Casey and Mayor Roberson have a contentious interview about masks and mask fines in Elkhart, IN.
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Fact-dump below.
Remember this?
New virus cases decline in U.S. and experts credit masks - AP, August 25
Indiana governor: 'Masks are working' to slow COVID-19 - Indianapolis Star, Sep 17, 2020
Holcomb was so committed to getting his message across Wednesday that even when Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGinnis delivered a report that focused on roadways with no discussion of facial coverings, Holcomb responded with this line: “You did say masks are working. I just want to get that in there for the third time.”
Welcome new people.
The two articles and corresponding charts above already prove my point. Those results are duplicated globally.
Let me put a couple of things to bed right away since I already know how some of you will react.
* I'm not anti-mask. I'm pro-science.
* I wear my mask all the time to put people at ease, not because it's effective.
* COVID is real and no one is actually denying its existence beyond a few online. This is a childish red herring argument used when you are desperate.
* My goal has always been to inform my audience of the actual clinical facts so they can protect themselves. There is no other motivation.
* I started regular coverage of the virus in December 2019.
* I started daily coverage on January 14, 2020. This is long before anyone in US media I'm aware of (for daily coverage), and far sooner than almost any politician considered COVID a threat.
* I promoted the masks early on before we knew the virus was airborne while reminding everyone to only use their mask once.
* I've been reminding everyone about the single-use of the mask from the very beginning. Reusing a contaminated mask defeats the purpose and can spread infection.
* My opinions about masks or mask fines don't come from my politics or my ideology. They come from peer-reviewed clinical research, not preliminary lab results with problematic methodology, which have never been considered scientifically valid in any scientific field. As well as real-world data.
* Everything I said in this interview is backed up with scientific research and real-world data. None of it is baseless opinion. None of it is taken from unsubstantiated posts from social media, or some conspiracy website yapping about Bill Gates.
* While many of you may be new here, I've already addressed the issues you'll likely post ... many, many times. I simply don't have time to go over 12 months of work I've done on this in a single interview or post.
* The reality ... officials are in a tough spot. They don't have any answers. They can't stop the virus. It's career suicide to say that out loud so they must come up with, what I call, 'busy work' to make it seem like they are tryin...