To mask or not to mask - Page 3

Is it true about speech and development disabilities among kids cz of mask wearing

https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1602395881247997953

Also heard about a silicon valley school principal calling police on a 4 yr old boy cz he refused to wear a mask

These were not isolated incidents

So masks are not biodegradable?

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1602330307255930880

Sometimes the only choice in life is between a kuan and a khai.

It's like this double amputee patient I saw who had both her legs cut off to stop her dying from a serious infection.

Sometimes there are no easy answers- sometimes patients get chemotherapy with its numerous and serious side effects to get rid of their cancer only to end up getting another cancer in 20 yrs time.

People do everything they can to prevent their own deaths and deaths of their loved one's and health policy not unsurprisingly is guided by same.

The lockdowns were instituted to prevent the hospital system from being overwhelmed and to keep deaths down and while there were and are serious consequences because of them, IMO the health system would have collpased without them.

There is no winning for anyone when it comes to a pandemic.

^^^

Agree with you, difficult times demand difficult solutions

There are no easy answers, I get all that...

My beef is using this (or any) crisis for their agenda, for control

If masks are so essential and kids were tortured to wear them 24/7 (even though they were at much lower risk - not NO risk - but low risk) how do we expain pics like these which were featured regularly throughout the pandemic

Adults don't need masks? Our political leaders choosing not to wear masks among masked kids for photo-op purposes?

https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1558550815488499714

Another doctor who was recommending bringing back indoor mask mandate caught in a bar recently

https://twitter.com/KelleyKga/status/1604219016259817476

Why was any dissent, disagreement crushed wit iron fist? Anyone who disagreed - not talking about us peasants, lesser mortals who are supposed to shut up and do as told - but medical doctors, scientists, researchers were cancelled, banned, mocked etc

Dr Jay Bhattacharya tried to sound the alarm early on that lockdowns are very harmful to kids, he was blacklisted and he is a Professor of Medicine, of Economics, and of Health Research Policy at Stanford University and the director of Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.

He was one of the doctors blacklisted from social media

Why were facts like vaccine does not prevent from transmission and natural immunity was at least as protective hidden from public?

How did Sweden's (which never participitaed in shutdown or lockdowns) hospitals and healthcare system manage and didn't collapse?

"Sweden has one of the most successful overall Covid outcomes in Europe, coming in 20th out of 28 European countries in terms of deaths from Covid per capita.

Sweden’s decision to keep primary schools open during the pandemic prevented students suffering learning loss.

90% of the world’s students were affected by school closures. The negative consequences of this were particularly acute for the youngest and most disadvantaged students across the world.

For example, modelling in the United States found school closures significantly hampered improvements in the reading ability of kindergarten and first grade children. One model showed that by the autumn 2020 students reading ability improved by 31% less than usual.

Unlike comparable nations, the reading comprehension skills of Swedish primary school children did not suffer as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Also, researchers did not find students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to be particularly disadvantaged. And the proportion of academically weak students did not increase over the same period.

But it is not just in the realm of education that Sweden’s bold covid strategy is standing the test of time.

The latest Pew Research Study has found that Sweden is one of the few countries whose society has become more united since the advent of the pandemic."

China, on the other hand, is still reaping the 'benefits' of it's zero covid policy

Hi @dahibhalle

Hope my ramblings haven’t upset you too much

I did get carried away :)