{"id":2025037,"date":"2023-09-07T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-are-telling-americans-to-mask-again-why-would-anyone-listen-to-them\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:38:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:38:14","slug":"the-media-are-telling-americans-to-mask-again-why-would-anyone-listen-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-are-telling-americans-to-mask-again-why-would-anyone-listen-to-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Why heed the media&#8217;s call for Americans to mask up again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-media-are-telling-americans-to-mask-again-why-would-anyone-listen-to-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Mainstream Media Pushes Masks Again<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">mainstream media<\/a> is once again advocating\u2062 for the use of masks in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases. However,\u200c this renewed\u2063 push comes despite mounting\u200d evidence suggesting that masks \u200bdo\u2064 not effectively stop the spread of the virus. There has\u2063 been no real reckoning over the politicized reporting on\u2063 masks during\u200b the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re \u200csaying:<\/strong> &#8220;Experts say&#8221; exactly\u200c what \u200cthey did \u2062in 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As new Covid variants gain traction \u2064and cases climb in certain areas,\u2062 a few schools and businesses are reinstating mask requirements. Experts say\u2064 it makes sense to increase precautions, including turning back\u2062 to masks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flp0vw4qAc\">https:\/\/t.co\/flp0vw4qAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1699105166702629374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you&#8217;re \u2063at high\u2062 risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, \u2062it&#8217;s\u200d time to dust off those \u200dN95 masks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNAhksNAPq\">https:\/\/t.co\/PNAhksNAPq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cCNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1696372115610411239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2023\/09\/02\/covid-hospitalizations-go-up-what-to-know-about-current-variants\/70737945007\/\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-up-7-points-in-final-selzer-iowa-poll-latest-states-poll-has-trump-up-322-to-216-for-biden-in-national-electoral-college\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING: Trump Up 7 Points in Final Selzer Iowa Poll -- Latest States Poll Has Trump Up 322 to 216 for Biden in National Electoral College\">good news<\/a> is, all\u2063 the same protection measures that have existed since earlier in the pandemic will still work to avoid infection today, Long said.\u2062 Those include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Wearing \u200da\u200d high-quality, well-fitting respirator<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Avoiding crowds\u2062 and people who are sick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/01\/health\/covid-case-data-wave\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: &#8220;Precautions \u2064like masking\u2062 and staying up-to-date \u200don vaccinations are\u2062 especially important as this rise in Covid-19 \u2063carries into the broader respiratory virus season, experts say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/08\/31\/1196943567\/covid-cases-surge-mask-mandates\">NPR<\/a>: \u200d&#8221;The U.S. is seeing a late-summer spike\u2062 in COVID cases, \u2064prompting some schools, \u2062hospitals and \u2062businesses to encourage\u2014or\u2063 even \u200crequire\u2014people to start \u200cmasking up again. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Dr. Stephen Thomas, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-parody-pentagon-researchers-are-focusing-on-an-under-the-skin-microchip-as-an-end-to-the-pandemic\/\" title=\"Not Parody: Pentagon Researchers Are Focusing On An Under-The-Skin Microchip As An End To The Pandemic\">infectious disease physician<\/a> and professor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse] says the combination\u200b of those factors prompted the \u200ddecision to mandate \u2062masks\u2014and it already appears \u200dto be\u2062 helping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OK, but:<\/strong> Few \u2062news outlets feel obliged\u200b to mention that, \u200das the author of \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-are-telling-americans-to-mask-again-why-would-anyone-listen-to-them\/\" title=\"Why heed the media's call for Americans to mask up again?\">gold-standard systematic review<\/a> on the efficacy of masks <a href=\"https:\/\/maryannedemasi.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-lead-author-of-new-cochrane\">put it<\/a> earlier\u200c this year, &#8220;There is just \u200bno evidence that they make any difference. Full stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nor are \u2062journalists rushing to \u2063revisit the\u2062 downsides of masking,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/01\/kids-masks-schools-weak-science\/621133\/\">especially<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/future-pulse\/2023\/08\/25\/lockdowns-benefits-never-mind-the-costs-00112939\">for<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/28\/1075842341\/growing-calls-to-take-masks-off-children-in-school\">children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback: <\/strong>The media\u2062 probably got\u200c it right on masking the first time, albeit for the wrong\u200b reasons. Early\u2062 in the pandemic, they parroted experts&#8217; proclamations that \u2064masks don&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s amazing how left\u2064 wingers like Rachel Maddow went \u200dfrom\u2064 being hyper rational on covid to completely losing their minds. This is \u2064a Maddow from March of 2020,\u2063 acknowledging everyone\u2062 would get covid and masks\u2064 were mostly worthless. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1dcBtEfKC\">pic.twitter.com\/Z1dcBtEfKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1698806505040904486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#8217;s been a run\u200d of surgical masks in \u2062the US because\u200d of the \u200bcoronavirus scare. \u200cYou don&#8217;t need them, physicians say. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DUl7vAWHwN\">https:\/\/t.co\/DUl7vAWHwN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gMYExhRNdc\">pic.twitter.com\/gMYExhRNdc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1222443533572943874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How to prepare \u200bfor coronavirus\u2064 in \u200cthe U.S. \u200c(Spoiler: Not sick? No need to\u200c wear a\u2063 mask.)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8RDKepbtZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/p8RDKepbtZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The\u2062 Washington Post\u2062 (@washingtonpost)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1232929533587791872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February \u200c27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Experts \u200bhave said there is little benefit to wearing a surgical type\u2062 mask, and warn it may even put you at\u200b greater \u2062risk for spreading infection. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdYqaaGK4E\">https:\/\/t.co\/fdYqaaGK4E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1233152830090960898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But then experts\u2063 started urging \u200cmasking\u2014with Dr. Anthony Fauci, \u2062the former White House health adviser and top masking scold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/video\/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus\">admitting<\/a> \u200d he initially sought to prevent a run on then-scarce prophylactics\u2014and Democratic politicians started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/these-are-the-states-with-mask-mandates\">mandating<\/a> the practice. \u200dThe media quickly \u200cembraced the role\u200d of partisan enforcer.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It is really \u2062important to&#8230; [discourage] \u2062inappropriate behaviors \u2064like congregating in groups or not wearing your mask,&#8221; says Dr. Julie Morita on \u2064Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As much\u2062 as we&#8217;d \u2062like to celebrate and feel like because the \u200bvaccine is\u200c here, we can let our guard down, \u2062we really can&#8217;t.&#8221;\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTv8fsliVX\">pic.twitter.com\/rTv8fsliVX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1343709046000418816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, \u20632020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This would stop the epidemic.&#8221;<br \/>Some experts\u200d like \u200bBrigham and\u2062 Women&#8217;s Hospital and Harvard \u2062Medical School\u200d physician Dr. Abraar Karan have been advocating \u200cfor public use of \u2062N95 masks from the\u200c start of the pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BznU6EDX43\">https:\/\/t.co\/BznU6EDX43<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN \u2063(@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1353020434527244290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January \u200c23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Herman Cain,\u2063 ex-presidential candidate who refused \u2064to\u200c wear mask, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sDehhghcpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/sDehhghcpR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/caPp9gLFw1\">pic.twitter.com\/caPp9gLFw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1288898409773043715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30,\u200d 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wyoming\u2019s governor has resisted calls for\u200b a mask mandate. Now he has the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSxQaDUAe2\">https:\/\/t.co\/xSxQaDUAe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1332009417508843522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vaccines\u2062 may give people a false sense of security that masks are no longer\u2064 needed. Unfortunately, that is not the case. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMO8vHt3ua\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMO8vHt3ua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1342594875733245955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How to talk to your friends and family about Covid-19, vaccines and wearing masks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jX4fIgxyIt\">https:\/\/t.co\/jX4fIgxyIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1337421401230368770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For\u200d healthcare\u2063 workers, misinformation can make it feel like they&#8217;re living in &#8220;2 different realities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At\u2063 work, they see\u2064 people\u200b get sick. People \u200ddie.<\/p>\n<p>Then they \u200dgo\u2064 to the store and have people react with anger for wearing \u200ca mask,\u2064 an official tells NPR.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kRfbFpDbJq\">https:\/\/t.co\/kRfbFpDbJq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NPR (@NPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR\/status\/1329594826539618305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20,\u2064 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Double-masking is a sensible and easy way to lower your risk \u200bwhen\u200c you have \u2063to spend more time around others. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nwr75WgeeE\">https:\/\/t.co\/nwr75WgeeE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dThe New York\u2062 Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1353366982645608450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flash forward:<\/strong> The latest \u200cround \u2063of masking coverage isn&#8217;t as zealous as\u2062 the first one, perhaps in part\u2062 because experts&#8217; and Democrats&#8217; \u200dhearts don&#8217;t \u2063seem to be in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci has retreated \u2063to the position that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/04\/24\/magazine\/dr-fauci-pandemic.html\">&#8220;masks work at the margins&#8221;<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/us\/2023\/09\/02\/anthony-fauci-masks-donald-trump-smerconish-vpx.cnn\">&#8220;at the level of \u2064individual infections.&#8221;<\/a> And President Joe Biden, whose wife, \u200cJill\u2062 Biden, has COVID-19, joked with reporters on Wednesday about his flouting of Centers for Disease \u2062Control\u2062 and Prevention guidance on masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: &#8220;They keep telling me&#8230;I gotta\u2062 keep wearing [a mask], but don&#8217;t tell them I didn&#8217;t\u200d have\u2064 it \u200con \u2062when I walked in&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQt9H80OLT\">pic.twitter.com\/MQt9H80OLT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1699489137710227930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden, 80, going\u200d maskless while awarding \u2063the Medal of Honor to an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran on Tuesday was covered with a similarly light tone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/covid-biden-first-lady-india-mask-50ad30b1044ce70ba8523eb9d0efb615\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u200c&#8221;To Mask or Not To Mask? Biden Goes\u2062 Both Ways After First Lady \u200cTests Positive for COVID-19&#8243;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Biden was\u200b at Tuesday\u2019s Medal\u2062 of Honor event for less \u2062than 15 minutes. CDC officials \u200bhave\u200d used 15 minutes as a rough guideline \u200bfor\u2063 how long casual contact between two people can \u200bbe for COVID-19 to\u2064 spread,\u2064 although it is possible for \u2062the virus to spread\u2062 in less \u200ctime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-infectious-diseases-politics-d39bd670e8a280b6283abcdfc91d4794\">AP<\/a> \u200din late 2020 when \u200dthen-President Donald Trump went maskless on the job?: \u2062&#8221;Trump, Still Infectious, Back at White House\u2014Without Mask&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Donald Trump staged a dramatic\u2064 return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented \u200blevel of\u200d care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new \u200ccontroversy \u2063by declaring \u200bthat despite\u2062 his illness the nation should not fear\u200c the\u200c virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans\u2014and then \u200che entered the White House without a protective mask.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainstream media promotes masks despite mounting evidence against their effectiveness in curbing COVID-19 spread. 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