NIH director slams maskless Republicans -- helped kill thousands

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NIH director slams maskless Republicans — helped kill thousands

Nicholas Johnston, author of Special Report

https://www.axios.com/collins-nih-maskless-republicans-covid-coranvirus-12d2e026-48cb-4989-b512-5e47f909059a.html

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The politicization of mask wearing during the pandemic may have led to the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Americans because of increased spread of COVID-19, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins tells "Axios on HBO."

What they're saying: "The evidence was pretty compelling by last March or April that uniform wearing of masks would reduce transmission of this disease. And yet, with a variety of messages through a variety of sources, mask wearing became a statement about your political party or an invasion of your personal freedom."

"A mask is nothing more than a life-saving medical device, and yet it got categorized in all sorts of other ways that were not factual, not scientific, and frankly dangerous. And I think you could make a case that tens of thousands of people died as a result."

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