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>"Six Foot Rule"...in the early days of COVID-19's virus (SARS-CoV-2), the only reference was SARS-CoV-1...which came from animal to human transfer and spread amongst humans through coughing and sneezing from symptomatic persons in close proximity to non-infected others. That "Rule" has been used to slow down transfers of previous respiratory diseases prior to COVID-19, so until it was clear that non-symptomatic infected persons could transmit the disease with aerosols in the Spring of 2020, there was no evidence to recommend either masking or shutdowns...especially since the Trump administration failed for 3 years to do anything to prepare the U.S. for any sort of pandemic by replenishing our National Emergency Storehouse of N95 Masks, Ventilators, etc. which were desperately needed by Front line Medical Professionals, like Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Physicians, Nurses, Staff, etc. Once proof of asymptomatic transmission was established, Dr. Fauci immediately advocated for the use of masking...and of whatever kind could be found (including cloth masks made at home)...until the best versions could be be finally made available to the general public. This is where Baron really messed up...he posted an MIT Study that he said disproved the utility of masking...when in fact the MIT authors could not have been MORE emphatic in their recommendations for ANY type of masks (UHND Thread Archived Proof available on request)
>Mask Effectiveness...On another occasion, Baron failed to actually read a report posted in the New England Journal of Medicine...one of the most respected Medical Journals in the world...and said it was not a real study...just an Opinion Piece...on the positive effect of Masking in the Boston School Districts. I was able to walk a defender of Baron's through the Truth in the relevant thread...ultimately leading him to use the phrase "Fair Enough" to signal his agreement that Baron was Wrong.
>Vaccine efficacy...No one EVER said that the mRNA vaccines were 100% effective at stopping transmission...BUT, as has been shown throughout the pandemic, they are VERY effective in reducing serious illness (e.g. ICU treatment) and death for those who do get infected...and in the early days before the Delta variant or Omicron...the mRNA vaccines were on the order of 95% effective in stopping transmission. Had everyone been vaccinated in those early days, the expectation was that any pandemic could have been thwarted.
>Gain of Function Research...GOF has and continues to be used around the world for yearly designs of 'Flu Vaccines'...it is a very broad category of research...and one that gets constant Congressional Oversight by the U.S. Congress. There is no evidence that any contractor (e.g. EcoHealth, Inc.) or Government official (e.g. Dr. Fauci) ever agreed to fund research that violated established Congressionally approved guidelines for GOF research...for Baron to make that accusation/insinuation of Dr. Fauci is nothing short of libelous/slanderous. BVZ has no moral filter.
>Dr. Fauci spoke the Evidenced Based Medical Truth throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic...the only Medical Professionals who didn't were Baron, and other Misinformers.
After Dr. Fauci retired, he was hailed for his tireless efforts to protect Americans...and millions thoughout the world...from terrible diseases...Baron in contrast has spread lies and misinformation that tarnishes to reputations of Talented, Skilled and Caring Medical Professionals...truly disgraceful.
What's also disgraceful is that BVZ refuses to stand up and defend his lies and misinformation when challenged like this...it's only ONE WAY with him...totally Disingenuous.