Unmasking the Truth: Part 1: Do Masks Help?

I bring my car to a halt at the checkpoint. An obese young woman wearing a mask recites the obligatory incantation:

“Are
you currently experiencing or have you experienced any of the following
flu-like symptoms not attributable to another condition in the past fourteen
days: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat,
new loss of taste or smell, chills, head or muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea,
vomiting, or other unexplained flu-like symptoms?”

I answer in the negative. The she
asks for permission to take my temperature. I consent and she aims a gun-shaped
object at me and projects a beam of light at my skull, then asks …read more