‘Universal Masking in Hospitals in the COVID-19 Era’, New England Journal of Medicine:

“We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.”

Thanks to mobs of rioting thugs, the “social distancing” narrative has collapsed entirely. In fact, the entire pandemic narrative is gone. But we must admit the painful obviousness of the truth: the corporate media holds absolute control over public opinion. The narrative changed almost immediately, switching from the COVID “New Normal”, to the riots spreading across U.S. cities. The public mind followed in lock-step.

The rioters aren’t being castigated by the corporate press for their violations of the pandemic strictures, and yet just a few weeks ago the mayor of New York City was busy busting up Jewish funerals and religious gatherings. Mayors and governors across the nation were previously harassing churchgoers and small business owners. But for some reason, the rioting mob is except from the COVID narrative. The corporate press gives them a pass, therefore the public mind does as well.

The virus hysteria that we’ve suffered under for the past three months was inflamed and weaponized by corporate media. The riots are receiving the same treatment. The ability of these enormous corporate news entities to marionette society, and twist public policy in any way they desire has been shown to be a clear and present danger to the stability of modern society. But what could possibly be done to prevent this malign influence from controlling the public without violating the liberty of every other news outlet?