For essentially the entire span of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fight over masking to “prevent the spread” has been at the forefront. Even more so than vaccines, where you see more diverse support across the political spectrum, nothing draws quite the dividing line as stark as mask mandates.
I think the reason for that is that the data is so clearly in the favor of one side, and we’ll get into that. But first, let’s hear from Leana Wen, one of the country’s foremost COVID tyrants, as she tells people that cloth masks are “little more than facial decorations.” And when you watch this, note that she has previously supported a national mask mandate.