WEAPONS OF MASK DECEPTION
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.3 • 8 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Science has shown that when both the infected and uninfected are all wearing masks, the chances of catching Covid is greatly reduced. And, some of those in their 20s who catch Covid appear to have lifetime damage, like becoming diabetic or even developing dementia. So why does the right-wing remain so opposed to steps like mandatory mask wearing or shutting down public places?
And- did the protests against George Floyd's murder spread Covid?.. Do Republicans really think not wearing a mask constitutes 'liberty'?.. Does conservative propaganda mean that we have lost the ability as a people to consider any problem in a serious way?..
Meanwhile, Trump is fighting in the Supreme Court to let insurance companies reject anyone with a pre-existing condition. What bearing will the 1905 decision 'Massachusetts versus Jacobson' endorsing quarantine measures have on the course of events?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | This fascinating little graphic, somebody said that their doctor had shared it with them. |
| 0:20.0 | The graphic says they don't know they're sick. With an incubation period of up to 14 days |
| 0:26.1 | COVID-19 can be spread without knowing and then on the left-hand side there's three |
| 0:30.9 | pictures of a guy who is a COVID carrier who doesn't realize it. |
| 0:36.0 | And on the right side there's a picture of a woman who is healthy and wearing a mask, |
| 0:41.0 | okay, or a healthy person. |
| 0:43.0 | Okay, so if the COVID carrier doesn't have a mask and if the healthy person does have a |
| 0:49.2 | mask the probability of transmission is 70%. |
| 0:54.4 | So wearing a mask cuts by 30% the risk that you'll get COVID from somebody else. |
| 0:59.5 | Only by a little less than a third. |
| 1:02.0 | Not all that wonderful. |
| 1:03.1 | The mask doesn't protect you all that well. |
| 1:05.8 | On the other hand, if the COVID carrier has the mask, |
| 1:09.9 | and you don't have a mask. |
| 1:13.0 | The probability of transmission is cut by 95%. |
| 1:17.1 | The total probability of transmission is only 5%. |
| 1:20.6 | Even if you don't have a mask, if the person with COVID is wearing a mask you only have a 5% chance of getting an infection and if you're wearing a mask and the COVID person is wearing a mask the probability of you're getting COVID is 1.5%. is |
| 1:34.0 | 1.5 percent. |
| 1:36.0 | We're also seeing a handful of COVID-19 patients. |
| 1:39.0 | This is an amazing story. |
| 1:40.0 | Carla Simmons writing this for Science Times.com. |
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