TWITTER THREAD
The bulleted points that follow are the verbatim text of a twitter thread I wrote during the summer of 2021:
18 months into the pandemic
16 months of cloth and surgical masks being recommended and then mandated
Still not a single properly powered and controlled RCT, anywhere in the world, ever, showing masks “work”.
It’s even worse for children who are at statistically near zero risk from Covid, including Delta
Yet 10s of millions have been muzzled, deprived of school and social contact, & told they would kill their parents and grandparents if they didn’t sacrifice
For the 3rd school year
And the AAP, the largest physician organization ostensibly dedicated to children’s health & well being declaring, from exactly zero evidence
That masks don’t harm language & social/emotional development
Because it’s never been studied
I then listed more of what we know and have learned over the past 18 months and the errors made by our leaders followed by how we can prevent it from happening again.*
I understand fear of the unknown, in March 2020
I understand parents desperate to protect their children
I understand the difficult psychology of risk assessment
I understand the Precautionary Principle
I understand science, and therefore reject the notion of “The ScienceTM”*
We know so much more now
We know if masks work at all it is marginal, at best
We know the vaccines work, imperfectly, & so does convalescent immunity
We know scientists and physicians abandoning the principles of scientific and medical integrity has horrific consequences
Our experts and leaders persist in ignoring all we know
I won’t assume their motives because it no longer matters
They’ve been wrong, consistently
A noble lie is still a lie
They should be ignored or defied
And then replaced
And if we are to truly learn from our mistakes they past 18 months
Just as the Jews after the horrors of the Holocaust
We must declare, and implement laws to assure “Never Again”
Never again should we delegate policy authority to those qualified only to provide narrow advice
Never again should we willingly sacrifice liberty without objective proof of imminent harm, and an objective restoration plan — in advance
Never again should emergency government authority extend beyond 7 days without legislative consent, reconfirmed every 7 days
Never again should we blindly follow experts, regardless of the initials after their name, if they don’t provide proof, show their work & admit error
Never again should we EVER sacrifice the needs of children to the unfounded fears of adults
* Note: The sentence and link to The ScienceTM denoted with a “*” weren’t included in the original twitter post and are included here only for clarity & reference.