On 24 Feb 22  19:33:57, Mark Hofmann said the following to Nick Andre:

NA> If he's not in his basement, he's in that fake-whitehouse set or awaiting
NA> the
NA> cue cards from his handlers.
MH> 
MH> And the smelling salts they put on his mask to keep him from falling asleep
MH> the podium.  That is the real reason they still insist he wears the stupid
MH> useless mask.

I don't think its so much the salts as it is, dementia patients typically need
to rely on "familiar things" and when those things are taken away or changed, 
their behavior becomes unpredictable and erratic.

Nick

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