https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-work.html__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!XpkgWB3fDDmyMSUYxXU6TXg-7EfinCtcDeI2UpQiLN4xatV6MfX2DWo0EWCl_CmGnLl2R_vfdvB-DxhyUQ$ 

And I quote:

The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of masks for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19 — was published late last month. Its conclusions, said Tom Jefferson, the Oxford epidemiologist who is its lead author, were unambiguous.

“There is just no evidence that they” — masks — “make any difference,” he told the journalist Maryanne Demasi. “Full stop.”

I don’t fault anyone for imposing these mandates in early 2020 when we had no good data.  But in the end, having code enforcement walk the streets to make sure people were covering their face w/ a piece of cloth was a massive waste of time and arguably did more harm than good.  And by the time we had that 42-day “local emergency” for Omicron, we knew very well these mandates were pointless.

The cold, hard reality is this was 99% politics & 1% public health, and if you are honest w/ yourself, you’ll admit this.  Hopefully, the next time we have an “emergency,” you will pause for a moment and remember this.  True leadership transcends tribal politics.
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