More from Jeff Childers

Yesterday morning, CNN’s TV-doctor Leanna Wen doubled-down on her previous comments that cloth masks don’t work. Last time, she said:

> “Cloth masks are not appropriate for this pandemic. It’s not appropriate for Omicron, it was not appropriate for Delta, Alpha, or any of the previous variants either because we’re dealing with something that’s airborne. We’re dealing with a virus that’s extremely contagious.”

Now she’s been tweeting about it. Yesterday, while pushing industrial-grade masks, she tweeted that “A simple cloth mask won’t do when we are dealing with a highly contagious, airborne virus.”

Hahahaha! Now you tell us!

Think about this for a second. Why the switch now? What could have changed? Don’t give me “the science is evolving.” The science about cloth masks has been around since before the pandemic even started. Yet they’ve hung on to the masks like an old man hangs on to a coupon for a free car wash.

It’s not like they’re admitting they were wrong or anything. They’re trying to bluff their way through! You should watch the video clip. Wen explains to two credulous chuckleheads that cloth masks are totally useless against airborne viruses — without a single comment by anyone about the MASSIVE SHIFT in mask position. That’s how you know they’re lying. When you make a mistake, you admit it, with chagrin and with an explanation.

But even if they WERE “just wrong,” why should we listen to them now, given their track record? There’s plenty of pre-Covid science concluding that surgical masks do NOT stop influenza in hospital settings.

I’d like to know how much stock these people own in companies that manufacture and sell N95 masks. Wouldn’t that be interesting to find out?