In a lengthy Instagram post Sunday night, three-time Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings laid out her opposition to wearing face masks as it takes away individual rights and discussed her “little exercise in being brave” of going shopping without wearing one. Walsh Jennings, who is hoping to represent the U.S. again at…
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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…
The Times reports “‘Dangerous’ to think masks will stop virus”
The epidemiologist in charge of Sweden’s coronavirus response has dismissed the scientific evidence for mask-wearing as “astonishingly weak” and suggested that making face coverings mandatory could backfire. Anders Tegnell, the face of his country’s distinctive light-touch approach to Covid-19, said it was “very dangerous” to believe that facemasks on their own could control the spread…
CBS reports “Biden and Harris call for three-month nationwide mask mandate”
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are calling for a three-month nationwide mask mandate to limit the spread of coronavirus. “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months, at a minimum. Every governor should mandate mandatory mask-wearing,” Biden said, suggesting that widespread mask use could save 40,000 lives over…
MSOM reports “Unmasking the Masks Agenda”
MSOM SPECIAL REPORT SR2: Unmasking the Masks Agenda
Fortune reports “Sweden’s top virologist has a message on how to defeat coronavirus: Open schools and no masks”
The coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the worlds deadliest. But in the past six weeks, Sweden has seen a remarkable turnaround, convincing health officials that its light-touch approach is working. By a per-capita basis, the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the world’s deadliest—worse than the United States, France, or…
DailyMail reports “The land with no face masks: Holland’s top scientists say there’s no solid evidence coverings work and warn they could even damage the fight against Covid-19”
For while 120 countries in the world, including much of Europe, have ordered citizens to wear masks in public places to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Dutch are doing things differently. The nation’s top scientists, having examined key data and research, have declared there is no firm evidence to back the use of face coverings….
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…
NY Post report “New Jersey driver crashes car after passing out from wearing N95 mask”
“The LPPD responded to a lone occupant single car motor vehicle crash yesterday. The crash is believed to have resulted from the driver wearing an N95 mask for several hours and subsequently passing out behind the wheel due to insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake,” the cops wrote. https://nypost.com/2020/04/24/driver-crashes-car-after-passing-out-from-wearing-n95-mask/
Fox News reports “Ingraham: What they’re not telling you”
We must move beyond the hyperbole and focus on what the latest science tells us. #FoxNews #IngrahamAngle