To mask or not to mask, that’s the hell of a question

by Default Editor Patrice de Bergeracpas June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020 0 comment 9 minutes read

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Denis Rancourt

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Respected voices, not to mention long-held cultural habits (as in Asia), continue to clash on the issue of mask-wearing during viral epidemics,, whether they be the common cold, influenza or the more dreaded SARS family of viruses, of which Covid-19 is the latest manifestation. Here's more food for thought, but no KO punch yet by either side.

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ANTI-MASKERS: RIGHT OR SELFISH?

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Del Matthew Bigtree is an American television and film producer, and CEO of the anti-vaccination group Informed Consent Action Network, who produced the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe based on the discredited views of Andrew Wakefield on an alleged connection between vaccines and autism.

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