The COVID-19 conversation should have begun with minimum viable particle size under pressure, which for SARS-CoV-2-size particulates is .06 microns. This particle is under 0.3 microns, placing it firmly within the radically behaving particulate range. A single particle cluster can be composed of multiple virions and still fall well under that threshold. Furthermore, current research…
Tag: Mask Mandates
AIER reports: “Masking Children: Tragic, Unscientific, and Damaging”‘
Summary: Children do not readily acquire SARS-CoV-2 (very low risk), spread it to other children or teachers, or endanger parents or others at home. This is the settled science. In the rare cases where a child contracts Covid virus it is very unusual for the child to get severely ill or die. Masking can do positive…
City Journal reports “Do We Need Mask Mandates?”
The science suggests that more states should consider rescinding them. Joe Biden has counted on face masks to control the Covid-19 pandemic. On his first day in office, the president issued an executive order requiring masks on federal property and called for their widespread use for 100 days. More recently, the Centers for Disease Control…
Organic Consumers Association reports “The Vaccine Passport Dilemma: How the Vaccine Passport Exacerbates Existing Inequalities In Society”
During the pandemic, the government public health institutions promised us solutions that failed to meet expectations. Based on faulty Imperial College models, we were promised lockdowns as a short-term solution that would contain the pandemic.We were promised that mask mandates would stop COVID-19 despite their ambiguous evidence for efficacy and the later evidence that showed less than promised benefits. Now we are…
Mercola reports “Mindless Mask Mandates Likely Do More Harm Than Good”
In breathless tones, NBC News recently reported1 the existence of a business where mask wearing isn’t enforced. In the Naples, Florida, grocery store, hardly anyone wears a mask. The store’s owner, who the news station claimed “is known for his conservative and often controversial viewpoints,” told a reporter he’s never worn a mask in his life…
FEE reports “New Danish Study Finds Masks Don’t Protect Wearers From COVID Infection”
A newly released study in the academic journal Annals of Internal Medicine casts more doubt on policies that force healthy individuals to wear face coverings. Few issues are more contentious in modern American life than mandatory mask orders. And the debate is about to get even more heated. A newly released study in the academic journal Annals of…
Fort Fairfield Journal reports “Maine’s Rise in COVID-19 Cases Linked to Face Masks”
The Data Shows Prolonged Face Mask Use Increases Risk of Catching Respiratory Illness The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Maine could be linked to the prolonged use of face masks by the general public. Scientific data collected in randomized controlled trials over the past sixty years has shown consistently that the use of face masks…
Dr. Jim Meehan reports “An Evidence Based Scientific Analysis of Why Masks are Ineffective, Unnecessary, and Harmful”
Jim Meehan, MD is an ophthalmologist and preventive medicine specialist with over 20 years of experience and advanced training in immunology, inflammation, and infectious disease. He has performed well over 10,000 surgical procedures. His research experience includes investigating associations between military vaccinations and Gulf War Syndrome. Dr. Meehan is also trained in internal medicine, addiction…
CEMB reports “Masking lack of evidence with politics”
The increasing polarised and politicised views 1 on whether to wear masks in public during the current COVID-19 crisis hides a bitter truth on the state of contemporary research and the value we pose on clinical evidence to guide our decisions. What do scientists do in the face of uncertainty on the value of global interventions? Usually, they…
Pubmed study: “Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery”
This study was undertaken to evaluate whether the surgeons’ oxygen saturation of hemoglobin was affected by the surgical mask or not during major operations. Our study revealed a decrease in the oxygen saturation of arterial pulsations (SpO2) and a slight increase in pulse rates compared to preoperative values in all surgeon groups. The decrease was…