Back in the very beginning of the big scare when The Eff Word was telling the public not to mask I thought he was lying and that they were needed, but that they were in short supply and the supply should go to the front line workers. So I looked it up mask studies. One of which was done in Japan and another in the US. The studies were easy to find and came up on the first page of the search. I think I used Google. They helped me get over being mad that I could not get a mask. Later when they the masks were being required and there was serious shaming going on I got online to find those studies and couldn't find them. Then it occurred to me - times being what they are - that they could be removed or hidden. They were hidden. I had to do a date range for only studies done before 2019. Then I had to do some wading around to find them.
They always knew. But they needed you to fall in line and lose any fealty for your fellow man so when they said "get em!" they would be willing attack dogs. Theeeyyy were not the attackers. The mandaters. Your fellow man is. Government just provides guidance.
That is a really good round-up. I read another substack I think his name is Mark McDonald? - he is a phychiatrist. He talked about how it is child abuse to continue to mask children and that people who do it are child abusers. It struck a chord with me. It lakes courage to talk to kids about the mask with their parent in tow. I think eventually someone might smack me. I am always polite as possible and calm. So far I have chatted with three kids. They kept their mask on all after looking up at their moms. Their moms were not very pleased with me. But would she keep silent if she saw a child being abused?
Agree, it is terrifying to see and I think it is child abuse too, but good for you for pressing. I don't interact with that many kids but next time I do--and I'm in CA so you know there are still plenty of masked ones--I'll try to remember your inspiration. For a while I had an essential worker job outdoors and would get all goofy with them, like, why're you wearing a mask outside??? That's nutty! We have such great fresh air! Some kids agreed, some just hung onto the parent!
That's a cute way of doing it. I usually ask them how I can see their cute smile when they are hiding it behind that yucky mask and ask them if they have lost a tooth or if they are growing a mustache". I am a grannie age so it goes down easier.
Back in the very beginning of the big scare when The Eff Word was telling the public not to mask I thought he was lying and that they were needed, but that they were in short supply and the supply should go to the front line workers. So I looked it up mask studies. One of which was done in Japan and another in the US. The studies were easy to find and came up on the first page of the search. I think I used Google. They helped me get over being mad that I could not get a mask. Later when they the masks were being required and there was serious shaming going on I got online to find those studies and couldn't find them. Then it occurred to me - times being what they are - that they could be removed or hidden. They were hidden. I had to do a date range for only studies done before 2019. Then I had to do some wading around to find them.
They always knew. But they needed you to fall in line and lose any fealty for your fellow man so when they said "get em!" they would be willing attack dogs. Theeeyyy were not the attackers. The mandaters. Your fellow man is. Government just provides guidance.
You might already know about this, but just in case, or for anyone else:
https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-400-studies-on-the-failure-of-compulsory-covid-interventions/
Lots o' mask studies on ineffectiveness AND harm.
That is a really good round-up. I read another substack I think his name is Mark McDonald? - he is a phychiatrist. He talked about how it is child abuse to continue to mask children and that people who do it are child abusers. It struck a chord with me. It lakes courage to talk to kids about the mask with their parent in tow. I think eventually someone might smack me. I am always polite as possible and calm. So far I have chatted with three kids. They kept their mask on all after looking up at their moms. Their moms were not very pleased with me. But would she keep silent if she saw a child being abused?
Agree, it is terrifying to see and I think it is child abuse too, but good for you for pressing. I don't interact with that many kids but next time I do--and I'm in CA so you know there are still plenty of masked ones--I'll try to remember your inspiration. For a while I had an essential worker job outdoors and would get all goofy with them, like, why're you wearing a mask outside??? That's nutty! We have such great fresh air! Some kids agreed, some just hung onto the parent!
That's a cute way of doing it. I usually ask them how I can see their cute smile when they are hiding it behind that yucky mask and ask them if they have lost a tooth or if they are growing a mustache". I am a grannie age so it goes down easier.