I went grocery shopping yesterday and observed paranoid culture in action. The few (both employees and customers) who never stopped wearing a mask have been joined by a few handfuls of others. Mask tyranny has crept back into the collective consciousness.
Several patrons were masked—more than I usually witness. But the majority of the customers, and they were numerous, were going about their business as if they’d not heard the news. There’s an election coming, and we’re at DEFCON ONE.
Arguably, there’s been mixed messaging. Both a Hollywood studio and a major Hospital chain had announced mask mandates then walked them back. But news that other hospitals were priming the mask mandate pump have littered news feeds for days and the online chatter is seeping into the subconscious.
The trained mules are already getting masked, but the CDC hasn’t released any mandates, according to the CDC. This is all organic terrorism.
Lone wolves, if you prefer.
The agency also doesn’t currently have any mandate in effect, and the “CDC’s advice for individual and community actions around COVID-19 are tied to hospital admission levels,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier this week, a CDC spokesperson told NBC News that there have been no agency discussions about bringing back mask mandates, which comes as a handful of hospitals and offices around the country started reimposing them this month. There has also been speculation that federal officials may bring back mandates or even push for lockdowns, similar to what happened in 2020.
At the same time, the CDC hasn’t issued any updated guidelines regarding mask mandates on its website.
The CDC has “recommended that transportation workers, travelers, passengers, and others get the COVID-19 vaccine “before they travel.” This must be to ensure that they catch COVID and bring it home, but nothing about masks, as if they’d need to say a word. The usual suspects know the drill.
- In Massachusetts, UMass Memorial Hospital confirmed in a statement on Aug. 24 that it would reimpose masking for staff. Patients and visitors are exempt from the mandate, it stated.
- In New York, several upstate hospitals have required masking for anyone who goes into the facilities.
- In California, a Kaiser Permanente facility in Santa Rosa said it would reimpose its mask mandate, but it then issued a statement several days later saying it only applied to staff.
Smoke and mirrors. There were plenty of studies prior to 2020 that showed masking as ineffective for reducing flu transmission. There have been scores of new studies since that confirm that, plus research indicating a rise in health risks.
The only benefit to masking is regime-based. They and the peeps can identify who the rouble makers are becasue they aren’t wearing them.
That works for me.
