Climate Change Is the Biggest Story
on Earth. So Why Can’t Hollywood Make
Good TV Shows and Movies About It?
Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/17/2021 8:38:16 PM
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Stanford study quietly published at NIH.gov proves face masks are absolutely worthless against Covid
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The diapers most of us are wearing on our face most of the time apparently have no effect at stopping Covid-19. This explains a lot. Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19? No? It was posted on the the National Center for Biological Information government website. The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by the “science-loving” folks in Big Tech.
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Maybe because the whole topic is a terrible bore (like Algore).