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 From the Epoch Times:

Documents recently obtained from the National Institutes of Health suggest public health officials used inaccurate information and misrepresented medical research to advance their policy objective that masks prevent severe COVID-19 and virus transmission—despite opposing scientific evidence received from experts.

A link to the letter stating the reasons why the CDC is misrepresenting their stance is here.  The cover for that letter reads in part:

We believe the information and recommendations as provided may actually put an individual at increased risk of becoming infected with SARS-Co V-2 and for them to experience a serious or even life-threatening infection.

The letter itself goes further in depth:

 The IDSA “Masks and Face Coverings for the Public” webpage appears to focus on the strengths of studies that support its conclusions while ignoring their shortcomings of study design; studies that do not support its perspective are similarly downplayed. For example, a summary of the Bundgaard study of masks in Denmark, 19 which found no reduction in SARS-CoV-2 among mask wearers, declares in bold type, “Overall, in this large population-based randomized controlled trial, recommending persons to wear masks in addition to social distancing was not associated with reduction in SARS-Co V-2 acquisition for mask wearers. The study is limited by a significant amount of mask nonadherence in participants recommended to wear them and by the fact that community caseload was low during the study. The results also cannot be extrapolated to determine the effectiveness of masks at reducing transmission of SARS-Co V-2, as the study was designed to assess protection of wearers, not transmission. “ The last statement suggests that other studies of masks have focused on transmission and not protection of wearers, which is not true – in most cases, the direction of transmission (to or from a mask wearer) has not and generally cannot be ascertained and was not the outcome of interest. There are similar problems with most of the other studies cited by IDSA in support of mask efficacy.

Once the CDC et al got the letter, they doubled down–

 Osterholm said he and his colleagues are not “anti-mask” but wanted to see a more careful scientific review of the data showing the role masks may play in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission. They offered to help the IDSA update its review of the science. Instead, the IDSA and CDC modified their website to promote masking, stating: “Masking is a critical public health tool for preventing the spread of COVID-19, and it is important to remember that any mask is better than no mask.”

And those of us who do not comply are going to be again vilified by using the same chestnut they did before–‘without 100% compliance’…   And despite all we know about the harm it caused, especially to children, the ball is rolling.

Read both the Epoch Times article and the letter to the CDC from professors and scientists at several universities.