Whatever you say, friend Originally Posted by HDGristleYou are just in CYA mode now. You as your usual practice tried to dispute a statement. When I presented evidence proving you wrong, you pivoted to a "oh that is not really what I meant" stance. Pretty sad. Just admit you were wrong and move on
In any case, I am sure you will enjoy this as you wallow looking for another excuse:
Politics vs. 'Science:' What's Behind Democrats' Sudden Shift on School Mask Mandates?
It was almost as if a memorandum went out. In rapid succession on Monday, Democratic leaders from a group of blue states on both coasts -- New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, California, Oregon -- announced end dates for statewide mask mandates. Each new policy was slightly different, with varying expiration dates and minor details (California, for example, is wavering on what to do about school masks) -- but the upshot was the same: It's time for a restoration of normalcy, and 'the science' now permits it. It's true that the less virulent but highly contagious Omicron wave that blasted through much of the population in December and January is rapidly subsiding, with case counts plunging, but that doesn't explain the shift in forced masking of children.
As we've documented repeatedly, the data has shown for well over a year that mask mandates in schools have no scientifically-established upside on stopping transmission among students (who are already at exceptionally low risk of experiencing severe or lethal COVID), but such requirements do present verifiable harms to kids' development, learning progress and mental health. That science has not changed. To pretend otherwise is to invent a new standard to align with an emerging political reality. Polling has shown that a majority, or even a supermajority, of Americans want to get more or less back to normal while learning to live with this endemic virus. A series of high-profile photo-ops featuring pro-mask-mandate Democratic politicians violating their preferred rules (or even their own rules) have received a great deal of attention. Public sentiment is changing, and various displays from hypocritical officials have fostered growing resentment against the ruling party. Something had to change. And the sudden flurry press releases and news conferences announcing said change have unfolded so abruptly that even journalists from left-leaning outfits can't help but notice the apparent coordination:
Eric Ting - Left Wing JournalistAny Dem staffers out there who want to leak me the memo(s) that clearly went out recently?What has also been fascinating, but entirely predictable, is a relative lack of condemnation and hysteria from the media and 'expert' chorus. Virginia's Glenn Youngkin (R) was excoriated for following through on his campaign pledge to make masking optional in schools. Democrat-run counties promptly sued to block his order, and to maintain forced masking, accompanied by all the unhinged rhetoric to which we've grown accustomed. That freakout was in late January. It's now...early February, and the other tribe is now stampeding in Youngkin's direction (more on that below). Sure, some 'forever COVID' neurotics are complaining about "safety," but the overall reaction has been muted. Democratic governors are not getting the Youngkin treatment -- or the DeSantis treatment, for that matter, and Florida's governor was right about schools all along. Again, the science around child masking didn't change. The politics did. Science (R) is bad; Science (D) is good. That's an over-simplification, sure, but it has strong explanatory value. And thus the propagandists are doing what they do
Lieu's tweets, the wave of blue states rolling back restrictions, all of it happening TODAY seems kinda fun!
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Deflection, water-muddying, and gaslighting. Notice how when a top Democratic leader is asked to provide evidence in support of the school mask mandates he's planning to end a month from now, he can't answer the question:
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This is why so many mask dead-enders have resorted to flat assertion, incoherent dissembling, and insulting logical fallacies as they attempt to defend their policies. With public opinion on the move, and pandemic panic finally looking like a clear political loser, some are rushing to exit ramps, backfilling excuses as they go. These about-faces are welcome news for long-suffering children, but leaders who've ignored the science, in favor of The Science, up until the the moment that the latter became politically untenable, are hardly heroic. Here's another example of the "changing science due to politics" phenomenon regarding this pandemic:
Much more here
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guyben...sking-n2602993
