The CDC is truly cooked if they’re basing science around trying to prove a negative. That is research methods 101 level shit.

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    3 hours ago

    But they have failed to show any correlation to even suggest causation.

    Say it with me now: “You cannot prove a negative.”

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      1 hour ago

      “Studies have not ruled out the possibility that the moon contains spontaneously generated cheese.”

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    3 hours ago

    When the CDC said face masks wouldn’t help prevent the spread of COVID they were cooked.

    Lots of good still there, but this shit is old.

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      43 minutes ago

      That was a lousy thing to do. Likely done to keep face masks in stock for first responders, but still lousy.

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        37 minutes ago

        Well exactly. And they could have just said that, but they went with a ridiculous lie instead.