Two boys drop dead in China while wearing masks during gym class https://t.co/mRu5Ntn134 via @nypost
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) July 20, 2020
And yet Trump's fearless NIH leader, Dr. A. Fauci, argues that we all should be wearing masks even though their efficacy has not been demonstrated in a controlled study. Check out Fauci's answer to a college student's question
But Fauci balked at the idea.
I would not want to do a randomized controlled study because that would mean having people not wear masks and see if they do better, he said.
Fauci suggested he would never ask an individual to participate in a study that would involve not wearing a mask.
I think that to do the study would be kind of difficult to do because then you’d have to tell people not to wear masks, and I’m not about to tell them that, he said.
Tom DiLorenzo points out that
So announced Fuhrer Fauci a few days ago. After all, the study would inevitably find that the whole mask business is one big stinking pile of horse manure (to use “scientific” language).
UPDATE: Paddy H. writes to inform me that Fauci’s CDC has already done controlled studies of the effectiveness of masks and concluded that they are ineffective. Fauci most certainly knows this, and so is once again lying through his teeth and deceiving the public on international television.
Check out this CDC report on the efficacy of face masks in reducing the spread of influenza. Go to the section on face masks, and you'll see their findings in the first couple of sentences. Here is how the CDC report puts it
In a pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.51–1.20; I2 = 30%, p = 0.25).
The report continues
Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids (36). There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on the transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
And yet Fauci says that he doesn't want to conduct a controlled study despite the fact that a controlled study HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND REPORTED ON BY THE CDC and found masks to be ineffective.
Two boys die from wearing masks during gym. Cuomo sends thousands of ailing octogenarians to the nursing homes where infection rates are highest. I'll let you reach your own conclusions.
