Aug. 7, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
03:22
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| On the internet, when the New England Journal of Medicine article is cited, where the doctors said, wearing a mask outside healthcare facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. | |
| New England Journal of Medicine. | |
| So there are people who say, ah, you're not telling the truth, the whole truth, because they wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine. | |
| Afterwards. | |
| Did you see that? | |
| I saw it. | |
| I was totally aware of it. | |
| And it does nothing to undo what they said. | |
| They got spooked. | |
| The left got to them. | |
| You can't let people think that masks are useless. | |
| You scientists and the New England Journal of Medicine. | |
| So they write, "We understand that some people are citing our perspective article, published on April 1st at New England Journal of Medicine.org, as support for discrediting widespread masking. | |
| In truth, the intent of our article was to push for more masking, not less." That's not true at all. | |
| It's completely not true. | |
| They just don't want to be attacked by the left. | |
| So you lie. | |
| It is apparent that many people with SARS-CoV-2 infection are asymptomatic or presymptomatic, yet highly contagious. | |
| And that these people account for a substantial fraction of all transmissions. | |
| Universal masking helps to prevent such people from spreading virus-laden secretions, whether they recognize that they are infected or not. | |
| We did state in the article that, quote, wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. | |
| So, I will continue reading. | |
| So, if you were to take these doctors at their word, They have undone the point of the article. | |
| They should just say, we were wrong. | |
| But they weren't wrong. | |
| Okay. | |
| We did state that wearing a mask outside healthcare facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. | |
| But as the rest of the paragraph makes clear, now listen carefully. | |
| We intended this statement to apply to passing encounters in public spaces. | |
| That's why I don't wear them outside. | |
| Because they're useless. | |
| That's exactly what the doctors have reinforced with their clarification letter. | |
| We intended this statement to apply to passing encounters in public spaces. | |
| And you ready? | |
| Even in enclosed spaces, passing encounters don't count. | |
| Because they write, Not sustained interactions within closed environments. | |
| That's right. | |
| Sustained. | |
| And they said what sustained was 10 to 30 minutes. | |
| If you are very close to somebody for 10 to 30 minutes, face to face, then a mask might help. | |
| Indoors. | |
| Indoors. | |
| Just wanted you to know that. | |
| And yet people cite the letter as if it somehow negates their entire point. |
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