WARNING: This post contains "facts." People who embrace idiotic conspiracy theories and refuse to think may find this disturbing.
@lololulu19 said in liberal bias in "news":
@sosofly The types of masks that 99% of people were wearing were completely ineffective.
Not "completely ineffective," but less effective than a well-fitting non-vented N95 mask. It's true that virus particles are very, very small, but they don't fly solo. They're either contained in droplets from sneezing or coughing, or aerosolised with normal exhalation. If both the transmitter and the (potential) receiver are masked, the probability of transmission leading to infection is massively reduced. Do your own research on this, although Q-tweets don't count.
Fauci was WRONG!
Dr. Fauci is a scientist. He studies new data and learns from it. As a result, he may say something based on new scientific understanding that was not known previously. He is not a stubborn conspiracy fetishist who adopts an opinion based on political bias and then refuses to consider new information.
Senator Rand Paul is a fully qualified practicing MD.
No, he's not. He was a board certified ophthalmologist from 1995-2005, but is no longer certified. (See https://abop.org/verify-a-physician/?fn=rand&ln=paul#physician-list-search-results for data on his licensure.) He does have an M.D. degree from Duke University, he never completed his undergraduate studies or received a Bachelor's degree as Duke didn't require it.
While he might still be able to diagnose and treat conjunctivitis or glaucoma, he cannot possibly be considered an expert on infectious disease. This no doubt contributed to him becoming infected with COVID-19 himself...and while it's good that he recovered, one cannot know how many people he infected (possibly with a fatal outcome) as a result of anti-science fact aversion.
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