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Remember When The Media Told Us To Ignore Science And Not Even Question COVID Policies?

Washington Post Tells Readers Not To Trust Science Questioning Face Masks

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Ian Miller
Mar 12, 2026
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Masks do not work. They do not stop respiratory viruses. They do prevent infections, protect individuals, or slow onward transmission. Masks don’t work.

Which is why the most heavily masked countries on earth saw tremendous increases in infections, regardless of their level of compliance.

South Korea, for example, has the highest confirmed cumulative COVID case rate on earth. One rolling survey from the University of Maryland conducted during the pandemic found that 99% of respondents had been wearing masks, a few short weeks before cases exploded to record highs.

It’s much the same story in Japan, or even in heavily masked US jurisdictions like Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago. Beyond the obvious results clearly demonstrating the failure of masking, it’s worth now, and was certainly worth then, to ask questions of the “experts” like Anthony Fauci and politicians such as former President Joe Biden, who either demanded mandates or enacted them.

Well, that is unless you’re on the Editorial Board of one of the country’s largest and most important newspapers. Then, you shouldn’t question or trust anything that doesn’t support or uphold what their preferred ideology believes.

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