Americans Divided As Mask Mandates Make Comeback Amid COVID-19 Surge

Titles to articles like this infuriate me. By adapting to their narrative, you play right into their fear narrative. More than half the population are clueless idiot sheep who will do as instructed by their overlords. There is no fucking surge in Covid-19 cases. First of all, all the left wing narrative spewers (NYT, Johns Hopkins, WEF) stopped tracking Covid cases in March 2023 because their narrative was kaput.

None of them are tracking cases, so how do they know cases are surging? The only site doing any tracking is the corrupt murderous CDC. They are tracking hospitalizations, supposedly from Covid. But we all know the game. Anyone in the hospital with another illness who tests positive (through a worthless PCR test) is then classified as being in the hospital for Covid. The bullshit never stops. So here is a graph of the “surge” from the CDC website.

There are 12,852 people in the entire country in the hospital with covid. That is .0004% of the population. That is down 70% from the beginning of 2023. It is down 40% from March 2023 when all the left wing propagandists stopped tracking cases. And it’s down 91% from the beginning of 2022. None of these facts matter to the narrative spinners. And the same sheep who complied with mask mandates will comply again, because they’re too fucking stupid to do five minutes of research and realize the narrative is complete and utter bullshit.
Authored by Joe Gomez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

People wear masks at an indoor mall in The Oculus in lower Manhattan on the day that a mask mandate went into effect in New York, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) 

Several schools and private companies have reinstated mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase across the country, causing divisions in communities over how to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased by nearly 16 percent over the past week alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In Alabama, Kinterbish Junior High School issued a mask mandate in late August for students, staff, and visitors due to COVID-19 and just this week, Rosemary Hills Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, issued a mask mandate for 10 days, after three people at the school tested positive for the virus.

It always starts the same way, as a temporary mandate ‘15 days to [slow the spread],’” Kyle Wilkens, a parent in Silver Spring, told The Epoch Times. “I can’t go through this again, my child is not wearing a mask to school.

Ms. Wilkens believes the mandate will be extended, though it is set to expire by Sept. 15.

“The media is already doing its part to fear monger. Now, they are trying to soften us up with scattered mask guidance and requirements here and there. We know from before it will escalate.”

Others in the area believe the temporary mask mandate is a good idea to prevent transmission of the coronavirus in the community.

It’s better than getting stuck at home for 10 days or feeling miserable and getting stuck at home,” Marlene Tay of Montgomery County, Maryland, told The Epoch Times.

“We all got COVID last year after some school cases. It was awful because of course our daughter was fine while we felt sick. I expect to get sick soon. Our neighbors just had their third case a few weeks ago. All the kids are getting fevers and sore throats even though it’s not usually COVID, (yet).”

In other parts of the country, mask mandates have also been issued and lifted. Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, ended its mask mandate after two weeks. As did Lionsgate film studios and Kaiser Permanente in California after briefly putting a mandate in place.

“Thank god I live in Florida,” Tammy Contreraz of Tampa Bay told The Epoch Times. “I don’t have to deal with all these confusing rules on mandates.

Health Officials Split on Masking

The CDC has issued some recommendations for masking by county based on hospital admission rates, categorizing admission levels as green, yellow, and red (low, medium, and high).

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If hospitalization rates for COVID are at the yellow (medium) or red (high) level, when there are 10 to more than 20 new admissions per 100,000 people in a county, the CDC recommends wearing a mask while indoors or in a public space.

“I think it’s smart guidance, masks are effective at limiting any airborne pathogen but only if worn consistently, especially in crowded spaces and close contact areas,” Santiago Mercado, an Emergency Room Nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, told The Epoch Times.

“I don’t know how well people will comply with the guidance, but it can absolutely protect the public and improve preventable deaths.”

Mr. Mercado worked at intensive care units in hospitals across the New York City area during the pandemic in 2020 and has seen how quickly COVID can spread—inundating healthcare facilities.

It was like a brush fire; so many people were dying every day. Anything we can do to prevent that again, I support,” he said.

People wearing protective face masks walk on the street in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 7, 2020. (Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times)

Healthcare professionals on the other side of the issue disagree and say masking has no significant benefit to avoiding infection by the coronavirus.

The CDC’s own data reveals that those who wear masks get infected with COVID at the same rate as those who don’t,” according to an analysis from Americas Frontline Doctors posted on their website.

“85 percent of those infected with COVID wore masks some or all of the time before their infection. The countless jurisdictions that mandated masks actually saw an increase in infections during the mandate. A key randomized, controlled study of mass masking during the COVID outbreak, concluded that wearing a mask had no significant effect on viral spreading.”

The organization goes on to report that even if masks were effective, there are negative impacts of continuous mask-wearing, such as a “decrease in the levels of oxygen intake, headaches, Mask-Induced Exhaustion Syndrome (MIED), reduced immunity germ load and skin reactions.”

Governors on Mask Mandates

There are no statewide mask mandates across the country so far, though in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) unveiled a plan to distribute N-95 and KN-95 masks to schools this fall but is not mandating their use.

“Thanks to the hard work of New York schools, teachers, and parents, we have come a long way to ensure students can safely return to the classroom,” Ms. Hochul said. “Frequent testing for COVID-19 is an important part of keeping our kids safe and preventing an outbreak, and I will continue working to ensure our school districts have the resources they need to provide a safe, in-person learning environment for our students.”

A discarded face mask is pictured on the sidewalk in Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

A discarded face mask is pictured on the sidewalk in Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves (R) has made his opposition to masking abundantly clear, stating there will be no mask mandates in the near future.

There are some on the left that still want COVID restrictions… Let me say it again – there will be no mask mandates, COVID vaccine mandates, or lockdowns in Mississippi,” Reeves posted on Facebook.

“Mississippians will not and should not submit to fear again … If you want to take extraordinary measures to protect yourself from getting sick, God bless you. That is your right and you should do what you think is best. Maybe you’re the smartest of all of us. But we are never going back to 2020.”

Fight Over Mandates on Capitol Hill

The split over mask mandates has spilled into politics in the nation’s capital, as some Republicans in Congress introduced legislation to ban a mandate of any kind.

Senators JD Vance (R-Ohio), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have cosponsored a Senate bill called the “Freedom to Breathe Act” which would ban federal mask mandates in the United States.

We tried mask mandates once in this country. They failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom, and set our fellow citizens against one another,” said Vance.

“This legislation will ensure that no federal bureaucracy, no commercial airline, and no public school can impose the misguided policies of the past. Democrats say they’re not going to bring back mask mandates – we’re going to hold them to their word.”

The White House issued a “100 Day Masking Challenge” in 2021, where President Joe Biden implemented a mask mandate on federal property, but the administration has not issued a new nationwide mandate since.

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Eud
Eud
  Administrator
September 10, 2023 9:41 am

Good one admin!

overthecliff
overthecliff
  Eud
September 10, 2023 1:09 pm

True one,Admin.

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut
  Administrator
September 10, 2023 9:42 am

If you’re hoping the masses will suddenly become intelligent good luck with that.

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut
  Eyes Wide Shut
September 10, 2023 11:06 am

….or that the evil ones will suddenly become good

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Administrator
September 10, 2023 9:03 am

Just In : Experts reveal a WEF / Bill Gates funded study that shows you wont get sick if your diet is full of BUGS.
Film at 11.

starvation is a social construct
starvation is a social construct
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 2:30 pm

bugs are the people’s protein comrade

Jocko
Jocko
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 6:35 pm

Crickets, grasshoppers or locust, it is such a tough decision. I went with locust because they come with a side of honey!

Anonymous
Anonymous
September 10, 2023 8:51 am

“I think it’s smart guidance, masks are effective at limiting any airborne pathogen but only if worn consistently, especially in crowded spaces and close contact areas,” Santiago Mercado, an Emergency Room Nurse at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, told The Epoch Times.

Unsurprising. Elmhurst Hospital murdered more people in 2020-21 than any other hospital.
Santiago helped, apparently.

Anthony Aaron
Anthony Aaron
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 11:07 am

Repeat after me: Remdesivir doesn’t kill people … Respirators don’t kill people … only White folks with guns kill people …

Jocko
Jocko
  Anthony Aaron
September 10, 2023 6:38 pm

Chicagoans say you need to qualify that statement, that would be black white people!

Jocko
Jocko
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 6:36 pm

But they murdered them safely!

Southern Sage
Southern Sage
September 10, 2023 8:57 am

Every time I see some moron with a mask on, I have to make an effort to control myself. In a perfect world, I would walk up and punch them in the nose. These are the idiots who put normal, thinking people through hell. The least we can do is point at them, mock them, and make them feel like the cowardly scum they are.

Crawfisher
Crawfisher
  Southern Sage
September 10, 2023 9:26 am

These people are in a sad state to me. They are so scared they wear a mask when no one else is wearing one. They are living a sad life.

zappalives
zappalives
  Crawfisher
September 10, 2023 5:12 pm

Fuck em……………they are fucking parasite COWARDS !

Jocko
Jocko
  Crawfisher
September 10, 2023 6:39 pm

The ones in their car all alone wearing a mask are the most ridiculous.

Anonymous
Anonymous
September 10, 2023 9:05 am

Compare a basketball to a grain of sand. Thats the size difference between a smoke particle and a virus particle.

Anthony Aaron
Anthony Aaron
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 11:09 am

Better still … compare a mosquito to a hole in a chain link fence … that’s the difference between the FauciFlu (assuming it even exists) and a face diaper …

Booger
Booger
September 10, 2023 9:10 am

The good news is the seasonal flu has been completely eradicated. You can thank the experts.

Mary Christine
Mary Christine
September 10, 2023 9:11 am

Only window lickers wear masks.

VOWG
VOWG
September 10, 2023 9:12 am

There is not covid 19 surge as there is no covid.

~L
~L
September 10, 2023 9:15 am

I expect to get sick soon. Our neighbors just had their third case a few weeks ago. All the kids are getting fevers and sore throats even though it’s not usually COVID, (yet).”

A self fulfilling prophecy if there ever was one.

“As you think, so shall you become.”
-William James,
As A Man Thinketh

Book ought to be a staple in everyone’s library, as a universal law, like gravity, undeniable in its application in many aspects of life.

Believe, and succeed.
For better or worse.
Choose wisely.

Anthony Aaron
Anthony Aaron
  ~L
September 10, 2023 11:19 am

Mental illness is the precursor to these sorts of delusions and obsessions …

AKJOHN
AKJOHN
  ~L
September 10, 2023 1:43 pm

Yes, it’s an awesome read. A timeless classic of only 20 pages. If you want to learn more on the same topic. “The Flute of God,” takes you to the next level on your Spiritual journey.

Anonymous
Anonymous
September 10, 2023 9:32 am

Covid surge? So, the PCR is working, at last? This strain must be called the strain of credulity.

Eud
Eud
September 10, 2023 9:35 am

Gee another election/covid seasom.
Fake and gayyy!

Anonymous
Anonymous
September 10, 2023 9:35 am

USAWATCHDOG.com

Saturday Evening Post : ” Pandemic of the Vaccinated ”

Dr. Betsy Eads warned about extreme disease and death coming because of the CV19 bioweapon/vax.

The real story is the CV19 vaxed are the real problem, and we have a “pandemic of the vaccinated.” There is new evidence that the CV19 vaxed are the “superspreaders” of sickness and disease. Dr. Eads explains, “There is no new pandemic. Covid 19 was never proven to exist. In fact, it’s a bioweapon. It’s always been a bioweapon. The variants are bioweapons. The variants are in the shots. They are in the patents, and Karen Kingston has proven that. According to the Oxford Paper that Dr. Peter McCullough quoted recently . . . It’s a study out of Viet Nam . . . It’s proven that the CV19 vaccinated are 251% more likely to carry viral loads than the unvaccinated. In other words, they have 251% more viral loads in their respiratory tract, mouth and nose. Therefore, we do indeed have a situation where the “superspreaders” are the CV19 vaccinated.

CV19 Vaxed are Sick Superspreaders – Dr. Betsy Eads

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 10:17 am

Except they’re not spreading anything, as there’s nothing to spread:

“Viruses can’t be isolated, but isolation is unnecessary”; another ridiculous claim from those who insist on saying SARS-CoV-2 exists

The non-existent virus; an explosive interview with Christine Massey

MORE:
https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/?s=no+virus+detected&submit=Search
.

CDC/FDA confess: they had no virus when they concocted the test for the virus

The gold standard of medical tests is fake

.
They are sick, injured, and dying – from the vaxes, though.

Eud
Eud
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 10:20 am

Aren’t they shedding the toxins installed via syringe?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Eud
September 10, 2023 10:22 am

Yes, but not a nonexistent bug.

The unvaxed are, however, still having self-assembling hydrogels, etc., being found in our blood:
https://substack.com/search/hydrogels?focusedPublicationId=1021940

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Eud
September 10, 2023 10:31 am

THIS ^^^^

AKJOHN
AKJOHN
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 2:49 pm

If you change the term Virus to Toxin. It all makes sense. The Toxins are dropped in places like airplanes, health and freedom events, etc… This is well documented. There are labs all over the world that make these toxins, and It is funded by our tax dollars by Darpa, Gates, Fauchi, and others.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 1:29 pm

So, it’s a bioweapon that doesn’t exist?

Look, I’m fine with either explanation, but both out of the same person in the same paragraph is too much.

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
September 10, 2023 9:39 am

After summer when kids & teachers come back together it is typical for illnesses to rise. Happened all the time, every year. They’re taking a typical occurrence & making it sound like something unusual.

Nothing new is happening here.

Booger
Booger
  Abigail Adams
September 10, 2023 9:44 am

It’s an affective strategy for dumb shits. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of dumb shits out there.

Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
  Booger
September 10, 2023 9:49 am

Yeah, and it’s so easy to fool those who don’t have kids in school or who don’t remember when their kids were in school.

Fevers & sniffles happen when you bring germy kids all back together in a room. They get over it quickly. No big deal.

TPTB sure know how to play powerful mind games on the masses.

Jocko
Jocko
  Abigail Adams
September 10, 2023 6:42 pm

Who is the cowardly moron that down votes everything? If you disagree speak up and comment, don’t be a coward.

ursel doran
ursel doran
September 10, 2023 9:43 am

“Due to the president’s age and obvious cognitive decline, who is actually running the country and calling the shots? Biden, a corrupt and disoriented old man controlled by shadowy figures scenes, is emblematic of what the Democratic Party has become.”
https://public.substack.com/p/twilight-of-the-democrats?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  ursel doran
September 10, 2023 6:21 pm

“Due to the president’s age and obvious cognitive decline, who is actually running the country and calling the shots? ”

The correct answer is the U.S. Army/Department of Defense and SERCO (and it has been that way long before Biden), but that requires a lot of digging to arrive that conclusion.

Jocko
Jocko
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 6:42 pm

Or Jill

Machinist
Machinist
  Administrator
September 10, 2023 3:44 pm

lol,
The NEW Pin-Head.
know the reference?

invisible
invisible
September 10, 2023 10:02 am

comment image

Anonymous
Anonymous
  invisible
September 10, 2023 1:38 pm

“everyone” is never going to find out. Even people who had their near loved ones murdered will refuse to see.

There’s an old saying: “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”

Even if there were some magical way to peacefully (or not) disestablish what has been established and start anew, no sane, just, stable, sound government or society could be created in its place. The vast majority of American people are just too brain damaged from a lifetime of indoctrination and conditioning to have a viable fresh start.

The material out of which sane, just, stable societies and governments are formed has been corrupted.

A remnant is left, but it is cowardly and will not coalesce out of fear of government and the majority.

piearesquared
piearesquared
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 5:18 pm

Correct. “Everyone” is never going to figure that out any more than “everyone” is going to figure out that 9/11 was a false flag attack. Here we are 22 years later, and most of the NPC sheeple still believe the official narrative of what happened that day. And they are too dumbed-down, brain-damaged and brainwashed (purposely done by the NWO) to ever be able to overcome their conditioning. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but things are only going to continue getting worse. The best thing anyone can do is get mentally and physically prepared for any possibility up to and including a Mad Max Road Warrior situation.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  invisible
September 10, 2023 6:33 pm

People are still missing the reason why.

It wasn’t just the hospitals that collected monetary bonuses.

What is not known to most, is that under Title 31 of the US Federal Code, doctors, nurses and dentists are actually part of the armed services and are classified as “uniformed officers”. It has been that way since the 1930s.

They were given orders to kill, no different than a soldier fighting overseas. So the doctors and nurses were directly threatened with loss of their “medical license” which is what allows them to actually treat US municipal citizens. That blackmail combined with the money they were all provided is why they were all so eager to jab as many people as possible, including children. They also pocketed on average a $30,000 bonus per person that died of “covid” as a result of their actions.

This is also why a majority of those doctors and other healthcare professionals that vehemently spoke out against the jabs lost their jobs and/or their licenses.

Eud
Eud
September 10, 2023 10:18 am

My last flu “toxic load shedding” event was in 2021
Very severe load shed.

I parlayed the not eating for 10 days into a weight loss of 50lbs, and a new habit of eating far less.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Eud
September 10, 2023 10:32 am

See? Every toxic cloud has a silver lining. Trust the political science.

card802
card802
September 10, 2023 10:31 am

My friend is a radiologist in Minnesota, even though he is a solid conservative, he’s on board with the masks, shutdowns, vaccines, etc.

He’s claiming he’s seeing an increase in chest X-rays of new covid cases. I asked him if anyone keeps track of vaccinated vs unvaccinated new covid cases, not only in Minnesota, but the US.

He said, no.

OK, so what is your feeling? Do you think most new cases are people who were vaxed? He answered yes. So then, why is a new vaccine so important to you if the old ones, and the boosters are not working, what makes you believe they will get it right this time?

Silence.

Also noted, my primary doctor believes there’s just too many variants, and too many “made just in time vaccines/boosters” for this covid, not to be a manufactured crisis.

Lager
Lager
  card802
September 10, 2023 10:44 am

Tide turning? 🤔
Side note:
You ever sell your biz, Card?
Good to see you again.

Anthony Aaron
Anthony Aaron
  card802
September 10, 2023 11:22 am

The folks in the ERs aren’t even allowed to ask if you’ve had the jab … don’t want to disprove the narrative, you know.

overthecliff
overthecliff
September 10, 2023 1:14 pm

The vaccines don’t work and they are not safe. Why would anyone take them? It does not compute.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  overthecliff
September 10, 2023 1:41 pm

people can’t compute

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
September 10, 2023 9:18 pm

And computers can’t people.

Jdog
Jdog
September 10, 2023 2:23 pm

This is an IQ test. If you still believe wearing masks protects you in any way, you are a complete moron, and should probably be under the conservatorship of a competent person who can make decisions for you….. You should have your right to vote revoked, and be prevented from making decisions concerning you healthcare.

10ffgrid
10ffgrid
September 10, 2023 6:38 pm

Another democrat exercise in sheepherding. This is 100% aimed at stealing the 2024 election via democrat election-fraud.

Professor G
Professor G
September 10, 2023 7:16 pm

I like the masks. When in a public area you can easily spot the morons and stay away from them. This is especially true of public transportation. Who wants to sit beside an idiot?