The media has repeatedly warned about the dangers of "doing your own research" or not blindly following whatever those experts claimed.Despite the long list of examples of those same scientists either purposefully misleading the public — for instance, Anthony Fauci and his efforts to downplay U.S.
government involvement in gain-of-function research under his leadership — or getting major policy decisions completely wrong, the assumption has long been that subject matter health researchers are essentially infallible.When revisiting some of the most important and influential research on major policies like mask mandates, it’s easy to see why those institutions no longer deserve the reverence they’ve been enthusiastically handed by their media partners.One such study came within the first few months of the pandemic, and was used to inform and create masking policy for years to come.Even though a closer look at their methodology and outcomes shows how inaccurate and misleading this research proved to be.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 04, 2021 in Washington, DC.Senators questioned Fauci and other witnesses about the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old this week.
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)This study, published in June 2020, was quite literally used by the CDC to inform public policy and masking recommendations.It covered the supposed effects of mask mandates on the growth rate of COVID cases in the post-mandate period through the early part of the pandemic.
The Association of American Medical Colleges referenced it in their "C...