In 100 years, people will look back and see SARS-CoV-2 as the name for a widespread mental illness that killed people's ability to think rationally.
— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) February 28, 2021
Threads by @ianmSC
But behavior! Behavior. That’s it. That’s always the reason for increases or decreases.
There are four counties in four states that share similar climates in the desert Southwest. Clark, NV, San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, AZ, Washington, UT.
They all had different mask requirements at different times with different compliance
Didn’t really seem to matter, did it?
San Bernardino mandated masks very early on, reinforced with a statewide mask mandate in June, strict business closures, curfews, etc. They’ve done the worst, naturally.Mohave has had individual cities mandate masks and then removed the mandate. Didn’t matter.
Washington, UT had a large anti-mask protest, and has followed the same curves as the rest, but done significantly better than San Bernardino.
Clark County’s employee mask mandate inside businesses and the statewide mandate didn’t stop large increases later on.
Although, considering they’ve allowed indoor dining for ~9 months inside the largest casinos in the world shows how little that matters too.
When the Governor of Nevada mandated masks, he said that “infection disease scientists & experts advise that masks indisputably protect individuals against airborne transmission of respiratory diseases”.
5+ months later Nevada had the highest hospitalization rate in the country
His experts also said “universal masking at 80% adoption flattens the curve significantly more than maintaining a strict lockdown”Here’s compliance in Nevada from October-February w/the 80% target
For most of December, Nevada had the highest hospitalization rate in the country
Here we have a politician saying masks are “indisputably” proven to work. He set out a specific target of 80% compliance for it to be more effective than ANY OTHER INTERVENTION. That target was easily exceeded.It did not work. Because masks do not work.
[But]…Remember, it is only interventions & masks that influence Covid cases. Which is why two states that are next to each other w/different interventions, mask rules, compliance or large, maskless celebrations can have nearly the exact same case rates & curves for literally 11 months.
The Science says behavior is what matters, which is why states with mandatory masks, or partial mask requirements or low compliance all move in unison, peaking and dropping at the same timeIt is science. Ignore the data. Listen only to us. We are science
Masks have been one of the least successful policy decisions in the history of the United States and our most influential “experts” have refused to admit it because it gives them and politicians a way to blame the public for their own failures.And even worse, because local officials reach truly unimaginable depths of incompetence, they weaponize the CDC’s pseudoscientific nonsense to hurt kids.
Great work guys!
I see a sign that is totaly false message MASKS SAVE GRANDMA
Looks like the weather is more predictive than the mask rules.
The mask might even impart a false sense of security.
People in some places get closer together because, they reason, everybody’s wearing their masks.
Video of water vapor escaping all masks even double masks, even N-95 masks with cloth overlayed.
@Nan G: Wear a mask, be safe. Wear two masks, be safer. Wear 5 masks, live forever. Wear 10 masks, you are bullet proof.
If the government told these people to wear a Mickey Mouse hat, they’d do it and condemn anyone that threatened the health of everyone else for not complying.