http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/01/11/dr-walensky-cites-a-study-the-atlantic-said-was-based-on-very-shaky-science-to-push-masks-in-schools/
Dr. Rochelle Walensky used a “widely criticized” study to push masks on kids in school during today’s Senate hearing:
RNC Research ~ Biden’s CDC Director cites a widely criticized study on forcing masks on toddlers to justify school mask mandates.
Even the Atlantic called the study “profoundly misleading.”
http://twitter.com/i/status/1480939973398437888
She’s talking about this study that The Atlantic absolutely blistered back in December:
RNC Research ~ "With Biden in the White House, the CDC has promised to 'follow the science' in its COVID policies. Yet the circumstances around the Arizona study seem to show the opposite."
http://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/621035/
Read it for yourself:
The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School
The agency’s director has said, repeatedly, that schools without mask mandates have triple the risk of COVID outbreaks. That claim is based on very shaky science.
David Zweig, the author of The Atlantic piece, quoted health experts who said the study Walensky referenced again today was “so unreliable that it probably should not have been entered into the public discourse”:
David Zweig ~ EXPERTS: the CDC study on masks was “so unreliable that it probably should not have been entered into the public discourse”
A multi-month investigation into a flawed study, and a public health agency's lack of transparency
My latest, for @TheAtlantic ...
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/
Shouldn’t the totally independent fact-checkers jump all over this?
"Totally independent fact-checkers" ... heh heh heh heh heh ... that's hilarious!
Rory Cooper ~ Rochelle Walensky and the CDC using bad data to justify draconian measures on kids in order to pacify union allies is so common now, it's barely news.
And why is it *still* being pushed by the director?
Lucy McBride, MD ~ “How did research with so many obvious flaws make its way through all the layers of internal technical review? And why was it promoted so aggressively by the agency’s director?”
Thank you @davidzweig for your relentless pursuit of the truth.
Meanwhile, over in the UK, they’re admitting that there’s no statistical benefit to mask usage in school:
Tom Elliott ~ BBC: Government study finds schools mandating masks had no statistical benefit; "94% of school leaders and teachers saying [masks] made communication between teachers and pupils more difficult. Some 80% of pupils also said it made communication harder.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-59895934
And now Walensky wants MORE masking?
Karol Markowicz ~ No statistical difference in Covid cases between schools that mask and schools that did not mask. People who forced the masking in America, for kids as young as 2, have to be held accountable now.
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