Drew Holden put together a Twitter thread that looked back at what left-wingers, the Mainstream Press, and the experts were saying about wearing masks just a few months ago.
There’s some revisionist history being written so to clarify:
There was ZERO consensus in Feb/March that masks worked against coronavirus. Insofar as there was agreement it was that they DIDN’T work & SHOULDN’T be worn.
Don’t remember? Well the internet is forever.
🧵THREAD🧵
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
This started from a tweet from @jaketapper wishing @realDonaldTrump had urged people to wear masks back then.
In hindsight, that’s a good wish to have. But let’s not pretend that the media was urging mask adoption then.
Here’s @CNN in that timeframe. pic.twitter.com/Jtz10kbR0K
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@CNN’s top medical expert, @drsanjaygupta, struck a similar note on March 5th. pic.twitter.com/31vCcFd07d
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@jaketapper brought someone on his show, @TheLeadCNN, to echo this same concern on February 26th. pic.twitter.com/ttHuGCans9
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
And CNN wasn’t alone. This was what most media outlets were reporting at the time.
Here’s @MSNBC. pic.twitter.com/Vv7ygTbdZp
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@ABC was saying the same thing. With a special shoutout to @BilldeBlasio, who has handled this public health crisis worse than probably anyone in America. pic.twitter.com/JwGmC9XLIQ
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
This from @nytimes captures the sentiment at the time well.
Is this consensus? I sure don’t see it. pic.twitter.com/3ynfPCUaQ2
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@NBCNews actually criticized @realDonaldTrump for ***focusing too much on masks*** on March 14th. pic.twitter.com/4r2lyJ2am2
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@washingtonpost, these from late February and early March. pic.twitter.com/GyB8hhY5Aa
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
These from @voxdotcom are from February 4th and 5th respectively. Not the same note we’re hitting today. pic.twitter.com/DpFrOPxjgh
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
This, from @Newsweek on February 28th says not to get a mask and then **reiterates it to a skeptical audience three more times** pic.twitter.com/GWgpt95Ipm
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
I am duty bound to ensure that @kurteichenwald is highlighted in these threads. pic.twitter.com/l1oMUcVS6o
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
Ditto for @SethAbramson (this from April 13th). pic.twitter.com/d4eTakwuKL
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
Here’s @thedailybeast on March 23rd, saying that masking is “not an evidence-based, scientifically sound approach.†pic.twitter.com/4YdRf8v4vP
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
@USATODAY did the same thing, and even took a jab at @mattgaetz for wearing a mask.
All these were from the first week of March. pic.twitter.com/JIOZ0IlczM
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 12, 2020
Of course, they are doing all they can to hide this reality. The bottom line is that these people have no clue what they are talking about. These people are jumping from hysteria to hysteria making sure that Americans bow down to whatever they say.
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