Theodore and Barbara Bosen: We have a pandemic of ignorance in our society

Steve Enman’s opinion piece in the May 27 Sun is replete with falsehoods. He falsely stated that Dr. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had contradicted himself in the early stages of the pandemic last spring by first stating that masks were not necessary to avoid COVID-19 infection. In fact, old science on coronavirus spread, which is what he first relied upon, suggested that the virus was of a size that could penetrate all but an N-95 mask, thus that masks would not be effective, and that the N-95s were in short supply and needed by hospital workers to protect them while treating infected patients.

As more study on this virus was conducted, Fauci then shared those results, which indicated that this virus was spread largely by nasal droplets which most masks actually stopped, and so his recommendations changed to wearing any available cloth mask. That’s called evolving science, not contradiction. In fact, every single scientific study in the world performed on masking and social distancing demonstrated them to be effective against this particular virus. As a result, these protocols were further emphasized. Enman warned that even fully vaccinated people were contracting the virus. He failed to mention that the CDC reported that number as less than one out of every 3,000 vaccinated people after 30 million U.S. vaccinations, proving that the vaccines are even more effective than previously predicted.