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Aug 21, 2021

There are plenty of studies which conclude that masks provide minimal to no protection. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1.full-text https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395560/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32590322/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15340662/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26579222/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31159777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/ https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.01.20049528v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047217v2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779801/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19216002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/ https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bio/23/2/23_61/_pdf/-char/en https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736 https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/0195-6701(91)90148-2/pdf90148-2/pdf) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2493952/pdf/annrcse01509-0009.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200717141836/https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25776/rapid-expert-consultation-on-the-effectiveness-of-fabric-masks-for-the-covid-19-pandemic-april-8-2020 https://www.nap.edu/read/25776/chapter/1#6 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/54/7/789/202744…

Aug 9, 2021

Nineteen Senate Republicans voted yes to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. They are: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Roy Blunt Richard Burr Bill Cassidy Susan Collins Shelley Moore Capito Kevin Cramer Mike Crapo Deb Fischer Lindsey Graham Chuck Grassley…

Jul 22, 2021

1. Surgical mask / cloth face mask studies Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020 The US Centre for Disease Control performed a…

Jun 6, 2021

Acres: 56,626 Percent Containment: 0% Date/Time Detected: Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:30 pm Structures burned: 0 Cause: Human, under investigation Origin/Location: South of Superior, Arizona This morning a “GO!” Notification was issued for Miami Residents South of U.S Route 60…