Liar, Liar: Health Officer Bonnie Henry's Mask Deception
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about the dangers of wearing masks in public and why we should not wear them at all. We also talk about how a mask can make you more vulnerable to germs and other germs.
Transcript
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I've always supported wearing masks. I've never said don't wear them. I've always said wear them
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where it's appropriate. We don't recommend that people who are well wear them because it is not
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an effective way of protecting yourself. And we know that it actually can be irritating and people
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are more likely to touch their face when they have a mask on. And that can be a way of inoculating
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yourself. If I'm not sick, it's not effective. It's not something that when I'm out in public,
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it's going to protect me in any way. We don't want people wearing it all day long, for example.
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We cannot rely on a mask because the mask is not what keeps us safe. And masks for long periods of
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time are not recommended by anybody in any situation. We're not wearing masks now. Would
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we be safer right now if we had masks on? No. You see, these are the things that we have learned.
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I've always supported wearing masks. I've never said don't wear them. I've always said wear them