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back in the halcyon days of 2019, before the great politicization of epidemiology turned up into down and down into sideways, the WHO performed a survey of randomized, controlled trials on masks
1100 citations were winnowed to the 10 best for review.
masks looked ineffective.
1100 citations were winnowed to the 10 best for review.
masks looked ineffective.
of the top 9, only 2 showed any significant efficacy and of those 2, one was not statistically significant and the other only worked as a subset analysis from weeks 4-6 but did not work overall.
one was abandoned as being too imprecise.
read it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-bQve-xvNnXBpyASzTfSKW4SLzYHz1_p/view
one was abandoned as being too imprecise.
read it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-bQve-xvNnXBpyASzTfSKW4SLzYHz1_p/view
they do not even work as source protection.
the best evidence i have found shows that they make source infection worse even when N95s are used by trained surgeons.
now imagine a cloth mask on a 5 year old in a classroom. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1286658667388063747?s=20
the best evidence i have found shows that they make source infection worse even when N95s are used by trained surgeons.
now imagine a cloth mask on a 5 year old in a classroom. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1286658667388063747?s=20
and yet masks are being pushed aggressively and with iron bar certainty by faux virologists claiming to be "on the side of science"
the reality is that masks are just the low energy political pathway.
they let you "re-open" while still "doing something."
the reality is that masks are just the low energy political pathway.
they let you "re-open" while still "doing something."
but the "something" is really "nothing" at best and more likely significant harm not just virologically, but also bacterially and by lowering blood O2 and by inciting fear.
seeing masks causes people to feel scared. it's one more tangible symbol of non-normality.
seeing masks causes people to feel scared. it's one more tangible symbol of non-normality.
fear and stress = higher cortisol levels = immuno-suppression.
fear and stress also mean less mental well being, more suicide, drug OD's, and mental health issue and deaths.
it means scared children being treated like chemical weapons terrorists.
fear and stress also mean less mental well being, more suicide, drug OD's, and mental health issue and deaths.
it means scared children being treated like chemical weapons terrorists.
this is not some victimless "no big deal, just wear it" situation.
the moral high ground is not on the side of forcing performance art on a society to make a few people feel better.
apply that logic to forcing women to be veiled.
the 2 have about the same scientific grounding.
the moral high ground is not on the side of forcing performance art on a society to make a few people feel better.
apply that logic to forcing women to be veiled.
the 2 have about the same scientific grounding.
masks for the general populace were and remain a political policy, not a medical one.
you can see it clearly in places like germany where widespread masking is having zero effect on rhinovirus season.
it's being imposed to as social control, not viral. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1305124181714046976?s=20
you can see it clearly in places like germany where widespread masking is having zero effect on rhinovirus season.
it's being imposed to as social control, not viral. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1305124181714046976?s=20
thanks to @plaforscience for retrieving that study from the "memory hole" and passing it along.
