Wednesday, August 24, 2022

"YouTube Now Allows Users to Say Masks Didn’t Stop COVID Spread"

From Outkick, August 24:

YouTube now allows users to accurately state that masks did not prevent COVID-19 in the manner our “experts” promoted.

The service quietly made the change to its “medical misinformation policy” recently. Podcaster Tim Pool posted before-and-after screenshots of the policy on Twitter:
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YouTube, like the New York Times in May, has acknowledged the data shows that mask-wearing and mask mandates had no statistical impact on stopping the spread of COVID.

Similarly, a study found no substantial difference between COVID rates between schools with and without mask mandates.

All those months children had to wear dirty rags on their faces were a waste. Still, putting #MaskUp made you one of the cool ones online.

YouTube has yet to address the change or whether it would allow those banned for telling the truth about masks back on the platform.

Does Stanford School of Medicine Professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya get a second chance?...

....MUCH MORE

 It wasn't just the "experts". There was a whole tribe of twitteratti passing that misinformation around.

And then there was the smart-ass eight-year-old who asked "If I can smell a fart through the mask does that mean it's working or not?"

Go away kid, you bother me.