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    Red face CDC cites 'evolving data,' denies 'pressure' for sudden change in mask policy

    enters for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky insists that new coronavirus guidance on mask-wearing is solely based on science and not the result of political pressure.

    The CDC issued new guidance last week that says people who are fully vaccinated can stop wearing masks, both indoors and outdoors. The announcement came just one day after Walensky spoke in Congress and defended the stance that masks were necessary.

    Walensky told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace that the CDC has always followed "evolving data" on the pandemic.

    "It certainly would have been easier if this science had evolved a week earlier and I didn’t have to go to Congress making this statement," Walensky said. "But I'm delivering the science … and you know, it evolved over this last week."

    Walensky pointed to two studies that published last Thursday – the same day the CDC changed its guidance. Both papers were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
    https://www.foxnews.com/health/walen...enies-pressure

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    I would like to see the study that appeared on Thursday. is she saying if another random study pops up next week we can all be in a lockdown?

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    The CDC has run out of credibility with me.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    From the artlcle ...

    "Walensky pointed to two studies that published last Thursday – the same day the CDC changed its guidance. Both papers were published in the New England Journal of Medicine."

    wow ... the first time that the cdc knew about these "studies" was the day that they came out ... PUBLISHED ... IN A MAGAZINE ... wow

    Gotta hand it to those folks being right on top of things ... Now we are supposed to believe that the instant the cdc reads something ... it is the gospel truth ... wow

    Does anyone at the cdc ever check out the source of their newfound knowledge ???

    Yep ... buy magazine at the corner news stand ... read article ... change policy (same day) ... and tell folks they BELIEVE in science ... wow

    I used to think that magazines investigated stories before they published them ... I also used to think the cdc did its own investigation also ... but I guess not ... BTW ... what did fukki think about it ???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    The CDC has run out of credibility with me.
    Everyone here in the forum has run out of credibility with you!

    Credibility is a two-way street!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    Everyone here in the forum has run out of credibility with you!

    Credibility is a two-way street!
    You only get to speak for yourself.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    You only get to speak for yourself.
    OK! MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 is a credible person?

    MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 EVER HAS ANYTHING VALUABLE TO SAY HERE IN THE FORUM?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    OK! MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 is a credible person?

    MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 EVER HAS ANYTHING VALUABLE TO SAY HERE IN THE FORUM?
    I am not going to care....I long ago decided to pursue and speak truth to the best of my ability, and after that the chips fall where they may.

    I also have almost no ego to bruise.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    The CDC has run out of credibility with me.
    Many years ago for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    OK! MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 is a credible person?

    MAY WE SEE A SHOW OF HANDS THAT THINK HAWKEYE10 EVER HAS ANYTHING VALUABLE TO SAY HERE IN THE FORUM?
    A hell of a lot more credible and rational that you Geeko. Demented old fuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Many years ago for me.
    I knew that they were in trouble about 6-7 years ago, but I did not see how bad the rot was.

    As pessimistic as I have been my major error has been that I have been too optimistic.

    This scares the Hell out of me.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    I would like to see the study that appeared on Thursday. is she saying if another random study pops up next week we can all be in a lockdown?
    You should brace yourself or get some smelling salts, because I am going to tell you something shocking Breitbart apparently neglected to: science is self-correcting and scientific knowlege will evolve as more data and evidence become available.

    "Both papers were published in the New England Journal of Medicine."
    New England Journal of Medicine is not "random" papers. NEJM is the absolute gold standard of peer reviewed medical science; the fact that there were two separate corroborating studies in NEJM adds weight and credibility to the results.

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    The CDC almost never backs up its claims with evidence, and rarely do Americans demand that they start, which is how it was so easy for them to lie to us....killing America as they did.

    When America looks like Argentina remember that you were warned.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    The NEJM said this in May 2020:

    "As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to explode, hospital systems are scrambling to intensify their measures for protecting patients and health care workers from the virus. An increasing number of frontline providers are wondering whether this effort should include universal use of masks by all health care workers. Universal masking is already standard practice in Hong Kong, Singapore, and other parts of Asia and has recently been adopted by a handful of U.S. hospitals.

    We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."

    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.105...b9KODhc-pb1wBE

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    I would like to see the study that appeared on Thursday. is she saying if another random study pops up next week we can all be in a lockdown?
    With mask mandates dropping like pollen in Spring the CDC was careening towards irrelevance.

    It’s ridiculously easy to get the idea certain parties don’t want the light at the end of the tunnel.
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