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> The fear and groupthink was so strong at the time that even pointing out the existence of dissenting voices was enough to get you labeled as a selfish grandma killer conspiracy theorist.

My example would be one of the scientists on President Biden's Covid advisory council being interviewed on PBS and pointing out that cloth face masks were not effective against an airborne virus, but n95 masks offered some real protection.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/do-masks...

I, personally, saw people demand that links to that interview be removed as "disinformation".

parent GeekyBear 4 years ago

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