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2023-04-29 19:46:32 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

It is true that he did not “admit that masks don’t work”, but he did imply that on a population they are very marginally effective, in other words, they don’t substantially work to prevent disease for the majority. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-anthony-fauci-say-masks-had-only-10-percent-efficacy-1797133?amp=1 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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• It is true that he did not “admit that masks don’t work”, but he did imply that on a population they are very marginally effective, in other words, they don’t substantially work to prevent disease for the majority. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-anthony-fauci-say-masks-had-only-10-percent-efficacy-1797133?amp=1 https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email