Thank you, truly.
From the bottom of my flappy piece of lunch meat. 
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Microchips on single-use syringes, NOT in the vaccine preparation itself.
A plainly obvious distinction on this board, sure, but not at all trivial in this era of (increasingly) proud & willful ignorance.
You bet dude! Although I gotta say that is a helluva analogy lol
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First of all,
" New Evidence Shows Wearing Face Mask Can Help Coronavirus Enter the Brain and Pose More Health Risk, Warn Expert"
Thatās how you know an article is legit right off the bat - awesome grammar in the heading.
Second of all, read the article again, but actually click on some links, and see where anything that was said is supported. Then, find me any actual peer-reviewed studies that back up this claim. Then, find me an epidemiologist/virologist/immunologist, not a retired neurosurgeon who publicly claimed that āhealth-care reform efforts under President Obama are masterminded by extragovernmental groups that wish to impose euthanasia.ā In all seriousness, the guy has some seriously impressive achievements and a successful career, but this is a bullshit article written because somebody with some credentials said something. Thereās nothing backing this up.
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Itās pure propaganda. The āstaff reporterā doesnāt even quote the doctor after saying he said this or that about masks. They link to the doctorās webpage where he sells some stuff. Not a single quote or citation from this one lone doctor.
The study cited doesnāt support the claim. Itās all crap. But itās probably making the rounds in right-wing circles and nitwits are eating it up as truth despite the fact that anyone can read it and realize itās propaganda.
EDIT: the article claims āHe stresses that only ill people should wear face masks.ā Really? What magic does the mask provide ill people that doesnāt work for healthy people?
This is Exhibit A why we have a Donald Trump in the White House right now.
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I am not convinced that this is true. I read a study once that basically said many people will read data counter to their beliefs, and come to the conclusion that the data supports their beliefs. That is a bit separate from propaganda, but propaganda works because people donāt know it is propaganda. I think especially if propaganda lines up with their existing beliefs that it can be pretty easy to believe.
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This is an explainable part - ill people should wear masks to protect others. The problem is, weāve been over this a million times, and the CDC changed their tune once they realized the virus could be spread by talking or breathing, and recommended everyone wear a mask.
Itās just a load of bullshit, the entire article, and yet, since it provided a claim that ran contrary to what some people have been saying on here, it was posted without having been looked into or verified. Iām trying not to make this partisan, so Iāll refrain from saying anything nasty about Trumpās supporters, but itās an undeniable fact that Trump himself has consistently retweeted actual fake news articles for a very long time, so it makes it hard for people who hinge on his every word to do any different. Itās a shame.
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Fair point. Iām just too optimistic about people, I guess. 
Agreed.
Iād rather it not be partisan as well, but itās late in the game, and the truth is weāre seeing this level of ignorance on the Right in a way we donāt see it on the Left. Itās now a signature problem for Trump voters and the Right - theyāre getting duped by intentional misinformation all over the place.
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I guess to break it down on sides, Iād say at least the left is trying for the most part. In a dynamics c situation where the cutting edge understanding changes week to week, some may have a hard time staying on it, but most are trying.
The right for the most part is just engaging in willful the ignorance to the point of stupidity by waiting for a new development to justify the same old opinion, which is āSee, this is bullshit. They said āblahā¦ā last week, and āblah blahā the week before.ā.
Its like an equal opposite/backlash to the old āso open minded their brains fell outā.
Some minds on the right are so tight shut that theyāve created an event horizon.
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I learned (although Iām sure Iāve heard this for the flu virus but have forgotten) that the Corona can be transmitted through the eyes. Shouldnāt high-risk individuals also be wearing goggles with their masks?
It can also be transmitted through sweat and body odor. They should begin distributing the hazmat suits to the general public any day now. StOp ThE sPrEaD!!! ZOMG!
Itās almost as if they decided upon a reasonable universal mode of slowing the spread that didnāt involve people dressing head to toe in PPE! Responding to pandemics is obviously best handled by people reading snippets of articles and posting sarcastic sentences because science is super simple and they know best.
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Georgia - chart showing average daily restaurant revenue change yoy vs. number of Covid-19 cases. Itās not a binary choice, nor the case of pro-shutdown libs destroying the economy. Itās the virus.
The only other person I know who types like this, is 12. He thinks itās what the cool kids do.
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Well, at 12 heās probably rightā¦
Itās directed toward the mask-wearing, glove-wearing, terrified, obedient government sheep incapable of critical thinking.
So you are 12.
And nothing says critical thinking like alternating caps.
It was to emphasize the overly-hysterical populace that believes what they are doing is actually making an impact facepalm