We all knew this was coming, because they’ll never admit they were dead wrong
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state-mandated child abuse
The logical fallacy here is so blatant that a very young, semi-literate (and forcibly-masked, of course) child could probably spot the problem with it, but desperate times call for desperate talking points in maskland. Officials in places like New York need to justify their restrictions somehow -- basic data and casual observations certainly aren't cutting it -- so they're resorting to transparently insulting spin. Cases have plummeted across the country as the Omicron wave rapidly recedes, which is precisely what happened in South Africa, the UK, and elsewhere. As of Wednesday, the US case count had fallen by 44 percent, compared to two weeks ago. Omicron swept the nation, infected untold millions of people (vaxxed and unvaxxed), and is now falling off a cliff. I'll note that he vaccinated, and especially the boosted, have remained much safer from COVID-related death than the unvaccinated -- but the former group wasn't spared from contracting and transmitting this hyper-contagious variant, which is part of the reason it burned through so much of the population. The inevitable collapse in post-spike cases is now upon us. And New York's brain trust would like you to believe that we have their mask mandates to thank:
"My primary responsibility as Governor is to keep New Yorkers safe. Mask regulations keep our schools and businesses safe and open, protect vulnerable New Yorkers, and are critical tools as we work to get through this winter surge. Thanks to our efforts, including mask regulations, cases are declining and we are seeing major progress in the fight against COVID-19. I thank the Attorney General and her team for their defense of these common sense measures, and I am confident we will continue to prevail. We are committed to doing everything in our power to keep New Yorkers safe."
That's Gov. Kathy Hochul, who continues to force small children to wear face coverings in schools in spite of a total lack of compelling science backing up this measure. She's happy to visit these kids while not wearing a mask herself, of course, but it's all about "safety," you see. Journalist David Zweig -- whose terrific, data-driven work on the shoddy arguments behind school mask requirements we've cited on several occasions -- makes an elementary point that explodes Hochul's embarrassing credit-taking:
For two years, politicians and the public health liars forced masks on children when they knew that the masks were harming those children and doing absolutely nothing to protect anyone against the disease. Bad enough that they required adults to wear useless masks; that they deliberately tortured children simply for the appearance of “doing something” should be inexcusable, but it will be excused, if only because the media and panicked Democrats demanded and encouraged the charade.
