Tracey Beth Hoeg

Here's how the CDC tried to use bad science to convince people to wear masks during COVID

As we near June 2026, it’s disturbingly apparent from social media and the real world that there are still a ridiculous number of people who are religiously masking in public. One such post on X received an inordinate amount of attention as one man bragged about masking at the British Museum in London to keep himself healthy and avoid losing points of IQ.Seriously. As if someone wearing a mask halfway through 2026 has IQ points left to lose.