Maggie's Farm

The Week it went South:

Make no mistake the left intended this to be the week it went South. The Democrats made a calculation that mass rioting, looting, murder and mayhem was good for them no matter that it was bad for so many Americans. They calculated that they could put the president in a bad light and maybe use this to steal the election. THAT is the enemy, one of our political parties puts their own power ahead of their constituents and their country.

You would think it must somehow be a different story with Peggy Noonan. Trump derangement syndrome. Easy explanation. But just like John Bolton it is about power for her too. It isn't that Trump is doing a bad job, clearly he isn't. It isn't that Trump isn't conservative enough, clearly he is more conservative that most of the 'conservative' congressmen. The problem for Peggy and John is that Trump's clean and honest conservatism kinda cuts into their scam and power grab. They are conservatives of convenience. For their goals they could have just as easily chosen to be radical Marxist socialist Democrats. It was never about core beliefs it was always about power. Simple as that.

Do masks work?
According to OSHA: A cloth masks cannot not be used as substitutes for required PPE. Why not? Because studies of these kinds of masks have shown that they are 8% effective. That is they can remove 8% of the airborne virus and bacteria. The standard for filtering out dangerous pathogens is 99.9999% known as Sigma 6. In other words “masks don’t work!”

OSHA says these surgical masks don’t protect “against airborne transmissible infectious agents due to loose fit and lack of seal,” but they can “contain the wearer's respiratory droplets.” Basically, these masks are meant to protect others from the person wearing it.

Will Cloth masks dangerously reduce oxygen levels? USA TODAY fact checked whether masks can cause these kinds of symptoms, and found that both cloth and surgical masks are unlikely to cause a dangerous drop in oxygen intake because they are not tight fitting. However CDC representative told Reuters that “CO2 will slowly build up in the mask over time. Symptoms could include a headache, but Reuters reported “it is unlikely that wearing a mask will cause hypercapnia,” or excessive carbon dioxide buildup in the bloodstream. Still, the CDC says: “Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.” Both the CDC and OSHA recommended laundering cloth masks after each use.