Subj : Re: No means no
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Mon May 23 2022 17:50:54

On 23 May 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > He said, "right now, there's no reason for people to be walking around w
 MP> > masks." He also mentioned healthcare workers needing masks. Why would
 MP> > healthcare workers need masks if they were ineffective? Why would health
 MP> > workers need masks if they were dangerous, or did more harm than good? H
 MP> > comments are being taken out of context.
 MP> Sounds more like you are putting them into the context that suits your
 MP> argument.  Healthcare workers usually need masks so as to protect
 MP> vulnerable patients from anything the worker might have.  The idea that
 MP> healthcare workers need masks is not new to post-COVID times.

So wait, you're saying that masks help prevent the spread of disease??? Whoda
thunk!?!?

 MP> "There is no reason for people to be walking around with masks" indicates
 MP> that there is NO reason.  Except, later, he admitted that there was a
 MP> reason.  No does mean no, right?

He meant what he said in the context of a mask shortage, and again later in
the absence of a mask shortage.

Jeff.

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