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The Mask Cult Melts Down

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The Mask Cult Melts Down

Basking in the schadenfreude…

Michael P Senger
Apr 21, 2022
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On Monday, major US airlines suddenly dumped their mask mandates after a federal judge struck down the CDC’s national mask mandate for travel. Since then, the Covid cult has been in a state of apoplexy. Below is a collection of some of the most priceless takes.

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Bess Kalb @bessbell
Thrilled to announce I’m going to smoke cigarettes on my next @Delta flight because I’m really not worried about the health risks and @Delta puts my personal freedom first.
1:42 AM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
115,961Likes11,597Retweets

Apparently breathing equals smoking now, according to Bess Kalb. Kalb is most famous for her early 2020 screed about all the young people her dad was seeing in the ICU who were suddenly falling over dead from Covid, which she blamed on their sinful trips to the beach.

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Bess Kalb @bessbell
My dad is an ICU doctor treating COVID-19 patients. In the past WEEK he has set more “I’ve never seen a heart rate/RBC count/etc. like this” records than in his decades-long career. What this virus does to the body is like “sticking your finger in an electric socket.” Stay home.
9:22 PM ∙ May 3, 2020
165,940Likes64,911Retweets

It remains unclear whether Kalb’s father ever actually treated any Covid patients in the ICU. Next we have former Surgeon General Jerome Adams.

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Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD
Flying today. A @Delta pilot (🤯) walked by me in the airport and said, take your mask off man- breath free! Why is it those who so strongly felt others were imposing their beliefs (in health, wellness and compassion) on them, feel so free to impose their beliefs on others?!
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6:11 PM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
40,682Likes4,577Retweets

Imposing their beliefs on others… who would do such a thing?! Oh wait… Here’s former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.

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Robert Reich @RBReich
Perhaps there’s something wrong with a system that allows a 35-year-old, unelected, Trump-nominated judge — whom the American Bar Association deemed unqualified — to strike down the travel mask mandate for the entire country?
4:32 PM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
70,390Likes14,239Retweets

Something wrong with a system… as in, constitutional democracy? Fortunately, Abdi appears to have just the solution to that.

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abdi @tropicanapussy
you take ya masks off on a plane im on im yelling allahu akbar till they deploy them other masks do not fuck with me
3:24 AM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
69,541Likes4,742Retweets

That’s right: Disagree with a court ruling on forced masking, threaten to blow up the whole system to get your way. Though perhaps he won’t need to, according to Alex Steed.

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A!ex Steed @alexsteed
Our flight attendant, who was just celebrating being able to “see everyone’s smiling faces (“even if you’re wearing a mask, we’re happy you’re here”), is now apologizing for suddenly having a raspy voice.
11:55 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2022
61,804Likes3,285Retweets

Pretty sure it takes longer than a few seconds to get Covid symptoms, but what do I know. Then there’s this take from Aubrey Hirsch.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch
If you hate the idea of having to wear a mask on an airplane against your will, wait until you hear about having to carry an unwanted pregnancy inside your body on an airplane against your will.
4:41 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2022
86,670Likes11,907Retweets

Imagine being from another culture and trying to make sense of this tweet. Heck, I’ve lived in America my entire life, re-read this tweet about five times and still can’t figure out what the heck Aubrey’s talking about. Though in her defense, it’s still a bit more coherent than this take from Evan Greer.

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Evan Greer @evan_greer
Airlines dropping mask mandates mid-flight is such a classic example of capitalism making a mockery of consent. People got on a plane with the understanding others would be masked. Suddenly they're trapped at 10,000 feet in a COVID deathtrap free for all. Nightmare shit.
1:56 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2022
58,848Likes8,608Retweets

Capitalism making a mockery of consent… maybe try communism and let us know how that works out. Fortunately, Andrea Junker has just the solution.

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Andrea Junker @Strandjunker
I’m just gonna keep wearing the mask until only those who wear masks are left.
3:30 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2022
31,226Likes3,993Retweets

I think Andrea may be waiting quite a while. Or not though, because it looks like the Biden administration is appealing the ruling. As Jen Psaki tells us:

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RNC Research @RNCResearch
Jen Psaki says Biden is appealing the ruling on the federal mask mandate to "preserve that authority for the CDC to have in the future." So, it's NOT about science.
7:22 PM ∙ Apr 20, 2022
611Likes220Retweets

That’s right. The administration is appealing the ruling against the mask mandate to “preserve that authority for the CDC.” Power, in the purest sense. Of course the state of emergency can have no end point, because it never had any legitimate beginning.

Notably absent from any of these takes is any analysis of how many lives masks are supposedly saving, any analysis of the costs of wearing masks or, most importantly, when exactly the mask mandates are supposed to end. Though there is one telling exception.

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Amy G Dala MD @AmyGDalaMD
People: aRe yoU goInG to mAsK fOreVeR Me: well I still wear seatbelts & helmets, use sunscreen, get vaccinated, wash my hands, drink pasteurized milk, cook chicken before eating it, & don't drink water straight from the lake so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
1:53 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2022
137,578Likes24,777Retweets

That’s right. To be honest this tweet isn’t really funny, it’s actually just terrifying. There it is, literally, in the most explicit possible terms: Masks forever, with 137,000 likes and counting. Exploring the activity surrounding this tweet will be the subject of my next article.


Michael P Senger is an attorney and author of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World. Want to support my work? Get the book.

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Margaret Anna Alice
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Apr 21, 2022Liked by Michael P Senger

Psychologists are going to be busy for decades treating the Stockholm Syndrome, learned helplessness, OCD, and other assorted DSM-5 conditions induced in the populace over the past two years. Oh wait, strike that. I forgot the lunatics are now running the asylum, so it is the sane amongst us who will be put in the madhouse gulags for refusing to play along with their mass delusion.

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Rascal Nick Of
Apr 21, 2022Liked by Michael P Senger

Don't underestimate people's ability to brainwash themselves so they won't be ostracized from their tribe...

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