry for only a small percentage of the citizenry, despite what CNN viewers have been led to believe.
3. The new Oregonian poll also helps puncture the myth that people of color don’t want cops in their neighborhoods. Mr. Kavanaugh reports:
Nothing, and I mean nothing, justifies Trump slandering Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence for those two men having done their constitutional duty. They supported him as far as they could constitutionally, but refused to cross the constitutional red line (I respect them for it).
If Trump wants to complain till his dying day that he was wronged by the Democrats, that's his prerogative. What I will actively oppose is him trying to tear down Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence or anyone else for not having violated the Constitution at his behest.
How Bitcoin Is Destroying The Planet 1/2
By consuming more electricity than the annual usage of 159 countries. And guess what al that power is being used to do?
How Bitcoin Is Destroying The Planet 2/2
To power supercomputers that are competing against each other to 'guess an arbitrary number.' The winner is rewarded in Bitcoin and the next round starts. This is happening nonstop around the world. That is it.
The last time I looked (in 2017), the electricity used to mine Bitcoins in just one year was 29.05 Terra Watt Hours. A Terra Watt Hour is of course a Thousand Billion Watt Hours.
If you think 'stimulus' spending and state bailouts have caused inflation, wait till you see what 'infrastructure' spending will do. Govt cannot print money endlessly with impunity. Democrats will not rest until the U.S. turns into Venezuela.
Consumer prices surged in April by the most in any 12-month period since 2008.
“The Biden Administration is providing the biggest positive stimulus to demand since WWII, and at the same time doing everything it can to suppress supply." -- Kevin Hassett
"Higher [unemployment insurance] benefits, closed schools (which keep one parent at home), and promised corporate tax hikes practically guarantee that supply can not keep up with demand. It is a recipe for an inflation shock we have not seen in the U.S. in a generation.”
Since the moment electoral vote was ratified, no GOP member of Congress has asked for the election to be overturned. Election is over. Every GOP member of Congress believe in the Rule of Law. Stop being so fatuously sanctimonious. 1/2
But that does not mean we cannot question the questionables about the last election with a view to fix them for the future. Stop obsessing over Trump and playing into Democrats' hands. It is of paramount importance that we improve the integrity of our elections going forward. 2/2
This captures the reasons for ousting Liz Cheney perfectly. It is unbelievable how counterproductive her shenanigans have become. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/why-r…
Why Journalists Have Little Credibility When They Quote 'Science!'
What the enclosed paragraphs say about SARS-CoV-2 virus can be said about many other areas of modern research, including Climate Change.
Was SARS-Cov-2 Created in the Wuhan Lab?
At this point there are serious doubts about 'natural emergence' of SARS-Cov-2 virus. Natural emergence seems like a fiction created and promulgated strenuously by China and virologists affiliated with China funded research.
This is why scientists are not always the best judge of societal risks of their work. Work on genetic mutations needs to be guided by a higher level of wisdom than seems to be at work at some of the labs around the world.