How come they never blamed covid surges on the protests, many of which done without masks? It is because the media was okay with the "cause" in which brought those up? Covid doesnt get you if you are noble-rioting.
There wasn't any surges from the protests because people were outside, respiratory diseases don't transmit outside.
In CA we have to wear a mask everywhere. No store in the state will let you in without a mask. We have been stuck at home though my family used every excuse to go to Walmart almost every day because they dont like video games, plebs. Yet CA has had the worst of the Covid out of all the US.
Why?
If facemasks work we should all be good right? Even if we go out we are forced to wear the fucking mask everywhere, so why are people still getting this thing?
If the lockdowns work why are we the shittiest state? If masks work why are we the shittiest state? If both work combined, then why are we the shittiest state!?
Either the numbers are bullshit or the precautions are. If either of those are the case, what was the reason to ruin people's jobs, businesses, and childrens education?
Fear mongering? Control? To what end?
You can do anything safely outside without masks. California has nice weather so there's no reason not to have pool parties and whatnot outside.
There is no data saying facemasks do anything, not even the medical community has data showing surgical masks do anything. It's a "better safe than sorry" approach. The biggest potential masks have is that in theory they'll at least lower the initial viral load, which will lower the severity of the disease, which means less hospitalizations and less deaths, but not necessarily less transmissions. Also, if you're in the same room for hours with someone that is infectious, I really don't think masks help too much. Like working an 8 hour shift with someone, I don't really think a mask helps much there. However, masks probably help more in a place like a grocery store where you might bump and talk to someone for 5-10 minutes along with walking past several people in and out of aisles and whatnot. Japan is the one country that didn't basically get rid of the virus and has let it spread around and has amazingly good numbers, they also masked from the very 1st day and their vitamin d levels are naturally high. I'm all for masks but they're probably pretty pointless if you go to a friends' to hangout or whatever for hours or at work with the same people for hours.
The migrant farmers are probably the reason California's spread rate has been so shit with all the extreme restrictions in place.
The pandemic has seen one of the greatest shifts in wealth as well don't forget. Also, big pharma wants cheap shit not to work so they can sell you expensive inpatient treatments and vaccines for a rather extremely weak virus. The virus numbers are only so high because it's a new and nobody has had it. This really would be like the flu at worst if it wasn't a new virus.