Digi-Debates 25 July 2020. The Face Mask Debate. David Kyle Johnson vs Denis Rancourt
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Digi-Debates 25 July 2020. The Face Mask Debate. David Kyle Johnson vs Denis Rancourt
The funnest debate I ever did
Professor David Kyle Johnson was very critical of my article "Masks Don`t Work" (censored), so we agreed to have a live video debate.
Both sides brought their best arguments. This was the result.
See more in the Videos section of my website.
Kyle over and over argued that it didn't make any difference if masks were harmful. All we cared about was effectiveness. And if they prevented Covid -- well that was good enough for him, and, therefore should be good enough for all of us.
But why do we want to prevent Covid? Isn't it to save us from harm? So if we kill ourselves to prevent dying from Covid--surely that is not an optimal solution?
Denis. I am impressed by your stance during the debate. I am sure I would not be able to maintain a calm voice in the same situation, against an allegedly expert in logic, shouting at me complete illogical arguments:
- Kyle assumes that masks work, because they filter stuff.
- You show that, no. They don't work in the real world. And offer plausible arguments why is that. But this is just something you do because you are a nice person. You don't really have to.
- Kyle says: but they do work. They filter stuff. I have proved it to you (tip: no, he hasn't).
And so on and so on.
It is a pity that the format of the event did not gave you the opportunity to properly refute his example of your misrepresentation of the SARS related study. That was your only weak point during the debate, as far as I am concerned.
Also, I fear that this video has not aged well for poor Kyle.