Glass-Steagall Act

As the Great Depression of the 1930s devastated the U.S. economy , many blamed the economic meltdown in part on financial-industry shenanigans and loose banking regulations .
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Senator Carter Glass , a Democrat from Virginia , first introduced the legislation in January 1932 , and the bill was co-sponsored by Democratic Alabama Representative Henry Steagall .
By June 16 , 1933 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Glass-Steagall Act into law as part of a series of measures adopted during his first 100 days to restore the country ’ s economy and trust in its banking systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firewall between commercial banks , which accept deposits and issue loans , and investment banks that negotiate the sale of bonds and stocks .
The Banking Act of 1933 also created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) , which protected bank deposits up to $ 2,500 at the time ( now up to $ 250,000 as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 ) .
As the bill stated , it was designed “ to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of banks , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undue diversion of funds into speculative operations , and for other purposes.
” Some of those “ undue diversions ” and “ speculative operations ” had been revealed in congressional investigations led by a firebrand prosecutor named Ferdinand Pecora .
As chief counsel to the U.S. Senate ’ s Committee on Banking and Currency , Pecora—an Italian immigrant who rose through the ranks of Tammany Hall , despite his reputation for honesty—dug into the actions of top bank executives and found rampant reckless behavior , corruption and cronyism .
Part of the problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed , was that banks could lend money to a company and then issue stock in that same company without revealing to shareholders the bank ’ s underlying conflict of interest .
If that company then failed , the bank suffered no losses while its investors were left holding the bag .
In a series of sensational hearings , Pecora exposed the deeds of people like Charles Mitchell , head of the largest bank in America , National City Bank ( now Citibank ) , who made more than $ 1 million in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
National City Bank , testimony uncovered , had taken on bundles of bad loans , packaged them as securities and unloaded them on unsuspecting customers .
Meanwhile , a top executive of Chase National Bank ( a precursor of today ’ s JPMorgan Chase ) had gotten rich by short-selling his company ’ s shares during the 1929 stock market crash .
In testimony from financier J.P. Morgan , the public learned that Morgan had issued stocks at discounted rates to a small circle of privileged clients , including former President Calvin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an increasingly disgusted American public , which began to refer to these men as “ banksters , ” a term coined to refer to financial leaders who had put the nation ’ s economy at risk while pocketing profits .
A Chicago Tribune editor wrote on February 24 , 1933 , that “ the only difference between a bank burglar and a bank president is that one works at night.
” President Roosevelt and lawmakers harnessed this wave of anger for the financial industry to push through the Glass-Steagall Act , which Roosevelt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1933 .
Under the act , bankers could take deposits and issue loans and brokers at investment banks could raise capital and sell securities , but no banker at a single firm could do both .
Over time , however , barriers set up by Glass-Steagall were gradually chipped away .
Starting in the 1970s , large banks began to push back on the Glass-Steagall Act ’ s regulations , claiming they were rendering them less competitive against foreign securities firms .
The argument , embraced by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1987 , was that if banks were permitted to engage in investment strategies , they could increase the return for their banking customers while avoiding risk by diversifying their businesses .
Soon , several banks began crossing the line once established by the Glass–Steagall Act through loopholes in the act .
For example , the act stipulated that while a Federal Reserve member bank could not deal in securities , a bank could affiliate with a company that did as long as that company that was not “ engaged principally ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prominent deals that exploited this loophole was the 1998 merger of banking giant Citicorp with Travelers Insurance , which owned the now-defunct investment bank Salomon Smith Barney .
One year later , President Bill Clinton signed the Financial Services Modernization Act , commonly known as Gramm-Leach-Bliley , which effectively neutralized Glass-Steagall by repealing key components of the act .
President Clinton said the legislation would “ enhance the stability of our financial services system ” by permitting financial firms to “ diversify their product offerings and thus their sources of revenue ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compete in global financial markets.
” Some economists point to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act as a key factor leading to the housing market bubble and subsequent Great Recession , the financial crisis of 2007-2008 .
Joseph E. Stiglitz , a Nobel laureate in economics and a professor at Columbia University , wrote in a 2009 opinion piece that by bringing “ investment and commercial banks together , the investment bank culture came out on top .
There was a demand for the kind of high returns that could be obtained only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But other economists , including former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner , argued that a boom in sub-prime mortgage lending , inflated scores by credit-rating agencies and an out-of-control securitization market were more significant factors than any dismantling of federal regulation .
In any case , less than 10 years following the dismantling of the Glass-Steagall Act , the nation suffered through the Great Recession , the largest financial meltdown since the 1929 stock market crash that had originally inspired the act .
Banking Act of 1933 ( Glass-Steagall ) , Federal Reserve History @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” by Howard H. Preston , December 1933 , The American Economic Review 23 , no .
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“ The Man Who Busted the Banksters , ” by Gilbert King , November 29 , 2011 , Smithsonian .
“ Pecora Hearings a Model for Financial Crisis Investigation , ” by Amanda Ruggeri , September 29 , 2009 , US News and World Report .
Subcommittee on Senate Resolutions 84 and 234 , United States Senate/History .
“ The Legacy of F.D.R.
” by David M. Kennedy , June 24 , 2009 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Glass-Steagall Bank Law , ” by Kathleen Day , November 19 , 1987 , The Washington Post .
Statement by President Bill Clinton at the Signing of the Financial Modernization Bill , November 12 , 1999 , U.S. Department of the Treasure , Office of Public Affairs .
“ Capitalist Fools , ” by Joseph E. Stiglitz , January 2009 , Vanity Fair .
“ How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform , ” by Matt Taibi , May 10 , 2012 , Rolling Stone .
“ The Origins of the Financial Crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2013 , The Economist .
“ 2008 Crisis Still Hangs Over Credit-Ratings Firms , ” by Matt Krantz , September 13 , 2013 , USA Today .
“ Fact Check : Did Glass-Steagall Cause the 2008 Financial Crisis ?
” by Jim Zarroli , October 14 , 2015 , NPR .
“ What Could Be Wrong With Trump Restoring Glass-Steagall ?
” by Nicholas Lemann , April 12 , 2017 , The New Yorker .
“ Statement on Signing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act : November 12 , 1999 , ” William J. Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @

As the Great Depression of the 1930s devastated the U.S. economy, many blamed the economic meltdown in part on financial-industry shenanigans and loose banking regulations.
U.S. Senator Carter Glass, a Democrat from Virginia, first introduced the legislation in January 1932, and the bill was co-sponsored by Democratic Alabama Representative Henry Steagall.
By June 16, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Glass-Steagall Act into law as part of a series of measures adopted during his first 100 days to restore the country’s economy and trust in its banking systems.
FDIC Created
The Glass-Steagall Act set up a firewall between commercial banks, which accept deposits and issue loans, and investment banks that negotiate the sale of bonds and stocks.
The Banking Act of 1933 also created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which protected bank deposits up to $2,500 at the time (now up to $250,000 as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010).
As the bill stated, it was designed “to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of banks, to regulate interbank control, to prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations, and for other purposes.”
Ferdinand Pecora
Some of those “undue diversions” and “speculative operations” had been revealed in congressional investigations led by a firebrand prosecutor named Ferdinand Pecora.
As chief counsel to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Banking and Currency, Pecora—an Italian immigrant who rose through the ranks of Tammany Hall, despite his reputation for honesty—dug into the actions of top bank executives and found rampant reckless behavior, corruption and cronyism.
Part of the problem, as Pecora and his investigative team revealed, was that banks could lend money to a company and then issue stock in that same company without revealing to shareholders the bank’s underlying conflict of interest. If that company then failed, the bank suffered no losses while its investors were left holding the bag.
‘Banksters’ Profit While Americans Suffer
In a series of sensational hearings, Pecora exposed the deeds of people like Charles Mitchell, head of the largest bank in America, National City Bank (now Citibank), who made more than $1 million in bonuses in 1929 but paid zero taxes. National City Bank, testimony uncovered, had taken on bundles of bad loans, packaged them as securities and unloaded them on unsuspecting customers.
Meanwhile, a top executive of Chase National Bank (a precursor of today’s JPMorgan Chase) had gotten rich by short-selling his company’s shares during the 1929 stock market crash. In testimony from financier J.P. Morgan, the public learned that Morgan had issued stocks at discounted rates to a small circle of privileged clients, including former President Calvin Coolidge.
Pecora’s hearings captivated an increasingly disgusted American public, which began to refer to these men as “banksters,” a term coined to refer to financial leaders who had put the nation’s economy at risk while pocketing profits.
A Chicago Tribune editor wrote on February 24, 1933, that “the only difference between a bank burglar and a bank president is that one works at night.” President Roosevelt and lawmakers harnessed this wave of anger for the financial industry to push through the Glass-Steagall Act, which Roosevelt signed into law on June 16, 1933.
Under the act, bankers could take deposits and issue loans and brokers at investment banks could raise capital and sell securities, but no banker at a single firm could do both. Over time, however, barriers set up by Glass-Steagall were gradually chipped away.
Alan Greenspan and Bank Deregulation
Starting in the 1970s, large banks began to push back on the Glass-Steagall Act’s regulations, claiming they were rendering them less competitive against foreign securities firms.
The argument, embraced by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, was that if banks were permitted to engage in investment strategies, they could increase the return for their banking customers while avoiding risk by diversifying their businesses.
Soon, several banks began crossing the line once established by the Glass–Steagall Act through loopholes in the act. For example, the act stipulated that while a Federal Reserve member bank could not deal in securities, a bank could affiliate with a company that did as long as that company that was not “engaged principally” in such activities.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
One of the most prominent deals that exploited this loophole was the 1998 merger of banking giant Citicorp with Travelers Insurance, which owned the now-defunct investment bank Salomon Smith Barney.
One year later, President Bill Clinton signed the Financial Services Modernization Act, commonly known as Gramm-Leach-Bliley, which effectively neutralized Glass-Steagall by repealing key components of the act.
President Clinton said the legislation would “enhance the stability of our financial services system” by permitting financial firms to “diversify their product offerings and thus their sources of revenue” and make financial firms “better equipped to compete in global financial markets.”
Great Recession Strikes
Some economists point to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act as a key factor leading to the housing market bubble and subsequent Great Recession, the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and a professor at Columbia University, wrote in a 2009 opinion piece that by bringing “investment and commercial banks together, the investment bank culture came out on top. There was a demand for the kind of high returns that could be obtained only through high leverage and big risk-taking.”
But other economists, including former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, argued that a boom in sub-prime mortgage lending, inflated scores by credit-rating agencies and an out-of-control securitization market were more significant factors than any dismantling of federal regulation.
In any case, less than 10 years following the dismantling of the Glass-Steagall Act, the nation suffered through the Great Recession, the largest financial meltdown since the 1929 stock market crash that had originally inspired the act.
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Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall), Federal Reserve History.
“The Banking Act of 1933” by Howard H. Preston, December 1933, The American Economic Review 23, no. 4.
“The Man Who Busted the Banksters,” by Gilbert King, November 29, 2011, Smithsonian.
“Pecora Hearings a Model for Financial Crisis Investigation,” by Amanda Ruggeri, September 29, 2009, US News and World Report.
Subcommittee on Senate Resolutions 84 and 234, United States Senate/History.
“The Legacy of F.D.R.” by David M. Kennedy, June 24, 2009, Time.
“Greenspan Calls for Repeal of Glass-Steagall Bank Law,” by Kathleen Day, November 19, 1987, The Washington Post.
Statement by President Bill Clinton at the Signing of the Financial Modernization Bill, November 12, 1999, U.S. Department of the Treasure, Office of Public Affairs.
“Capitalist Fools,” by Joseph E. Stiglitz, January 2009, Vanity Fair.
“How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform,” by Matt Taibi, May 10, 2012, Rolling Stone.
“The Origins of the Financial Crisis: Crash Course,” September 7, 2013, The Economist.
“2008 Crisis Still Hangs Over Credit-Ratings Firms,” by Matt Krantz, September 13, 2013, USA Today.
“Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause the 2008 Financial Crisis?” by Jim Zarroli, October 14, 2015, NPR.
“What Could Be Wrong With Trump Restoring Glass-Steagall?” by Nicholas Lemann, April 12, 2017, The New Yorker.
“Statement on Signing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: November 12, 1999,” William J. Clinton. The American Presidency Project.


stillnessinthestorm--2020-10-04--Florida AG Defends Investigation Into Bloomberg Paying Felons’ Fines

( Jack Phillips ) Florida ’ s attorney general on Sept. 23 asked state and federal law enforcement to investigate possible election law violations after billionaire Michael Bloomberg , a former Democratic presidential candidate , helped raise more than $ 16 million for Florida felons to pay debts so they can vote in the upcoming election .
Related Bill Gates Slams FDA , Doubts Agency Can Be Trusted With COVID-19 Vaccine On Sept. 24 , state Attorney General Ashley Moody told Fox News that a memo from Bloomberg about the initiative raised concerns .
“ When you look at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you hear words like we need to get this done , investing money to target a particular group of voters that may be predisposed to vote a certain way , that raises concerns that you are directly influencing or even indirectly giving money to persuade votes to go a certain way , ” Moody , who is a Republican , told the network .
“ That doesn ’ t matter what party it is that triggers Florida law .
Under Florida law , you can not directly or indirectly give anything of value @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The memo that was obtained by The Washington Post read : “ We know to win Florida we will need to persuade , motivate and add new votes to the Biden column .
… This means we need to explore all avenues for finding the needed votes when so many votes are already determined.
” President Donald Trump told the “ Brian Kilmeade Show ” on Sept. 24 that what Bloomberg has done is “ totally illegal.
” Earlier this week , Moody announced she sent letters to the Florida Department of Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move should be investigated .
“ I have instructed the Statewide Prosecutor to work with law enforcement and any Statewide Grand Jury that the Governor may call , ” Moody , a Republican , said in a statement .
“ Today , I sent a letter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into potential violations of election laws.
” In her letter , Moody said Republican Florida Gov .
Ron DeSantis asked her to look into the effort .
“ After preliminary reviewing of the limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further investigation is warranted , ” Moody wrote in a letter to law enforcement , citing news reports about Bloomberg ’ s efforts .
A 2018 state constitutional amendment allows for felons who have finished their sentences to regain their right to vote .
But they first have to pay any outstanding fines , fees , or restitution .
Murderers and sex offenders didn ’ t regain the right to vote .
State CFO Jimmy Patronis on Sept. 23 also called for an inquiry into Bloomberg ’ s effort and asked the Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City mayor is “ breaking the law by giving direct cash for voters.
” “ The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right .
Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition , we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it , ” Bloomberg said in a statement on Sept. 22 after his efforts were announced .
Bloomberg spokesman Jason Schechter told news outlets that Moody ’ s letter is a “ transparent political ploy [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Republicans attempting to keep Floridians disenfranchised.
” Rep. Matt Gaetz ( R-Fla. ) first raised the possibility of an investigation into the matter , telling Fox News that it could be a form of bribery .
“ It ’ s not every felon .
It ’ s just those which they have specifically identified as the Biden voters , ” Gaetz said on Fox News .
“ That ’ s offering a bribe , an inducement , for someone to behave a certain way in voting.
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(Jack Phillips) Florida’s attorney general on Sept. 23 asked state and federal law enforcement to investigate possible election law violations after billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a former Democratic presidential candidate, helped raise more than $16 million for Florida felons to pay debts so they can vote in the upcoming election.
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by Jack Phillips, September 24th, 2020
On Sept. 24, state Attorney General Ashley Moody told Fox News that a memo from Bloomberg about the initiative raised concerns.
“When you look at the memo and what was alleged, when you hear words like we need to get this done, investing money to target a particular group of voters that may be predisposed to vote a certain way, that raises concerns that you are directly influencing or even indirectly giving money to persuade votes to go a certain way,” Moody, who is a Republican, told the network.
“That doesn’t matter what party it is that triggers Florida law. Under Florida law, you cannot directly or indirectly give anything of value to persuade or entice a vote.”
The memo that was obtained by The Washington Post read: “We know to win Florida we will need to persuade, motivate and add new votes to the Biden column. … This means we need to explore all avenues for finding the needed votes when so many votes are already determined.”
President Donald Trump told the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Sept. 24 that what Bloomberg has done is “totally illegal.”
Earlier this week, Moody announced she sent letters to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI, saying the move should be investigated.
“I have instructed the Statewide Prosecutor to work with law enforcement and any Statewide Grand Jury that the Governor may call,” Moody, a Republican, said in a statement. “Today, I sent a letter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into potential violations of election laws.”
In her letter, Moody said Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked her to look into the effort.
“After preliminary reviewing of the limited public information and law, it appears further investigation is warranted,” Moody wrote in a letter to law enforcement, citing news reports about Bloomberg’s efforts.
A 2018 state constitutional amendment allows for felons who have finished their sentences to regain their right to vote. But they first have to pay any outstanding fines, fees, or restitution. Murderers and sex offenders didn’t regain the right to vote.
State CFO Jimmy Patronis on Sept. 23 also called for an inquiry into Bloomberg’s effort and asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the former New York City mayor is “breaking the law by giving direct cash for voters.”
“The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right. Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it,” Bloomberg said in a statement on Sept. 22 after his efforts were announced.
Bloomberg spokesman Jason Schechter told news outlets that Moody’s letter is a “transparent political ploy [and] is just the latest example of Republicans attempting to keep Floridians disenfranchised.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) first raised the possibility of an investigation into the matter, telling Fox News that it could be a form of bribery.
“It’s not every felon. It’s just those which they have specifically identified as the Biden voters,” Gaetz said on Fox News. “That’s offering a bribe, an inducement, for someone to behave a certain way in voting.”
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Jack Phillips is a reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.
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stillnessinthestorm--2020-10-04--Forced Denunciations And ‘Sensitivity Training’ Mimic Communist Brainwashing Tactics

( Stella Morabito ) Critical race theory looks like it ’ s all about race .
But race is merely the tool used to stir up emotional responses that play into the hands of agitators who simply want to control minds .
Related Proof that the Rothschild-Controlled Central Banking Cartel is Behind Communism , War and NWO Agitators for critical race theory have fanned out of academia into mind-hacking workaday Americans , trying to convince them the nation is unredeemably evil .
They doggedly attempted to do this to federal employees as well as all big corporations .
Christopher Rufo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute , has described how trainers for critical race theory ( CRT ) in the federal government are defying President Trump ’ s executive order to cancel their race-baiting training .
In the State Department , for example , they are pushing a “ ’ 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge , ’ in which staff are asked to recite a racial equity ‘ pledge , ’ ‘ select a different minority group daily , ’ and engage in a ’ 10-15 minute challenge ’ in ‘ pursuit of racial equity.
’ ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goal is to indoctrinate employees with neo-Marxist rhetoric that portrays America as a “ white supremacist ” nation .
Critical race theory and communist tactics are pretty much interchangeable .
It ’ s really all about brainwashing .
In critical race theory , as in communism , the concept of “ social justice ” quickly devolves into a smokescreen , an old-fashioned divide-and-conquer tool .
They evoke hostilities between people in order to control them .
While Karl Marx stoked divisions by trying to build “ class consciousness , ” today ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brand of race consciousness .
Sure , at first glance CRT looks like it ’ s all about race .
But race is merely the tool used to stir up emotional responses that play into the hands of agitators who simply want to control minds .
CRT really represents a classic , textbook case of coercive thought reform , otherwise known as brainwashing .
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Similarities to Communist Brainwashing of U.S. POWs During the Korean War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in camps run by Chinese communists .
Unlike the North Koreans , who used physical torture on prisoners , the Chinese used psychological methods to induce compliance in our POWs .
Social psychologist Robert Cialdini describes the Chinese “ lenient ” techniques of gradual thought reform in his book “ Influence.
” He characterized these as : Today we see CRT agitators getting people to make the seemingly mild statement that “ Black lives matter.
” Most are unaware that the BLM organization is blatantly Marxist and does not believe people have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raise their own children .
But we can see how many youths have been pushed to these further levels once invested in the BLM slogan .
This is what Cialdini calls the “ foot-in-the-door technique.
” Another tactic : get the American POWs to write things down , perhaps just by copying them from a notebook , which might seem harmless .
But the act of writing is active , not passive .
And the POWs were providing documents in their own writing which could be used to persuade others as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cialdini noted that when the POWs returned to the United States , the American psychologists who examined them were unsettled by the success of the Chinese brainwashing attempts , and found that “ the Chinese were very effective in getting Americans to inform on one another.
” They Start With Things Anybody Is Willing to Do or Say If you review the training sessions for CRT facilitators , the process is eerily similar to such communist processes of coercive thought reform .
First of all , the employees are put into a controlled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the complete supervision of the CRT trainers .
Writing is also a part of the process .
The State Department program would have employees take part in “ challenge activities ” for 21 days that required them to keep a written log of activities such as reading , listening , “ allyship , ” and more , “ with a focus on four minority groups.
” They were also required to take part in “ support groups ” and “ emotional validation ” exercises , which sound a lot like Maoist-styled “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist history as “ sessions of criticism and self-criticism.
” At the Environmental Protection Agency , CRT agitators planned to subject employees to a program in which they would be taught about “ allyship , antiracism , white fragility , microaggressions , white privilege , and systemic racism.
” The original source documents can be found here .
In her 1995 book “ Cults in Our Midst , ” cult expert Margaret Thaler Singer discusses how the brainwashing/thought reform process aims to destabilize a person ’ s sense of self in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she says , it is usual “ a gradual process of breaking down and transformation.
” No doubt CRT aids in this process .
The teaching of critical race theory does exactly this .
CRT fits the type of cult thought reform process that Singer classified as reliant upon “ aversive emotional arousal techniques – guilt and fear induction , strict discipline and punishments , excessive criticism and blame.
” CRT requires people to think of themselves as either racists or victims or allies , nothing more and nothing less .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the more you are invested in it , and the more your behavior is affected by it .
The good news is that these transformations are not permanent for most people as long as they can get out from under the influence .
The road to recovery can be difficult for those who were deeply affected , of course .
Although many could remain stuck , most can manage to clear their minds in a matter of weeks when removed from toxic influences .
It took Patty Hearst a couple of weeks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after she was kidnapped and held under the influence of the terrorist Symbionese Liberation Army for more than a year and a half .
She told Larry King in a 2002 interview : “ I had no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks .
And then it suddenly began to dawn that they just weren ’ t there anymore .
I could actually think my own thoughts.
” This is why the liberation of federal and corporate employees from these mind rape sessions is such good news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , college students , and the rest of us are as fortunate in freeing our minds , our lives , and our relationships .
Stella Morabito is a senior contributor at The Federalist .
Her essays have also appeared in the Washington Examiner , American Thinker , Public Discourse , Human Life Review , New Oxford Review .
In her previous work as an intelligence analyst , she focused on various aspects of Russian and Soviet politics , including communist media and propaganda .
She has also raised three children , served as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homeschooled for several years as well .
She has a B.A .
in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California and a Master ’ s degree in Russian and Soviet history , also from USC .
Follow Stella on Twitter .
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(Stella Morabito) Critical race theory looks like it’s all about race. But race is merely the tool used to stir up emotional responses that play into the hands of agitators who simply want to control minds.
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Source – The Federalist
by Stella Morabito, October, 2nd, 2020
Agitators for critical race theory have fanned out of academia into mind-hacking workaday Americans, trying to convince them the nation is unredeemably evil. They doggedly attempted to do this to federal employees as well as all big corporations.
Christopher Rufo, a research fellow with the Discovery Institute, has described how trainers for critical race theory (CRT) in the federal government are defying President Trump’s executive order to cancel their race-baiting training. In the State Department, for example, they are pushing a “’21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge,’ in which staff are asked to recite a racial equity ‘pledge,’ ‘select a different minority group daily,’ and engage in a ’10-15 minute challenge’ in ‘pursuit of racial equity.’”
The State Department, EPA, and VA are moving forward with critical race theory trainings—in violation of a presidential order. The agencies are pressuring staff to denounce their "white privilege," become "co-resistors" against "systemic racism," and sign "equity pledges." 🧵 — Christopher F. Rufo ⚔ (@realchrisrufo) September 21, 2020
Indeed, as Rufo has noted, the goal is to indoctrinate employees with neo-Marxist rhetoric that portrays America as a “white supremacist” nation. Critical race theory and communist tactics are pretty much interchangeable. It’s really all about brainwashing.
In critical race theory, as in communism, the concept of “social justice” quickly devolves into a smokescreen, an old-fashioned divide-and-conquer tool. They evoke hostilities between people in order to control them. While Karl Marx stoked divisions by trying to build “class consciousness,” today’s CRT trainers stoke divisions through its brand of race consciousness.
Sure, at first glance CRT looks like it’s all about race. But race is merely the tool used to stir up emotional responses that play into the hands of agitators who simply want to control minds. CRT really represents a classic, textbook case of coercive thought reform, otherwise known as brainwashing.
Similarities to Communist Brainwashing of U.S. POWs
During the Korean War, many American prisoners of war ended up in camps run by Chinese communists. Unlike the North Koreans, who used physical torture on prisoners, the Chinese used psychological methods to induce compliance in our POWs. Social psychologist Robert Cialdini describes the Chinese “lenient” techniques of gradual thought reform in his book “Influence.” He characterized these as:
Commitment and consistency pressures to gain the desired compliance from prisoners. . . . For instance, prisoners were frequently asked to make statements so mildly anti-American or pro-Communist as to seem inconsequential. (‘The United States is not perfect.’ ‘In a Comunist country, unemployment is not a problem.’) But once these minor requests were complied with, the men found themselves pushed to submit to related yet more substantive requests.
Today we see CRT agitators getting people to make the seemingly mild statement that “Black lives matter.” Most are unaware that the BLM organization is blatantly Marxist and does not believe people have a right to own property or to raise their own children. But we can see how many youths have been pushed to these further levels once invested in the BLM slogan. This is what Cialdini calls the “foot-in-the-door technique.”
Another tactic: get the American POWs to write things down, perhaps just by copying them from a notebook, which might seem harmless. But the act of writing is active, not passive. And the POWs were providing documents in their own writing which could be used to persuade others as well as affect the self-image of the writer.
Cialdini noted that when the POWs returned to the United States, the American psychologists who examined them were unsettled by the success of the Chinese brainwashing attempts, and found that “the Chinese were very effective in getting Americans to inform on one another.”
They Start With Things Anybody Is Willing to Do or Say
If you review the training sessions for CRT facilitators, the process is eerily similar to such communist processes of coercive thought reform. First of all, the employees are put into a controlled environment, isolated from other influences and under the complete supervision of the CRT trainers.
Writing is also a part of the process. The State Department program would have employees take part in “challenge activities” for 21 days that required them to keep a written log of activities such as reading, listening, “allyship,” and more, “with a focus on four minority groups.” They were also required to take part in “support groups” and “emotional validation” exercises, which sound a lot like Maoist-styled “struggle sessions,” otherwise known in communist history as “sessions of criticism and self-criticism.”
At the Environmental Protection Agency, CRT agitators planned to subject employees to a program in which they would be taught about “allyship, antiracism, white fragility, microaggressions, white privilege, and systemic racism.” The original source documents can be found here.
In her 1995 book “Cults in Our Midst,” cult expert Margaret Thaler Singer discusses how the brainwashing/thought reform process aims to destabilize a person’s sense of self in order to change his or her attitudes. But, she says, it is usual “a gradual process of breaking down and transformation.” No doubt CRT aids in this process.
The idea is to undermine individuals’ self-concept, to make them change their worldview and self-image to align with the cultic ideal and a new version of reality. They then become deployable agents to recruit others — and, in the case of BLM, to take part in mob violence.
Binary, Emotionally Charged Thinking
The teaching of critical race theory does exactly this. CRT fits the type of cult thought reform process that Singer classified as reliant upon “aversive emotional arousal techniques – guilt and fear induction, strict discipline and punishments, excessive criticism and blame.”
CRT requires people to think of themselves as either racists or victims or allies, nothing more and nothing less. The deeper you go into the mindset, the more you are invested in it, and the more your behavior is affected by it.
The good news is that these transformations are not permanent for most people as long as they can get out from under the influence. The road to recovery can be difficult for those who were deeply affected, of course. Although many could remain stuck, most can manage to clear their minds in a matter of weeks when removed from toxic influences. It took Patty Hearst a couple of weeks to remove the brainwashing effects imposed on her after she was kidnapped and held under the influence of the terrorist Symbionese Liberation Army for more than a year and a half.
She told Larry King in a 2002 interview: “I had no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks. And then it suddenly began to dawn that they just weren’t there anymore. I could actually think my own thoughts.”
This is why the liberation of federal and corporate employees from these mind rape sessions is such good news. Let’s hope K-12 students, college students, and the rest of us are as fortunate in freeing our minds, our lives, and our relationships.
About The Author
Stella Morabito
Stella Morabito is a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her essays have also appeared in the Washington Examiner, American Thinker, Public Discourse, Human Life Review, New Oxford Review. In her previous work as an intelligence analyst, she focused on various aspects of Russian and Soviet politics, including communist media and propaganda. She has also raised three children, served as a public school substitute teacher, and homeschooled for several years as well. She has a B.A. in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California and a Master’s degree in Russian and Soviet history, also from USC. Follow Stella on Twitter.
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– Justin
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stillnessinthestorm--2020-10-04--Now Is the Time for the US to Take a Stronger Position Against the CCP

( Diana Zhang ) Ending the CCP should be the No .
1 goal Related Exposing The BLACKMAIL/LEVERAGE Of The CCP ?
May President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump speedily recover from the CCP virus .
Their contracting it is a reminder to us all .
Their falling ill from this disease that the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) allowed to spread around the world underscores how close the CCP threat has come to cutting out the heart of our nation .
The Trump administration has already taken an unprecedented level of action against the CCP , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of waking up to the threat and defending our country from further damage .
There is still a lack of understanding that this is a life and death fight to save humanity .
During the 71 years of its rule , the CCP has always seen the United States as its No .
1 enemy .
To the regime in Beijing , the very idea of freedom is an existential threat .
Because of this , it has built its economy and policies with a goal of beating America , at any cost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used .
During the 1950s , the CCP pushed a movement called The Great Leap Forward .
Its real aim was to try to catch up with the United States within 10 years , and its mad dash to do so resulted in a great famine that cost at least 30 million lives .
This disaster , however , never changed the CCP ’ s determination to compete with and beat the United States .
The CCP recruited U.S.-educated Chinese scientists to develop nuclear weapons .
In recent decades , despite huge investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transfer of wealth and technology , the CCP ’ s goal has remained unchanged : to defeat the United States .
The CCP has long known that a strong America will ultimately result in the end of the Party .
Communist ideology , at its heart , is against humanity , and the example of America ’ s principles and the idea of freedom would result in its demise .
This is why any engagement , any negotiation , or any other kind of agreement with the Chinese communist regime will fail .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the devil , so to speak , nor should you acknowledge it as a normal entity .
America is strong because we are blessed .
We are blessed because we are bestowed with great responsibility .
We are at a historical moment where we either give in to the communists and let this cancer of communism take over the world , leading freedom and moral decency to perish , or we fight the communists and save the world .
One thing is clear : The Chinese people are ready for a country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published the series “ Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party ” in 2004 , more than 350 million Chinese people have been inspired to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliates .
The Chinese people will forever be grateful if America ends the CCP soon .
While the Trump administration has taken a strong stance against Chinese infiltration , it ’ s not clear yet that ending the CCP should be the No .
1 goal .
Just about all the problems we have internally or internationally are caused by the CCP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CCP is really life-threatening—and more vicious and sly than the Soviet Union ever was .
Trump has an opportunity to become to China what President Ronald Reagan was to the Soviet Union .
The regime ’ s strategy is to create a state of crisis by replicating the purges and policies of Mao Zedong , using them to tighten its grip over the nation , and , with its chokehold on China secured and unbreakable , to rise out from the crisis .
The Trump administration and the leadership of many other countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but these focus on ending the Party ’ s unfair practices and protecting the interests of each respective country .
While these are heavy blows to the CCP , they ’ re not strong enough to topple it and , in the greater scheme of things , act as merely an inconvenience to the regime ’ s strategies , which work on decades-long programs .
The trade war and other policies ultimately act as merely a speed bump on the regime ’ s long road toward achieving its goal to overtake the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ending the CCP will result in only a short-term solution to a long-term problem , deferring the crisis now facing the world to future generations , at a time when the CCP may not be in as weakened a state as it is now .
The United States ’ policy on China should recognize that the communist state is a murderous totalitarian regime with the blood of tens of millions of Chinese people on its hands .
It ’ s a regime that commits every atrocity the free world has always claimed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to export this style of rule to every corner of the globe .
Mr. Trump , tear down this regime and secure the future of freedom not just for the United States , but for the Chinese people and the entire free world as well .
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Diana Zhang , Ph.D. , is a staff writer with 20 years ’ experience in the study of China .
Based in the United States , she uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members in China .
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With the power of an open truth-seeking mind in hand , the individual can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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(Diana Zhang) Ending the CCP should be the No. 1 goal
Related Exposing The BLACKMAIL/LEVERAGE Of The CCP?
Source – The Epoch Times
by Diana Zhang, October, 2nd, 2020
May President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump speedily recover from the CCP virus. Their contracting it is a reminder to us all.
Their falling ill from this disease that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allowed to spread around the world underscores how close the CCP threat has come to cutting out the heart of our nation.
The Trump administration has already taken an unprecedented level of action against the CCP, but this has been at the level of waking up to the threat and defending our country from further damage. There is still a lack of understanding that this is a life and death fight to save humanity.
During the 71 years of its rule, the CCP has always seen the United States as its No. 1 enemy. To the regime in Beijing, the very idea of freedom is an existential threat. Because of this, it has built its economy and policies with a goal of beating America, at any cost and with no limit on the methods used.
During the 1950s, the CCP pushed a movement called The Great Leap Forward. Its real aim was to try to catch up with the United States within 10 years, and its mad dash to do so resulted in a great famine that cost at least 30 million lives.
This disaster, however, never changed the CCP’s determination to compete with and beat the United States. The CCP recruited U.S.-educated Chinese scientists to develop nuclear weapons. In recent decades, despite huge investment from the United States and the great transfer of wealth and technology, the CCP’s goal has remained unchanged: to defeat the United States.
The CCP has long known that a strong America will ultimately result in the end of the Party. Communist ideology, at its heart, is against humanity, and the example of America’s principles and the idea of freedom would result in its demise.
This is why any engagement, any negotiation, or any other kind of agreement with the Chinese communist regime will fail. You can’t put your trust in the devil, so to speak, nor should you acknowledge it as a normal entity.
America is strong because we are blessed. We are blessed because we are bestowed with great responsibility. We are at a historical moment where we either give in to the communists and let this cancer of communism take over the world, leading freedom and moral decency to perish, or we fight the communists and save the world.
One thing is clear: The Chinese people are ready for a country without communism. Since The Epoch Times published the series “Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party” in 2004, more than 350 million Chinese people have been inspired to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliates. The Chinese people will forever be grateful if America ends the CCP soon.
While the Trump administration has taken a strong stance against Chinese infiltration, it’s not clear yet that ending the CCP should be the No. 1 goal. Just about all the problems we have internally or internationally are caused by the CCP. Not enough people realize that the CCP is really life-threatening—and more vicious and sly than the Soviet Union ever was.
Trump has an opportunity to become to China what President Ronald Reagan was to the Soviet Union.
The regime’s strategy is to create a state of crisis by replicating the purges and policies of Mao Zedong, using them to tighten its grip over the nation, and, with its chokehold on China secured and unbreakable, to rise out from the crisis.
The Trump administration and the leadership of many other countries have taken stronger stances against the CCP, but these focus on ending the Party’s unfair practices and protecting the interests of each respective country. While these are heavy blows to the CCP, they’re not strong enough to topple it and, in the greater scheme of things, act as merely an inconvenience to the regime’s strategies, which work on decades-long programs.
The trade war and other policies ultimately act as merely a speed bump on the regime’s long road toward achieving its goal to overtake the United States. Any policy short of ending the CCP will result in only a short-term solution to a long-term problem, deferring the crisis now facing the world to future generations, at a time when the CCP may not be in as weakened a state as it is now.
The United States’ policy on China should recognize that the communist state is a murderous totalitarian regime with the blood of tens of millions of Chinese people on its hands. It’s a regime that commits every atrocity the free world has always claimed to oppose. And its publicly stated goal is to export this style of rule to every corner of the globe.
Mr. Trump, tear down this regime and secure the future of freedom not just for the United States, but for the Chinese people and the entire free world as well.
About The Author
Diana Zhang
Diana Zhang, Ph.D., is a staff writer with 20 years’ experience in the study of China. Based in the United States, she uses a pen name to protect her family members in China.
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The news is important to all people because it is where we come to know new things about the world, which leads to the development of more life goals that lead to life wisdom. The news also serves as a social connection tool, as we tend to relate to those who know about and believe the things we do. With the power of an open truth-seeking mind in hand, the individual can grow wise and the collective can prosper.
– Justin
Not sure how to make sense of this? Want to learn how to discern like a pro? Read this essential guide to discernment, analysis of claims, and understanding the truth in a world of deception: 4 Key Steps of Discernment – Advanced Truth-Seeking Tools.
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stillnessinthestorm--2020-10-04--2019 Who Review of Mask Studies Found ‘no Evidence’ They Stopped Transmission of Flu

( Daniel Payne ) Whether or not the ostensible ineffectiveness of face masks in stopping influenza can be extrapolated to COVID-19 is currently unknown .
2019 World Health Organization review of numerous studies testing the efficacy of face coverings to stop the transmission of influenza found “ no evidence that [ wearing a mask ] is effective in reducing transmission ” of the virus .
The organization has further discouraged individuals from using cloth masks to cover their faces during pandemics , though at times that advice has appeared to shift .
The 2019 review was part of a larger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza.
” That paper effected a “ systematic review of the evidence on the effectiveness of [ non-pharmaceutical interventions ] , including personal protective measures , environmental measures , social distancing measures and travel-related measures.
” Among the measures the study reviewed were hand-washing , quarantine protocols , school closures , “ respiratory etiquette ” and face masks .
The document reviews 10 separate randomized , controlled trials examining the effectiveness of face masks in stopping flu transmission .
There was “ no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reducing transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza ” found in that survey .
Of the surveyed studies , just two found any reduction at all in the rate of influenza-like illnesses among participants ; in one , the reduction occurred over a two-week period during a five-month study , while reductions in another “ were not statistically significant.
” The review ’ s authors note that “ the majority of these studies were conducted in households in which at least one person was infected , and exposure levels might be relatively higher.
” Therefore , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the general community would be valuable.
” Though the organization conceded little evidence for the effectiveness of face masks , in an overview of the paper they nevertheless “ conditionally ” recommend them for the broader public in the case of “ severe epidemics or pandemics.
” “ Although there is no evidence that this is effective in reducing transmission , there is mechanistic plausibility for the potential effectiveness of this measure , ” the overview reads .
WHO gives shifting advice on cloth masks The World Health Organization made headlines over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begin recommending that individuals wear face coverings in certain situations such as public transport and other crowded public venues .
In June , the organization cited “ a growing compendium of observational evidence on the use of masks by the general public ” as its reason for shifting its advice , though the organization still conceded that there is “ no direct evidence ( from studies on COVID- 19 and in healthy people in the community ) on the effectiveness of universal masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guidance , along with a growing push for more and more individuals to wear masks while out in public , has over the past several months led to widespread mask mandates in countries across the world .
Many individuals have taken to wearing cloth masks either as a personal choice or to comply with local mandates .
Many of those masks have been homemade , though booming corporate and cottage industries in cloth mask manufacturing have arisen over the last several months .
Yet the World Health Organization itself gives shifting advice on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review it stated bluntly : “ Reusable cloth face masks are not recommended.
” In its guidance over the summer , however , it gave detailed technical standards by which individuals might fabricate their own cloth face coverings .
Yet in that document it also stated that the “ limited available evidence ” in favor of cloth masks made them inadvisable for health care workers .
On its website , meanwhile , the WHO states that it “ does not recommend [ the ] widespread use [ of cloth face masks ] among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet in the same paragraph it argues that governments should “ encourage the general public to use non-medical fabric masks ” in “ areas of widespread transmission , with limited capacity for implementing control measures and especially in settings where physical distancing of at least 1 metre is not possible.
” The WHO did not answer queries from Just the News regarding its recommendation to wear face masks .
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On Sale Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way Though the WHO ’ s literature review of mask effectiveness took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic , its findings could offer important implications for mask usage as applied to the current viral crisis .
Experts assert that COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from infected individuals .
Masks , including cloth face masks , are meant to stop those droplets from spreading to other individuals and to surfaces .
Yet influenza spreads the same way , according to medical experts .
“ Most experts think that flu viruses spread mainly by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sneeze or talk , ” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says on its website .
Whether or not the ostensible ineffectiveness of face masks in stopping influenza can be extrapolated to COVID-19 is currently unknown .
Many U.S. states months ago mandated that citizens wear masks while out in public , yet many of those same states — such as Michigan , California , Washington and others —have seen sustained or increasing infection rates since the mandates went into effect .
Daniel Payne is a writer and editor based in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia Commonwealth University , where he was an English major .
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(Daniel Payne) Whether or not the ostensible ineffectiveness of face masks in stopping influenza can be extrapolated to COVID-19 is currently unknown.
Related Hot Mic Moment: Lawmakers Admit Masks Are All “Political Theater”
Source – Just The News
by Daniel Payne, October, 4th, 2020
2019 World Health Organization review of numerous studies testing the efficacy of face coverings to stop the transmission of influenza found “no evidence that [wearing a mask] is effective in reducing transmission” of the virus. The organization has further discouraged individuals from using cloth masks to cover their faces during pandemics, though at times that advice has appeared to shift.
The 2019 review was part of a larger study examining “non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza.” That paper effected a “systematic review of the evidence on the effectiveness of [non-pharmaceutical interventions], including personal protective measures, environmental measures, social distancing measures and travel-related measures.”
Among the measures the study reviewed were hand-washing, quarantine protocols, school closures, “respiratory etiquette” and face masks.
The document reviews 10 separate randomized, controlled trials examining the effectiveness of face masks in stopping flu transmission. There was “no evidence that face masks are effective in reducing transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza” found in that survey.
Of the surveyed studies, just two found any reduction at all in the rate of influenza-like illnesses among participants; in one, the reduction occurred over a two-week period during a five-month study, while reductions in another “were not statistically significant.”
The review’s authors note that “the majority of these studies were conducted in households in which at least one person was infected, and exposure levels might be relatively higher.” Therefore, “additional studies of face mask use in the general community would be valuable.”
Though the organization conceded little evidence for the effectiveness of face masks, in an overview of the paper they nevertheless “conditionally” recommend them for the broader public in the case of “severe epidemics or pandemics.”
“Although there is no evidence that this is effective in reducing transmission, there is mechanistic plausibility for the potential effectiveness of this measure,” the overview reads.
WHO gives shifting advice on cloth masks
The World Health Organization made headlines over the summer when it advised governments to begin recommending that individuals wear face coverings in certain situations such as public transport and other crowded public venues.
In June, the organization cited “a growing compendium of observational evidence on the use of masks by the general public” as its reason for shifting its advice, though the organization still conceded that there is “no direct evidence (from studies on COVID- 19 and in healthy people in the community) on the effectiveness of universal masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.”
That guidance, along with a growing push for more and more individuals to wear masks while out in public, has over the past several months led to widespread mask mandates in countries across the world. Many individuals have taken to wearing cloth masks either as a personal choice or to comply with local mandates.
Many of those masks have been homemade, though booming corporate and cottage industries in cloth mask manufacturing have arisen over the last several months.
Yet the World Health Organization itself gives shifting advice on cloth masks. In its 2019 literature review it stated bluntly: “Reusable cloth face masks are not recommended.” In its guidance over the summer, however, it gave detailed technical standards by which individuals might fabricate their own cloth face coverings. Yet in that document it also stated that the “limited available evidence” in favor of cloth masks made them inadvisable for health care workers.
On its website, meanwhile, the WHO states that it “does not recommend [the] widespread use [of cloth face masks] among the public for control of COVID-19.” Yet in the same paragraph it argues that governments should “encourage the general public to use non-medical fabric masks” in “areas of widespread transmission, with limited capacity for implementing control measures and especially in settings where physical distancing of at least 1 metre is not possible.”
The WHO did not answer queries from Just the News regarding its recommendation to wear face masks.
COVID and influenza spread the same way
Though the WHO’s literature review of mask effectiveness took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, its findings could offer important implications for mask usage as applied to the current viral crisis.
Experts assert that COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from infected individuals. Masks, including cloth face masks, are meant to stop those droplets from spreading to other individuals and to surfaces.
Yet influenza spreads the same way, according to medical experts. “Most experts think that flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says on its website.
Whether or not the ostensible ineffectiveness of face masks in stopping influenza can be extrapolated to COVID-19 is currently unknown. Many U.S. states months ago mandated that citizens wear masks while out in public, yet many of those same states — such as Michigan, California, Washington and others —have seen sustained or increasing infection rates since the mandates went into effect.
About The Author
Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne is a writer and editor based in Virginia. He graduated with honors from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was an English major. He is an assistant editor at The College Fix, a daily news website that trains young college students in the craft of journalism.
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