Here is Ted Cruz making an ass of himself:
There are so many problems with what he says there that I won't attempt to get to them all. But here are a few observations:
The CDC has not said the vaccines don't work anymore. The CDC says that people who DO get infected in spite of being vaccinated can have a high viral load meaning that they might be able to transmit the disease. It is still the case that CDC says you are less likely to be infected if you are vaccinated. Here is a statement from the CDC page at
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... nated.html:
Infections happen in only a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated, even with the Delta variant.
But they recommend that you wear a mask because if you DO become infected you may be able to spread the disease. That is totally responsible recommendation.
Cruz mentions Fauci. Again: Fauci changed his position on masks when it was determined that asymptomatic people can spread the disease. He ALWAYS said that the purpose of wearing a mask is to prevent people who are infected to spread the disease to others. His position was that a mask is of limited value in protecting YOU from getting the disease from someone else. And that is the truth. When it became clear that COVID-19 was being spread by asymptomatic people, he changed his position on masks because of the need TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INFECTED NOT SPREAD THE DISEASE TO OTHERS. I don't know why people can't get that.
The CDC is not being political. It is the foremost entity with respect to expertise on addressing stuff like this in the world. It is looking at data in the context of massive uncertainty and making the best possible recommendations it can make. And we would be a lot better off right now if we just listened to the CDC and ignored stuff coming from people like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and all the nut jobs on the internet claiming that health agencies are involved in some kind of conspiracy.
This is another illustration of why the Republican Party in the United States has become a danger to this country. These people are just totally dishonest. Totally disingenuous. And they are being totally dishonest and totally disingenuous in ways that harm this country. It's bad.