Are face masks effective? Dangerous?

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Blaylock: Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy


POSTED BY: RUSSELL BLAYLOCK, MD MAY 11, 2020


Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.

As businesses reopen, many are requiring shoppers and employees to wear a face mask. Costco, for instance, will not allow shoppers into the store without wearing a face mask. Many employers are requiring all employees to wear a face mask while at work. In some jurisdictions, all citizens must wear a face mask if they are outside of their own home. ⁃ TN Editor



With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection. One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks, either a surgical-type mask, bandana or N95 respirator mask. When this pandemic began and we knew little about the virus itself or its epidemiologic behavior, it was assumed that it would behave, in terms of spread among communities, like other respiratory viruses. Little has presented itself after intense study of this virus and its behavior to change this perception.



This is somewhat of an unusual virus in that for the vast majority of people infected by the virus, one experiences either no illness (asymptomatic) or very little sickness. Only a very small number of people are at risk of a potentially serious outcome from the infection—mainly those with underlying serious medical conditions in conjunction with advanced age and frailty, those with immune compromising conditions and nursing home patients near the end of their lives. There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate in these select individuals.



By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.



Russell Blaylock, MD

As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies were analyzed, concluded that, “ None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”1 Keep in mind, no studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.





It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.



Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask for prevention, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia, all the way to serious life-threatening complications.



There is a difference between the N95 respirator mask and the surgical mask (cloth or paper mask) in terms of side effects. The N95 mask, which filters out 95% of particles with a median diameter >0.3 µm2 , because it impairs respiratory exchange (breathing) to a greater degree than a soft mask, and is more often associated with headaches. In one such study, researchers surveyed 212 healthcare workers (47 males and 165 females) asking about presence of headaches with N95 mask use, duration of the headaches, type of headaches and if the person had preexisting headaches.2



They found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death.



A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask.3 Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance.



Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung.



While most agree that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia and hypercapnia, another study of surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons using an oximeter. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries.4 The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels (pa02) significantly. The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels.



The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. . This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome.5,6,7



People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers.8,9 Repeated episodes of hypoxia has been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases.10



There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.



It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain.11,12 In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.13



It is evident from this review that there is insufficient evidence that wearing a mask of any kind can have a significant impact in preventing the spread of this virus. The fact that this virus is a relatively benign infection for the vast majority of the population and that most of the at-risk group also survive, from an infectious disease and epidemiological standpoint, by letting the virus spread through the healthier population we will reach a herd immunity level rather quickly that will end this pandemic quickly and prevent a return next winter. During this time, we need to protect the at-risk population by avoiding close contact, boosting their immunity with compounds that boost cellular immunity and in general, care for them.



One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, as these studies suggest that is the wise choice to make.



References



bin-Reza F et al. The use of mask and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: A systematic review of the scientific evidence. Resp Viruses 2012;6(4):257-67.

Zhu JH et al. Effects of long-duration wearing of N95 respirator and surgical facemask: a pilot study. J Lung Pulm Resp Res 2014:4:97-100.

Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877.

Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.

Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376.

Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84.

Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355.

Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15.

Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208.

Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297.

Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998.

Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity, In press.

Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.


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Face Mask Fraud -- Thinker2

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Operation Disclosure | By Thinker2, Contributor June 27, 2020

June 27, 2020



I received this email and wanted to share it:



For all you mask wearers (especially those of you who think wearing it outside is NOT stupid. I know I’m about to burst your “google doctor degree” bubble, but here goes nothing.



So Masks?

I am OSHA 10&30 certified. I know some of you are too. I don’t really know WHY OSHA hasn’t come forward and stopped the nonsense BUT I want to cover 3 things

N95 masks and masks with exhale ports

surgical masks

filter or cloth masks


Okay, so upon further inspection, OSHA says some masks are okay and not okay in certain situations.

If you’re working with fumes and aerosol chemicals and you give your employees the wrong masks and they get sick, you can be sued.


N95 masks: are designed for CONTAMINATED environments. That means when you exhale through N95 the design is that you are exhaling into contamination. The exhale from N95 masks are vented to breath straight out without filtration. They don’t filter the air on the way out. They don’t need to


Conclusion: if you’re in Target and the guy with Covid has a N95 mask, his covid breath is unfiltered being exhaled into Target (because it was designed for already contaminated environments, it’s not filtering your air on the way out).


Surgical Mask: these masks were designed and approved for STERILE environments. The amount of particles and contaminants in the outside and indoor environments where people are CLOGGING these masks very, VERY quickly. The moisture from your breath combined with the clogged mask will render it “useless” IF you come in contact with Covid and your mask traps it, YOU become a walking virus dispenser. Everytime you put your mask on you are breathing the germs from EVERYWHERE you went. They should be changed or thrown out every “20-30 minutes in a non sterile environment.”


Cloth masks: I can’t even believe I’m having to explain this, but here it goes. Today, three people pointed to their masks as they walked by me entering Lowe’s. They said “ya gotta wear your mask BRO” I said very clearly “those masks don’t work bro, in fact they MAKE you sicker” they “pshh’d” me. By now hopefully you all know CLOTH masks do not filter anything. You mean the American flag one my aunt made? Yes. The one with sunflowers that looks so cute? Yes. The bandanna, the cut up t-shirt, the scarf ALL of them offer NO FILTERING whatsoever. As you exhale, you are ridding your lungs of contaminants and carbon dioxide. Cloth masks trap this carbon dioxide the best. It actually risks your health, rather than protect it. The moisture caught in these masks can become mildew ridden over night. Dry coughing, enhanced allergies, sore throat are all symptoms of a micro-mold in your mask.


Ultimate Answer:

N95 blows the virus into the air from a contaminated person.


*The surgical mask is not designed for the outside world and will not filter the virus upon inhaling through it. It’s filtration works on the exhale, (Like a vacuum bag, it only works one way) but likely stops after 20 minutes, rendering it useless outside of a STERILE ENVIRONMENT (correct Becky, they don’t work in a bar, not even a little bit).


Cloth masks are WORSE than none. It’s equivalent to using a chain link fence to stop mosquitos.


The CDC wants us to keep wearing masks. The masks don’t work. They’re being used to provide false comfort and push forward a specific agenda. For the love of God, research each mask’s designed use and purpose, I bet you will find NONE are used in the way of “viral defense.”


Just like EVERY Flu season kids, wash your hands. Sanitize your hands. Don’t touch stuff. Sanitize your phone. Don’t touch people. And keep your distance. Why? Because your breath stinks, your deodorant is failing, your shoes are old and stink, that shirts not clean, & I like my space. Trust me I can hear you from here. Lots of reasons to keep your distance and work on body hygiene. But trust me, the masks do not work.


Occupational Safety & Hazard Association sited.

The top American organization for safety.

They regulate and educate asbestos workers, surgical rooms, you name it.

I know; facts suck. They throw a wrench into the perfectly (seeming) packaged pill you are willingly swallowing. Facts make you have to form your OWN OPINION, instead of regurgitating someone else’s, and I know how uncomfortable that makes a lot of you. If your mask gives you security, by all means wear it. Just know it is a false sense of security and you shouldn’t shame anyone into partaking in such “conspiracies.”



If select politicians stopped enforcing it, no one would continue this nonsense. Don’t drink the kool-aid.



Author: Timothy Damron



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Do you really want to wear a mask?



Kenny Larson - If You Get Headaches Wearing A Mask.










If you must ware a mask, wear one that won’t kill you.







I assume she does the laundry.







POTUS has said masks are voluntary

OSHA has said masks are voluntary

Anthony Fauci has said masks are voluntary

Governor has said masks are voluntary



Five Governors are under investigation for deaths in Nursing Homes.



40% of all COVID deaths occurred in Nursing Homes. Nursing Homes are only 0.6% of the population. These deaths likely occurred because of “Orders” to put COVID positive patients into Nursing Homes. 70% of Pennsylvania COVID deaths occurred in Nursing Homes. The CDC advised Nursing Homes not to take COVID patients if the Home was not equipped to care for the COVID patients properly, but some Governor’s Orders forbid Nursing Homes from testing for COVID.



Rachel is the Health Care Secretary for Pennsylvania







If you are having trouble with the math; this is how people in power commit Genocide. They get Order Takers (Police / Staff) to do the job for them (I’m just doing my job) way of thinking. If the Order Taker does not do the job, they are fired. If they do the job, they are murders. Typically the Order Taker is under the delusion he will be found harmless for following ORDERS. His employer may find him blameless, but a Jury will find him guilty. This conundrum is beyond the ability of most Order Takers to solve.



Why are people like Richard / Rachel incapable of accepting “what is” (reality), and allowed to be responsible for others? (It fits with the psychopathic / satanic agenda.) Most people who make these life changes become less happy as a result of their choice. Unhappy people should not be making life decisions for others. Changing your sex is satanic behavior (contradicting the Creator). “Crazy people have no idea they are crazy.” – Thinker2


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Masks Don't Work: A review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy

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CONFIRMED! The Absolute SCIENCE Behind MASKS And The PROOF THAT THEY DON’T WORK with Denis Rancourt!

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THE TRUTH ABOUT MASK HYSTERIA

Via The New England Journal of Medicine – May 21



“We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.”


Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era

List of authors.

Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H., Charles A. Morris, M.D., M.P.H., Julia Sinclair, M.B.A., Madelyn Pearson, D.N.P., R.N., and Erica S. Shenoy, M.D., Ph.D.

Article

Metrics



5 References

24 Citing Articles

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As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to explode, hospital systems are scrambling to intensify their measures for protecting patients and health care workers from the virus. An increasing number of frontline providers are wondering whether this effort should include universal use of masks by all health care workers. Universal masking is already standard practice in Hong Kong, Singapore, and other parts of Asia and has recently been adopted by a handful of U.S. hospitals.



We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.


The calculus may be different, however, in health care settings. First and foremost, a mask is a core component of the personal protective equipment (PPE) clinicians need when caring for symptomatic patients with respiratory viral infections, in conjunction with gown, gloves, and eye protection. Masking in this context is already part of routine operations for most hospitals. What is less clear is whether a mask offers any further protection in health care settings in which the wearer has no direct interactions with symptomatic patients. There are two scenarios in which there may be possible benefits.



The first is during the care of a patient with unrecognized Covid-19. A mask alone in this setting will reduce risk only slightly, however, since it does not provide protection from droplets that may enter the eyes or from fomites on the patient or in the environment that providers may pick up on their hands and carry to their mucous membranes (particularly given the concern that mask wearers may have an increased tendency to touch their faces).


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The COVID-19 BS: Even MORE Exposure Of Face Mask Stupidity - People, Take Off Your Masks Before You Really Make Yourselves Sick!


Well, I am back to my 100% normally psychotic self.... Having Sinusitis these last few days was no picnic, and I do not wish the pain I suffered from on anyone...



Anyways... I have been blasting away at the sheer stupidity of the most stupidest people alive that are wearing those idiotic "face masks" and I cannot help but to notice that their sheer stupidity goes even further when those morons wear their masks when they are driving....



I had to stop and ponder when I saw a few brain dead sheep wearing masks while driving their cars and I had a thought... If the traffic enforcement cops are now pulling people over and fining them heavily when they are texting while driving, then how about doing the same when they catch morons wearing face masks while driving as well???



We must consider the fact that these dummies are seriously constricting Oxygen supplies to their simple minds when they are driving while wearing face masks, and thus it is impeding their reaction time as well as their abilities to actually stay focused...So why not fine their asses for being that stupid? It is just a thought...



Well, back to blasting away at face mask stupidity... And I was sent by my colleague John Kaminski in the formerly free nation called the "United States" a link to the following article from the "State Of The Nation" website at www.stateofthenation2012.com, that is entitled: "People, Take Off Your Masks Before You Really Make Yourselves Sick"... This one absolutely reinforces what I and others have been saying about the sheer stupidity of wearing face masks, and I definitely want to present that entire article right here for my own readers to view and ponder for themselves.... I have my own thoughts and comments to follow:



People, take off your masks before you really make yourself sick!

Posted on May 13, 2020 by State of the Nation



Except for healthcare providers and when in high-risk venues, no one should be wearing a mask.



The Coronavirus Coach

Most masks are quite unhealthy and some are even disease-promoting—Here’s why!

Chemical Off-gassing

Those who are manifesting COVID-19 symptoms have a greater need for fresh clean air. Because of the various respiratory illnesses associated with Coronavirus syndrome they require prana-filled air more than anything. So do folks who want to prevent catching the coronavirus.

However, when wearing a synthetic mask the person is filtering their air through a synthetic material that outgases the petrochemically derived constituents that most are made of. The masked individual is then breathing in those aerosolized toxic chemicals.

Many of the sickest COVID patients already have various respiratory illnesses and/or chemical sensitivities, so putting a mask on them is the worst thing that can be done. The same applies to people who are relatively healthy but have E.I. syndrome or MCS.*

*E.I. Syndrome = Environmental Illness Syndrome & MCS = Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Brand new products just taken out of a box are notorious for outgassing various chemical toxins. In the case of a new mask, which is placed right over the mouth and nose, these airborne chemicals go right into both airways.

Therefore, patients stricken with the novel coronavirus ought to be spared from such a misguided practice. A chemical overwhelm can even trigger a respiratory condition that compels the attending physician to put the patient on a ventilator which ought to be strictly avoided for COVID-19 patients.
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KEY POINT: Venting COVID-19 patients has proven to be injurious to the lungs and often deadly, as several doctors and nurses have testified. Five medical school professors in Italy have also correctly pointed out the extreme risks of ventilators in this scientific research paper: Covid-19 Does Not Lead to a “Typical” Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome


Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide

With each and every in-breath, the sick individual is also intaking some of the carbon dioxide they just exhaled.

Instead of breathing in fresh clean air full of oxygen, the mask is diminishing their oxygen intake and replacing it with the respiratory waste product—carbon dioxide.

By subtly decreasing their oxygen levels in this manner they are being deprived of the most powerful healing agent for respiratory diseases—Molecular oxygen (O2).

Furthermore, even a slight increase of the carbon dioxide levels in their bloodstream can contribute to anxiety and feelings of nervousness as well as cause headaches, dizziness and fatigue.


For these reasons especially, both the healthy and the ill should avoid wearing a mask like the plague … … … otherwise you may end up getting this coronavirus plague.


Unhygienic and Unsanitary

Even after wearing a mask for a short period of time it becomes filthy. The more polluted the indoor and/or outdoor ambient air is, the quicker the mask will become contaminated.


Not only is the mask capturing particulate and chemical pollution from the ambient air, the accumulation of these throughout the course of a day further obstructs the necessary breathing process.


Hence, the longer a mask is worn in a polluted environment, the dirtier and more contaminated it will become. Just take a close look at the return air filter in your home or garage if you want to see what’s happening with a well-worn mask; albeit, on a much smaller scale.

Now let’s add into the mix the constant coughing and sneezing and spitting up phlegm and mucus. What will inevitably develop regarding the mask is a worst-case scenario that can push the patient onto a ventilator. This is only one reason so many hospital inpatients are being vented; the inappropriate treatment plans also include specific pharmaceutical drugs that are strongly contraindicated for Coronavirus syndrome.


Damage the Immune System

The following excerpt was taken from this article published by the Alachua Chronicle in Gainesville, Florida: Face masks can damage the immune system.

Stress can lower Your immunity. A face-covering or mask that interferes with respiration can add to stress. Cortisol is a hormone closely linked with stress. It works as a key player in the body’s stress response and is often measured in research as an indicator of stress.

Cortisol plays a vital role in the body’s functioning; it’s secreted by the kidney’s adrenal glands. But high and sustained blood levels of cortisone in individuals stressed by the fear of COVID-19 can trigger serious and emergent health issues.

Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (such as those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:

Impaired cognitive performance

Suppressed thyroid function

Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia

Decreased bone density

Decrease in muscle tissue

Higher blood pressure


Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences

Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with a greater amount of health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, developing metabolic syndrome, higher levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL), which can lead to other health problems.


Uncomfortable and Depressing

Anyone who has ever worn a tight, scratchy, synthetic mask knows they are so uncomfortable they want to take it off as soon as they put it on. And, that the longer they feel compelled to wear the mask, the more depressing the whole experience becomes.

Not only is this discomfiting experience physically depressing for all the reasons explained above, it can also become emotionally distressing.


There is a LOT of anecdotal evidence that proves the longer the mask is worn throughout the day, the more dispiriting. Likewise, the more days or weeks of continuous mask-wearing, the more distressful life becomes.


The best example of this new fact of life can be found in the many stores where the employees have been forced to wear a mask during the entire work day. Clearly, they are not happy. Nor are they as helpful as they used to be. The usual courtesy and cheerfulness have been replaced with gloom and/or sadness and/or frustration.


Inflammatory Wedge Issue

Whoever put out the advice of wearing a mask in the manner which has been adopted nationwide has performed a tremendous disservice.

The medical authorities and health officials in charge of the coronavirus response effort need to draft a new national policy post haste before more damage is done to the individual and collective health of the American people.


After many decades of managing all sorts of similar epidemics and pandemics, there is no good reason why such an improper recommendation was ever issued. Many of those epidemics involved similar respiratory diseases, so what makes COVID-19 so different except the nonstop fear-mongering.


Those responsible for this extremely bad mask advice have created — wittingly or unwittingly — a toxic coronavirus culture whereby the mask wearers are looking at those who abstain as being dangerous nonconformists who are somehow threatening the mask-wearer’s health.


In this way, mask-wearing is quickly becoming a divisive wedge issue that has been driven deeply into the heart of the body politic. This certainly does not help the healing process which many are in dire need of today and beyond.


Families and friends are not only being unnecessarily separated during critical periods of the COVID-19 disease process, social tensions are intensifying even more during this extremely tempestuous election year. This state of affairs only creates a more conducive environment for coronavirus clusters to mushroom; after all, stress weakens the immune system (unless it’s well managed).


Special Note: The flurry of recommendations that were issued by government officials and medical authorities everywhere were fundamentally fear-driven and not based on science or reality. This fear-based guidance has served to stampede countless people into the pen of blind compliance. Not only are many unaware victims of this extremely bad advice never leaving home without a mask on, some of them are closely monitoring every individual in their viewing space without a mask. Others are so bold as to police the erroneous policy as vigilantes do catching lawbreakers. For these and other reasons, the mainstream media and governments across the country are obligated to clarify mask guidance with all deliberate speed.


Conclusion

Yes, healthcare workers ought to wear hospital-grade mask rated as N95 anti-viralin every setting that requires one. By the way, even Dr. Fauci says not to wear a mask, except for healthcare providers.


Likewise, housebound COVID-19 caregivers should also wear a mask when working with the sick family member, friend or loved one, but only when necessary. It’s important to immediately take the mask off whenever it’s not needed.


Obviously, every situation is different and demands its own proper response. For example, a crowded New York City subway needs to be addressed differently than taking a walk down a quiet suburban street. Hence, city dwellers have their own decisions to make whenever they’re walking through a high-traffic area or crowded space.


On the other hand, folks living in rural America can basically go mask free. The same goes for most suburbanites. As for the park or the beach, this is when everyone ought to freely bask in the therapeutic sunlight and open-air environment.


The bottom line here is for everyone to use their common sense. The guidance provided in this coronavirus coaching session can be used to inform any decision to wear or not to wear a mask. But perhaps the most important instruction is that no one should ever give in to offensive peer pressure to wear a mask when they know in their bones it’s the wrong thing to do.


Everyone, please stay safe and pray for protection.

Be well!



The Coronavirus Coach

May 9, 2020

Recommended Reading

Here’s How Everyone Can Avoid Getting The Coronavirus

Here’s why the beach is the best place to be during the 2020 pandemic.



NTS Notes: Well, what can I say? Everything that is in this one article I have tried to inform readers of already in many of my own covering this mask wearing stupidity!



But lets face it, for in a lot of cases you cannot fix stupid.... Believe me, for I have tried as well, and in a lot of cases when I have tried to explain to "mask wearers" that they are only doing serious damage to their own health and their brain cells, I have received a lot of anger and insults... Heck, a few even wanted to punch me in the mouth for my efforts as well! So, in those cases, I say why flippen bother?



The message is clear... Unless you are actually working in a hospital or in a care facility where you have patients with compromised immune systems where YOUR own germs can cause harm to them, do not wear a 'face mask' ever! Let those around you that are stupid enough to fall for this face mask cow poop suffer brain damage and risks of getting real sick themselves....



I will continue to bring forward articles that show the stupidity of wearing face masks in this scam-demic... I am also going after the fraud of "social distancing" as well and will have articles about that fraud in upcoming articles... Stay tuned...


There are a lot more good articles at this guy's blog here.

[Midnight]

I took my dog to the park earlier today, and people were actually wearing masks while jogging and riding bikes!  Ridiculous! 


I Wear My Face Mask in the Car

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‘Masks Are Symbolic,’ say Dr Fauci and The New England Journal of Medicine

By Jim Hoft

Published May 28, 2020 at 12:13pm


Guest post by Bill Hennessey







In the past week, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the New England Journal of Medicine have admitted that masks are little more than symbols. Virtue signaling.



For those of you who shout “science” like it’s a Tourette tick, this is from the New England Journal of Medicine on May 21, 2020:



We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.



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So, why are we ordered to wear masks? Symbolism. From the same article in NEJM:



It is also clear that masks serve symbolic roles. Masks are not only tools, they are also talismans that may help increase health care workers’ perceived sense of safety, well-being, and trust in their hospitals.



The Surgeon General was widely mocked and ridiculed for suggesting in March that masks might even increase the spread of the virus. Yet, here, the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine provides the same warning to mask-wearers:



What is clear, however, is that universal masking alone is not a panacea. A mask will not protect providers caring for a patient with active Covid-19 if it’s not accompanied by meticulous hand hygiene, eye protection, gloves, and a gown. A mask alone will not prevent health care workers with early Covid-19 from contaminating their hands and spreading the virus to patients and colleagues. Focusing on universal masking alone may, paradoxically, lead to more transmission of Covid-19 if it diverts attention from implementing more fundamental infection-control measures.



Thus, the argument is over. Anyone who advocates universal masking is merely engaging in virtue signaling, not public health.



It’s time to unmask. I, for one, don’t have enough virtue to signal.


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[schwartzie]

Are we all being played, hoodwinked, bamboozled?

Are we all being played, hoodwinked & bamboozled? You be the judge!

If it didn't work back then, how the hell is it going to work now?

Is this about COVID or Conformity / Control?

Watch the video:


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[Shoshanna]

Jul 8, 2020 1:42:48 GMT -5 shalom said:

CONFIRMED! The Absolute SCIENCE Behind MASKS And The PROOF THAT THEY DON’T WORK with Denis Rancourt!

So, the account associated with this video has been terminated by the mind police!   Hopefully the guy who made it went over the BrandNewTube, which allows free speech.  

[maybetoday]

[maybetoday]

WHO guidance: Healthy people should wear masks only when ‘taking care of’ coronavirus patients




NEW YORK — The World Health Organization is recommending healthy people, including those who don’t exhibit COVID-19 symptoms, only wear masks when taking care of someone infected with the contagion, a sharp contrast from the advice given by American public health officials who recommend everyone wear a mask in public.



“If you do not have any repository symptoms such as fever, cough or runny nose, you do not need to wear a mask,” Dr. April Baller, a public health specialist for the WHO, says in a video on the world health body’s website posted in March. “Masks should only be used by health care workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms of fever and cough.”



The recommendation has not changed and differs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which urges individuals to wear a mask or face covering in public settings, regardless of infection or not, to limit the spread of the virus.



“We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (‘asymptomatic’) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (‘pre-symptomatic’) can transmit the virus to others before showing symptoms,” the CDC mask guidance says. “In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.”



Baller noted that masks can give people a “false feeling of protection” and noted that sick individuals should wear one to prevent transmitting the virus to others.



Messages to the WHO from Fox News were not immediately returned.



The CDC recommended last month that people wear nonsurgical face coverings when out in public after previously advising only health care workers and people exhibiting symptoms to do so. A new study suggests that wearing masks could cut COVID-19 cases by 80 percent if people heeded the advice.



“Universal masking at 80 [percent] adoption flattens the curve significantly more than maintaining a strict lockdown,” a group of international researchers wrote in the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed.



The authors noted that countries and regions — Macau, Beijing, Taiwan, Singapore and Japan — with histories of wearing masks have seen huge reductions in the number of coronavirus cases after reaching their peak.



A separate study released earlier this month divided scientists on the effectiveness of wearing masks.

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[J.J.Gibbs]

Patriots Are Driving Liberals Mad by Laminating This Card and Wearing it Around Their Neck




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[schwartzie]

Masks may actually increase your coronavirus risk if worn improperly, surgeon general warns



By Jacqueline Howard, CNN




Government officials say facemasks aren't necessary


(CNN)US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams not only wants people to stop buying facemasks to prevent the novel coronavirus, but warns that you actually might increase your risk of infection if facemasks are not worn properly.



"You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider," Adams said during an interview on Fox & Friends on Monday morning.

"Folks who don't know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot and actually can increase the spread of coronavirus," Adams said.


"We're certainly seeing more spread in communities, but it's important for folks to know that right now their risk as American citizens remains low. There are things people can do to stay safe. There are things they shouldn't be doing and one of the things they shouldn't be doing in the general public is going out and buying masks," he said.

On Sunday, Adams posted on Twitter that people should stop buying masks. Rather, he tweeted that to keep yourself and those around you healthy, wash your hands often, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands and disinfect surfaces.
(Other sources say the virus does NOT live on surfaces - they can't even get their propaganda straight!) 


Adams also tweeted on Sunday that if the general public purchases a majority of the facemask supply and if health care providers can't get them to care for sick patients, "it puts them and our communities at risk!"


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[Shoshanna]

I did get this book after listening to Brannon Howse. It's a quick read, and well-researched with about six pages of references, including peer-reviewed articles and news sources.  The Kindle edition is only $3.99.

The Case Against Masks: Ten Reasons Why Mask Use Should be Limited



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[PurplePuppy]

Well, it seems like people have accepted the mask as a part of "the new normal," and have fully embraced wearing it.  I'm seeing ads for all kinds of masks in various patterns and colors to match any outfit, and you can even spend hundreds of dollars for a designer mask by Chanel or Louis Vuitton! 

I couldn't believe it when this came across my Instagram feed. The utter stupidity of some people boggles the mind.
It's wicked hot out there and this dipstick is advocating covering your face.  She thinks she looks "fly" (sorry about the language); I think she looks just plain stupid! 


Heat aside, wearing a mask greatly reduces your oxygen intake and increases the carbon dioxide you inhale which can cause you to pass out, among other issues.
Wait a minute - aren't the global warming nuts talking about REDUCING carbon dioxide?



Think, people - THINK!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6txS2llwN

[Midnight]

CDC Study: Masks Could Actually Increase Risk of Virus Transmission

[schwartzie]

Walmart and others will still serve customers who refuse to wear masks, despite new rules

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business 3 hrs ago


Walmart and other major retailers made headlines last week with a new requirement for customers to wear masks in its US stores. But the new rules only go so far.



a group of people riding on the back of a truck© Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Walgreens, CVS and others say they still won't prohibit customers who refuse to wear a mask from shopping in stores. The issue, they say, is they want to avoid confrontations between angry customers and employees.



Retailers and their employees are finding themselves playing the uncomfortable role of mask police. The increase in coronavirus cases is prompting concern over how to protect both customers and workers in crowded stores from infecting each other.



There is no federal mandate to wear a mask, and many state and local governments have not required wearing one. This has forced retailers to navigate a patchwork system and left them in the position of having to create their own policies.



"Many retailers feel like they have to act since some governors haven't," said Melissa Murdock, spokesperson for the Retail Industry Leaders Association, which represents companies such as Walmart, Target, Walgreens and others. The group wrote to the National Governors Association on July 6, saying that public officials should issue uniform mask mandates across all 50 states.



a person holding a sign: Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Walgreens, CVS and others say they won't keep customers who refuse to wear a mask from shopping in stores.© Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Walgreens, CVS and others say they won't keep customers who refuse to wear a mask from shopping in stores.

Labor advocates and retailers agree that store employees should not be the ones enforcing mask wearing. But it's not clear who will fill the void.



Critics say that makes the new wave of retailers' mask requirements toothless.



"Either security or management needs to tell people that they must wear a face mask in order to be served. It's no different than wearing shoes or a shirt," said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. If companies "are not requiring customers to wear a mask within their store, then they never had a requirement. All they had was a public relations stunt."



Violent incidents

Anti-maskers have sparked violent incidents at stores, restaurants and other businesses over requirements to wear them. A security guard at a Family Dollar store in Michigan was shot and killed in May after he told a customer to wear a mask. In recent weeks, videos of confrontations between angry customers and clerks at Costco, Target and other stores over these rules have gone viral.



Companies want to avoid such incidents.



Walmart, the largest retailer in the country, said it would station employees it calls health ambassadors at the entrance of stores to remind shoppers about mask compliance as they enter.



But a short training video for health ambassadors makes clear there are limits to the job. If a customer refuses to wear a mask, health ambassadors are instructed to let the employee into the store and notify management "so that they can determine the next steps."



In talking points for Walmart ambassadors and management, a member of management is instructed to ask if the customer would like a complimentary mask. If the customer refuses, "let them continue to shop," the talking points say. The video tells ambassadors never to engage with a customer physically or try to block their entrance into the store.



"With every requirement there are exceptions that have been established to avoid escalating the situation and putting our associates in harm's way," a Walmart representative said. "Our goal is to keep associates from a physical confrontation in the stores."



Walmart is also adding signs about the policies, which exempt small children and people who can't wear masks due to health conditions or religious beliefs, and announcing them over store loudspeaker.



The home improvement chain Lowe's says it's also added signs at its stores, requesting that customers wear masks for the safety of everyone. It is also providing free masks to customers who need them.



"We will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing masks," a Lowe's representative said.



Indeed, a Home Depot spokesperson compared the company's mask requirement to its shoplifting policy, where employees are told not to block the entrance or chase after a customer. "It's too dangerous to forcibly or physically deny entry."



Meanwhile, CVS said it will "ask for [customers'] cooperation" with the mask policy. "In the event of non-compliance [the store] will expedite their transaction and provide them with other options for their future needs," such as delivery and drive-thru," a representative for the company said.



Retailers internationally are also making similar calculations.



Face masks in shops also became mandatory in the United Kingdom Friday. People can be fined £100 ($127.48) for not wearing one, with some exceptions for medical conditions. Leading retailers have said they will encourage customers to wear masks but won't enforce the law themselves. That means people without masks will still get served.



Asda, the British supermarket chain which Walmart put up for sale this week, said it would "strongly encourage" customers to wear a face covering and would have masks available to buy at the front of stores. Luxury London department store Harrods said the government list of exemptions means staff will have to be "mindful and respectful" when asking customers to wear masks. Swedish furniture maker IKEA, which has 22 stores in the UK, said it would proactively encourage wearing masks, but that the government has asked the police to handle enforcement.



"While enforcement of this policy will be handled by the police, the ultimate responsibility remains with customers who must ensure that they wear a face covering when going into stores," said Tom Ironside, director of business and regulation at the British Retail Consortium.



'Makes complete business sense'

Companies in recent weeks shifted their own policies on masks in response to the coronavirus raging across of the country and record cases in many states across the South and West.



"This was the right time to implement the requirement in our stores" to stop the spread of coronavirus and protect workers and customers, the Walmart spokesperson said. "Our requirement is going [to] result in many more people wearing masks than before."



Companies, public health experts and retail consultants say the growing public acceptance of masks helped spur these policy changes.



Retailers want to signal to customers that stores are safe to shop at, and requiring masks can help them achieve that, said Chris Walton, former Target executive and now CEO of the retail blog Omni Talk.



Leslie Dach, former Walmart executive vice president of corporate affairs and government relations, said Walmart's "decision makes complete business sense. "



"Customers want to shop at places they feel safe," he added. "Having customers wear masks protects employees and protects customers."



Chains also made the policy changes after more cities, counties and states required masks in public spaces. Walmart, for example, said that 65% of its more than 5,000 US stores and Sam's Clubs were in areas where there is a government mandate on face coverings. Target said that figure for its more than 1,800 stores was around 80%.



Around 85% of Home Depot stores were under requirements because of state mandates, and the company "wanted to make it consistent across the board," the Home Depot spokesperson said.



Some retailers have increased their hiring of private security guards to help diffuse confrontations over masks.



Companies also have varying policies on whether to call the cops. CVS and Home Depot said they would not call the police if a customer did not wear a mask in an area where mask wearing is mandated. However, the Home Depot representative said "if a customer becomes combative or habitually refuses to comply, we'll take further action to prevent them from entering our stores."



A spokesperson for Walmart said "while we do try to find solutions for customers who are not wearing face coverings, from time to time we do need to call police for assistance in those areas" if customers become belligerent.



Meegan Holland, spokesperson for the Michigan Retailers Association, said, "we would love for police to be more a part of the enforcement role, but that hasn't happened."



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[PrisonerOfHope]

Are you religiously immune (exempt) from Face Mask/Covering Mandates?

[J.J.Gibbs]

WARNING! Medical experts in Japan say wearing a mask during the hot summer greatly increases risk of heatstroke

Posted on June 13, 2020 by State of the Nation

Wearing masks in summer can lead to heatstroke; Japan doctors urge self-hydration

THE MAINICHI



May 19, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)




TOKYO — Medical experts in Japan are raising concerns over the regular use of masks during the summer as it raises the chances of heatstroke. While high temperatures and heatstroke cases have already been recorded this year, doctors stress the importance of taking individual measures to stay hydrated amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.



【Related】Fears grow in Japan over heat exhaustion caused by wearing masks in summer

【Related】Amid coronavirus outbreak, beware of skin problems due to wearing masks: Japan expert

Since the beginning of May, days with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Celsius or higher, on par with average summer days, as well as those with midsummer heat of 30 C or higher have been recorded throughout Japan.



The number of people being taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke symptoms has also been on the rise in some areas at a faster pace than 2019. Between May 1 and 13, a total of 54 people in Tokyo were sent to hospitals, excluding island regions and other areas of the capital, according to news flash data gathered from local fire departments. The number increased by 10 people compared to the same period of the previous year. For other major regions in the greater Tokyo area, the city of Yokohama recorded 13 heatstroke patients, an increase of five people from the same period last year, while the city of Saitama recorded seven, an increase of two.



There have been reported cases where patients came down with heatstroke symptoms while they were outdoors, partaking in activities such as farm work or walking their dog. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimates that nationwide temperatures for the period between May and July will either be about the same or higher than normal years. It is possible that the number of those being sent to hospitals due to heat exhaustion will increase all the more.



A group of doctors aiming to reduce the number of heatstroke patients is currently spreading awareness about the hidden stages of dehydration leading to severe symptoms, before the arrival of summer. The group points out the danger of wearing a mask in summer, such as “Heat is more likely to amass inside the body,” and “As the inside of the mask becomes damper and more humid, you’re less likely to feel signs of thirst.” The doctors warn that people may become dehydrated without being aware of it, leading to higher risks of heatstroke.



The doctor group also calls for people to drink more water than usual as a preventative measure. They advise against taking drinks containing caffeine to stay hydrated, as caffeine is a diuretic, increasing urinary output. In addition, the group stresses the importance of regularly doing light indoor exercises or other forms of exercise during this relatively cool season, in order to practice sweating and developing a body that can lower its temperature by perspiring.



Masuji Hattori, a pediatrician at Hyogo College of Medicine and head of the group, commented, “Heatstroke patients being sent to hospitals in ambulances risk placing an increased burden on the medical field already strained over the novel coronavirus. Heatstroke is an illness that can be totally avoided if proper precautions are taken. We would like for each individual to make serious efforts to take such measures.”


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[PrisonerOfHope]

This is JD's prophecy update from today, but I'm posting it here as well because it has a lot of very, very good information about masks that I don't want to lose track of.

[maybetoday]

Dutch Government Will Not Mandate Masks, Says ‘No Proven Effectiveness’

"There is no proven effectiveness of masks..."



By Paul Bois

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Jul 30, 2020 DailyWire.com


The Dutch government announced this week that it will not be mandating that citizens wear masks to halt the spread of COVID-19, arguing that their effectiveness remains unproven.



Speaking at a press conference at The Hague, the Netherlands’ Minister for Medical Care Tamara van Ark said that a recent review by the country’s National Institute for Health (RIVM) showed that social distancing rules prove more effective at combatting the virus than masks.



“Because from a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks, the Cabinet has decided that there will be no national obligation for wearing non-medical masks” Van Ark said, as reported by U.S. News and World Report.



Though RIVM chief Jaap van Dissel acknowledged studies indicating that masks may be useful in slowing the spread of COVID-19, he argued that incorrectly worn masks coupled with weak social distancing guidelines could help the virus spread.



“So we think that if you’re going to use masks (in a public setting) … then you must give good training for it,” he said.



Citizens are only required to wear masks in airports and when taking public transportation.



More from U.S. News:



The decision followed a meeting of health and government officials after new coronavirus cases in the country rose to 1,329 in the past week, an increase of more than a third.



Dutch cases have risen steadily since July 1, when the government announced an easing of lockdown measures to include restaurants and public gatherings if people maintain a 1.5 meter (five foot) physical distance.



Just as when Sweden instituted relaxed lockdown measures to combat the virus, the Dutch government was immediately criticized for its decision, with opponents arguing that such announcements damage trust and create confusion. Microbiologist and epidemiologist Amrish Baidjoe wrote an open letter last week demanding the government institute a mask mandate.



“They have been saying masks do not work for too long, and that makes it difficult to change,” he said, as reported by Dutch News. “It is part of a trend of being far too definitive in communication about things which are not so certain.”



According to the CDC, cloth masks are an effective shield against the spread of COVID-19:



This review included two case studies out today, one from JAMA, showing that adherence to universal masking policies reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a Boston hospital system, and one from CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), showing that wearing a mask prevented the spread of infection from two hair stylists to their customers in Missouri.



Additional data in today’s MMWR showed that immediately after the White House Coronavirus Task Force and CDC advised Americans to wear cloth face coverings when leaving home, the proportion of U.S. adults who chose to do so increased, with 3 in 4 reporting they had adopted the recommendation in a national internet survey.



In the early stages of the pandemic here in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, argued against wearing masks before reversing that position several weeks later. Fauci, however, maintains that he was simply following CDC guidelines to preserve PPE.



“I don’t regret anything I said then because in the context of the time in which I said it, it was correct. We were told in our task force meetings that we have a serious problem with the lack of PPEs and masks for the health providers who are putting themselves in harm’s way every day to take care of sick people,” Fauci said earlier this month.



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[schwartzie]

ADMIN NOTE: I removed the Worldview Weekend audios, because after a week they go behind a paywall.  You can get some of the info from Brannon Howse's FB page, and you can get the book he recommends for $3.99 on Kindle, or the paperback for $6.99.  It's very good, and a quick read.

The Case Against Masks

[J.J.Gibbs]

Forced masking of America paving the way for Bill Gates’ ‘Final Solution’



By Leo Hohmann, 20 July, 2020




Source: leohohmann.com/2020/07/20/forced-masking-of-america-paving-the-way-for-bill-gates-grand-agenda/



The politicization of facemasks is growing more acute by the day, squeezing non-mask wearers out of stores and offices and casting them aside like collateral damage destined for the societal Dumpster.



We should not be surprised.



Bill Gates informed us early on in the pandemic that we would not be allowed to “return to normal until the entire world is vaccinated.” Adoring news reporters quoted him saying this as though they were talking to God himself.



Now, they are pushing the mask to ensure that their god’s prophecy comes true. No normalcy allowed. The vaccine is not yet ready!







The mask is a sign of fear, submission and obedience to the media-driven hysterical over-reaction to this virus by governments and corporations. This virus is in fact no more deadly than the seasonal flu and far less so in children. This is a very manageable disease, with a recovery rate of 99.7 percent. But, when you see masks everywhere, it’s easy to believe that the country that placed men on the moon just can’t get a handle on this invisible enemy.



If you acquiesce to the mask edicts, that’s fine, it’s your decision. But don’t be naïve and think for one minute that forced masking is not part of a greater agenda that involves forced vaccinations — which Gates called his “Final Solution” to the coronavirus. And if you think this will be just another of the many “normal vaccinations,” you are deceived. Big Pharma has never developed an effective vaccine for a coronavirus [one of which is the common cold].



So not only are they developing something completely new, they are rushing it to market.



It’s clear that the mask shaming is part of a dry run for the coming vaccine, which has been placed on a fast track by President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed.



President Trump assured us the vaccine will not be mandatory.



But that should not be taken seriously by anyone who is awake and watching how mayors, governors and corporations have been acting with the mask.



I live in Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp has not mandated masks. And, yet, it is getting seriously difficult to find a grocery store where you can enter mask-free. We non-maskers have been reduced to Dollar General, outdoor markets and fruit stands.



Why is that? The government isn’t forcing this in Georgia, so who is?



What’s happening is another case of our side being outmaneuvered and out organized by the left.



I have been in contact with friends in the grocery-store industry and they tell me they are bombarded daily with calls and in-person complaints from people trying to bully them into requiring masks on every single shopper in their stores.



Our side, those who still believe that our health and our dress-code are personal decisions, is largely silent.



Because conservatives tend to place a higher value on individual liberty, the vast majority of the cry-babies out there calling and vilifying store managers for not mandating masks are Democrats. Those confronting non-mask wearers in store aisles and berating them are mostly Democrats. That’s because Democrats are collectivists. They don’t see people as individuals created in the image of God and capable of making their own decisions.



Conservatives, even those who wear masks, most likely do not wish to make it a crime for those who don’t. That’s just the way we are. But the left is always intolerant of opposing opinions and skilled in the use of coercive tactics. Hence, they have mounted a Twitter campaign to shame any company not requiring masks while bombarding these companies with high-pressure calls, emails and in-person visits, some threatening to sue if the company doesn’t bow to their demands.



The entire thrust of the Democrats and their media lackeys is to create enough panic so that governors will reverse course and lock their citizens back down in their homes, so they can collapse the economy ahead of the Nov. 3 election and blame the carnage on Trump. Everyone knows this. So why are we aiding their program of fomenting false panic by wearing masks?



If we can’t compete with the left on organization, we must honestly assess our options going forward. We can now be denied service based on what we wear and because we refuse to follow the media-led herd. And when the media-led herd is jumping to the dictates of the mad doctor and Bill Gates crony, Anthony Fauci, who has been wrong about every single facet of this virus, then we quickly find ourselves relegated to second-class status.



The only way to survive in Gates’s “new normal” will be to develop a network of service providers who work off the surveillance grid of Big Brother. These will be small mom and pops and sole proprietors. Now is the time to seek them out. Doctors, dentists, meat cutters, fruit growers, small farms selling eggs out of a backyard shed. Many will have to accept cash because hard currency is gradually being phased out in favor of digital dollars. Eventually, we will need to barter after cash is gone.





Sign announcing shortage of coins at a Sprouts grocery store in Peachtree City, Ga. Photo/Leo Hohmann


You can still find a few chains that will allow you into their stores without a mask. Some have started asking as you enter their stores to cover your face, and if you tell them you have a health issue that makes mask-wearing untenable they will let you in. Others, such as Kroger, have announced they will not grant any exceptions. No mask, no service. They will tell you to buy online or stop doing business with them. I’m happy to oblige. Done with Kroger.



None of this is rational, chasing off paying customers who spent hundreds of dollars with companies like Kroger. Influenza has always posed a threat to people in close quarters. Where were the mask requirements for that?


The science behind face coverings and their ability to block the virus is shaky at best. And there is plenty of evidence that long-term, continuous mask wearing is actually harmful to your health, due to oxygen depletion.



In fact, the N-95 masks include a warning that they are not capable of blocking viruses. I happened to have an unopened pack of N-95s from a purchase I made two years ago at Home Depot. I opened it and read the literature. Sure enough, it was there. Number two on the list of five warnings stated: “This respirator does not protect against the risk of contracting disease or infection.” [See scan below]. I’m told many manufacturers have removed this warning in the wake of COVID.





See Number 2 under WARNINGS for N95 mask purchased two years ago.


A little common sense should tell us that if N-95 certified masks are not capable of blocking viruses then the cloth masks you see many folks wearing are even less effective.



But when a nation is captivated by a “flood the zone” propaganda campaign [like the one designed in October 2019 at the Event 201 conference hosted in New York by the Gates Foundation, Johns Hopkins University and the World Economic Forum], the facts don’t matter. This over-the-top response to COVID was part of a political agenda carefully planned ahead of time to steamroll everything that gets in its way. The WEF has since come out, on June 3, and admitted that elites are using COVID as a pretext for what it calls the “Great Reset” of national economies, transforming them from capitalism to socialistic sustainable development.



If we don’t push back now, we are guaranteed to be further marginalized once the focus shifts from the mask to the vaccine. Even if we do push back, we must prepare for the real possibility that we will be on the losing side because not enough of our fellow Americans chose to join us in the resistance.



In the 1964 book, None Dare Call it Treason, author John A. Stormer dispels the myth that a free nation like America would never allow itself to be taken over by communism.



“At least 98% of all Americans are opposed to communism. Yet, they watch elected and appointed officials give continual aid and comfort to the enemy – and they do nothing,” Stormer wrote.



Stormer noted that the Marxists within our federal bureaucracies, in the universities, classrooms and churches don’t need to make Americans into communists. All that is needed for them to succeed in transforming America into a communist country is for Americans to “go along” with the relentless push toward that end. [Page 97, None Dare Call it Treason, John A. Stormer, 1964, Liberty Bell Press]



The opposite of going along is to resist. I don’t see much resisting going on right now in America. With each new bizarre story of conservatives being discriminated against, with each new retailer announcing “no mask, no service,” you can hear a collective yawn.



A Chinese immigrant who came to America as a child and is now a student at New York’s Fordham University, Austin Tong, posted an image to Instagram last month memorializing the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre by China’s Communist Party. The university put Tong on probation, banned him from campus and is requiring him to undergo sensitivity training, WND reports.


Cisco Systems fired scores of employees who spoke critically of Black Lives Matter during a company-wide online meeting, Zero Hedge reported.


American corporations are rushing to subject their employees to “racial justice” seminars in which they are forced to acknowledge their “whiteness” and “implicit bias,” essentially admitting they are racists.

The city of Seattle, in its drive to defund police by 50 percent, is considering firing only white officers, WND reports.

We have already been given glimpses of what the new Amerika will look like:



A place where human life is reduced to that of a nameless, faceless, mask-wearing number and people get fired or discriminated against based on the color of their skin. Stand here. Don’t stand there. Don’t ask questions. Do as you are told or face the wrath of the mob!



A place where everyone’s life runs on some version of auto pilot. No one dares to ask who is in charge of steering the ship because to do so might mean losing your job. Those who insist on thinking for themselves, on asking questions, on calling out the lies and double standards, on denouncing the snitchlines and mandates, are singled out as the enemy.



This is the spirit of Antichrist closing in around us. Some will let this spirit drown out the spirit of God in their lives. This is what Jesus was referring to when He said in the last days, because of the extreme violence and lawlessness, “the love of many will grow cold.”



Remember, the Antichrist doesn’t need your conversion. He only needs your obedience.



The pressure to conform is UN-American and comes from the top down, starting with the United Nations and filtering into every level of government and the dominant corporations.



There is a precient line in the 1960s British TV series, The Prisoner, that states: “You only have so much time to give them what they want, before they take it from you.” (The Arrival, Episode I, The Prisoner)



You can only resist for so long before you realize you have been check-mated. In the end you become either a criminal or a mental patient. That’s what happened to dissidents in the old Soviet Union.



First they erase your national history, vandalize and burn the churches.



A nation that loses touch with its past is unable to calibrate its present or its future. They are left confused, dazed, divided, demoralized and without a coherent strategy to fight back.



The model for Gates, Fauci, Soros, Buffet, Bezos, Zuckerburg, the Rockefellers and the rest of the technocrats is a Chinese-style total surveillance state. In their ideal world, your ability to function in society will be determined by a “social scoring” standard defining your value as a human being based on how obedient you are to the prevailing social norms. Any attitudes, values, beliefs or opinions not on the approved list will be labeled as hate speech.



Those guilty of thought crimes will not be allowed to work, buy or sell in the new Antichrist system being created by hardcore Marxists and technocrats in our government, churches, schools and corporate boardrooms.



It is all coming into focus now, compliments of the forced masking of America. If you can’t see it, you’re just not paying attention.



Those of us who are guilty of wrongthink will not be allowed into any stores, will be denied treatment at government or corporate-owned healthcare facilities, won’t be allowed to board a plane or enter any large-venue sporting event, meeting hall, etc. You will effectively become a non-person without a certified digital certificate proving you’ve been vaccinated. No vaccine, no service. Bill Gates said this. Everything else he has said about not returning to “normal” has been accurate. I think it’s time we started taking him seriously.



This transformation of American society into a lockdown surveillance state will be fast-tracked under Joe Biden, should he win on Nov. 3. If Trump wins, we will have no walk in the park, because the left still controls the bureaucracy, the schools, the universities, most big-city police departments and prosecutor’s offices, the media and the majority of churches. The extent of this control has all been exposed over the last five months. Every one of these institutions has fallen in line with the left’s dictates, and those who refused have been called murderers and selfish haters.



In my book, Stealth Invasion, I quoted Obama aide Cecelia Munoz in a news conference saying that her job as domestic policy advisor was to ensure that Obama’s policies were embedded “into the DNA” of every federal agency, so they would live on long after she and her boss were gone from the White House. We can see now, nearly four years after Obama’s exit, that most of the federal bureaucrats answer to him, not Trump.



The crackdown on free speech since the arrival of COVID greatly intensified. This virus has been weaponized against the First Amendment. After it is extinguished, they will work on abolishing the Second Amendment.



No one can any longer claim that “oh this is America, and Americans will never stand for that.”



They already have.



Our only true place of refuge is in Jesus Christ, who surely is watching all of this and getting his army of holy angels ready to sound the final trumpet call, at which time He will descend from the clouds with a flash of lightning from east to west. Every knee will bow, not to Black Lives Matter or any billionaire technocrat, but to the King of the Universe.

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Study Shows Masks Are Downright Dangerous

Posted on August 1, 2020 by State of the Nation




Masks Cause Damage: Study Reveals Mask-Hypoxia-Blood Clot Connection

By Makia Freeman

Renegade Tribune



A serious and potentially lethal hypoxia-blood clot connection

has been found by a scientific study entitled Hypoxia downregulates protein S expression. The study, published in July 2018, describes how hypoxia (a low concentration of oxygen) decreases Protein S in the blood, a natural anticoagulant. This leads to an increased risk for the development of thrombosis or blood clots, some of which are potentially life-threatening. The study was unique in that it was the first time research had shown that hypoxia could increase blood clot risk via a molecular cause. The worldwide agenda of mask wearing rules is not only unconstitutional and unlawful in many nations, but it is also causing mass hypoxia among the general population. In addition to the hypoxia-blood clot link, hypoxia also leads to fatigue, headaches, nausea, cognitive impairment, low energy levels and decreased immunity, thus causing mass damage to the population. Meanwhile, many jurisdictions continue to rollout out mask mandates, despite the fact that a recent CDC study even concluded that masks were ineffective and offered no significant reduction in influenza transmission. Additionally, mask mandates continue to violate workplace guidelines (such as OSHA standards in the US which state the allowable oxygen levels for employees must be at or above 19.5% at all times).



The Hypoxia-Blood Clot Risk

The study is based on the fact that Protein S is a natural blood anticoagulant, since it inhibits a key clotting protein, Factor IXa. This is from the study summary:



“Because Protein S is primarily produced in the liver, the team of researchers cultured human hepatocarcinoma cells at normal oxygen and also hypoxic conditions and then measured levels of the protein. They found that increasing hypoxia not only reduced PS but also significantly increased a protein that turns on the gene to produce hypoxia. This suggested that the protein, hypoxia-inducing factor 1, might regulate Protein S, which the researchers confirmed through biochemical and genetic approaches in a mouse model.”



The study found that the level of protein S dropped by 50% when O2 levels were at 15% (instead of the normal 21%). A very well-cited article by the Oregon Dissenter entitled The lethal link between masks, hypoxia, and blood clots extrapolates this research and explains the implications:



“Just a 5% drop in blood oxygenation is considered “abnormal” but a 15% reduction will cause noticeable symptoms. These include headaches, dizziness, nausea, and cognitive impairment. Even surgeons can suffer low O2 and associated symptoms merely from wearing a surgical mask … At sea level the air we breathe is 21% oxygen. High altitude where pilots can suffer ill effects begins at even 5,000 feet. The N95 mask commonly worn eclipses that elevation; it’s well known to cause a 20% reduction in O2, which simulates the 16% O2 of 6,000 feet. As the N95 simulates a similarly low oxygen saturation, this indicates wearing a mask may decrease your natural ability to prevent blood clots by 50%. This has potentially serious implications. A web search for “blood clot covid” returns many stories about the virus-induced blood clotting and its lethality for those patients. In late June researchers in Utah discovered that platelet hyperreactivity is the cause of COVID-19 clotting.”



Let’s think about that for a moment. Some such as Dr. Robert Young have proposed that COVID is blood coagulation and not viral in nature. It’s a chicken and the egg situation, but whether hypoxia is leading to COVID, or COVID is leading to hypoxia, or one starts the downward cycle where they feed off each other, there is strong evidence of a connection – and all that is assuming that COVID is a new distinct disease (which is difficult to show given the broad vague symptoms and that SARS-CoV-2 has failed Koch’s postulates). Given this, wearing a mask is just about the worse thing you could do, infected or not, because it’s blocking your vital oxygen supply! The Oregon Dissenter continues:



“I picture people who’d otherwise survive their COVID-19 case strapping on a mask to “protect others” and essentially killing themselves … I’m sure you can identify the many problems with intentionally increasing the blood clot risk for the general population through mass compulsory masking. Already millions of people take blood thinners just to stay alive. How could it possibly be a good idea to hinder their already diminished natural clotting ability? And what about people who are unaware they have an existing clotting disorder and then wear a mask at work for hours? … Why has this extremely serious and potentially fatal side effect from wearing a mask, especially N95, not been the subject of widespread health alerts? How could any qualified health official not already know about the well established blood clot dangers of mandatory hypoxia for the masses, especially COVID-19 patients?”



Just from a health perspective alone, not even getting into the legality or ritualistic aspects or it, mask-wearing is a seriously damaging idea due to the hypoxia-blood clot connection. When will we reach the point where a critical mass of people stop complying with this insanity?







May 2020 CDC Study Finds Masks NOT Effective For Well or Sick People

Meanwhile take a look at this new study Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures approved by the WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (Center for Disease Control), published on the CDC’s website where it states the study was “conducted in preparation for the development of guidelines by the World Health Organization on the use of nonpharmaceutical interventions for pandemic influenza in nonmedical settings.” This was a study specifically set up during the COVID ‘pandemic.’ The conclusion? Masks are not effective! I will quote straight from the study:



“In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs [Random Controlled Trials] that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks.”



It doesn’t matter whether you are sick and infected and trying to protect others (stop the spread), or well and uninfected and trying to protect yourself – masks offer no significant help in doing so either way:



“There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”



These studies are also based on the assumption that people use masks properly, which is a very generous assumption, given the makeshift cloth masks people use, the fact they generally are not well sealed on the side of the face and the fact that people tend to fiddle with them. Improper use actually has the opposite effect; it increases the risk of transmission:



“Proper use of face masks is essential because improper use might increase the risk for transmission.”



And the exciting conclusion is …



“We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility.”



BOOM. So the CDC and WHO have essentially admitted in their own words, or words that they sanction, that masks don’t work for influenza-like diseases no matter who is wearing them. Wakey wakey, planet Earth. Check out Ben Swann’s analysis here.



Mask Threats and Penalties Continue to Soar

Meanwhile, mayors, governors and other power-hungry officials are rolling out all sorts of unconstitutional and absurd threats and penalties for those that dare not wear a face diaper or face nappy. Authorities in Broward County, Florida, have issued an Emergency Order that mandates people wear masks inside their own homes; Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an executive order for mandatory mask wearing with a $1,000 citation for violations; and officials in Englewood Colorado passed a law which allows them to potentially jail people for 1 year for not wearing a mask.



Mask Wearing: The Calculated Divide-and-Conquer Strategy

Masks have become a very divisive issue among people, all by design. This fake pandemic has been coldly and brilliantly calculated to seize power, keep people in fear and set them at each others’ throats. Instead of focusing on Bill Gates, the Rockefeller Foundation or other aspects of the NWO (New World Order), people are fighting with themselves over masks, with those refusing to do so being attacked for being ‘disrespectful’ and ‘irresponsible’ regardless of their lawful rights and their ability to make their own health choices. A recent commenter on DavidIcke.com wrote that people are too busy fighting among themselves, making each other the enemy, that they can’t see the real enemy that is working to enslave 99.99% of the world:



“I know we are all one in the end, I still feel like these people are my “enemy” and that makes me feel really uncomfortable to say the least, and they feel like I’m their enemy, when the real enemy is outside orchestrating this whole movie script.”



Final Thoughts

So much has happened in the last 5 months that it has been truly surreal. Just recall what Dr. Anthony Fauci said at the beginning of the scamdemic before he changed his tune to march in lockstep to the agenda:



“There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think it is. And often there are unintended consequences – people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.”



Regardless of what uninformed people think, the science is showing how serious mask wearing can be for ordinary people due to the hypoxia-blood clot link. How much longer are people going to be given their medical marching orders by politicians?



Makia Freeman is the editor of alternative media / independent news site The Freedom Articles and senior researcher at ToolsForFreedom.com. Makia is on Steemit.



Sources:



*https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/132/4/452/103891/Hypoxia-downregulates-protein-S-expression



*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uleQ1jGezNI



*https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180802115657.htm



*https://dissentersandskepticsoforegon.wordpress.com/2020/07/13/the-lethal-link-between-masks-hypoxia-and-blood-clots/



*https://thefreedomarticles.com/doctor-reveals-corona-effect-blood-coagulation/



*https://thefreedomarticles.com/exposing-the-occult-corona-initiation-ritual/



*https://thefreedomarticles.com/covid-19-umbrella-term-fake-pandemic-not-1-disease-cause/



*https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article



*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy_7a8GNN4Q



*https://www.prisonplanet.com/broward-county-emergency-order-mandates-people-wear-facial-coverings-inside-their-own-homes.html



*https://thehill.com/homenews/news/508526-dc-mayor-issues-order-requiring-masks-outside-home



*https://www.activistpost.com/2020/07/colorado-town-threatens-up-to-a-year-in-jail-for-people-who-dont-wear-masks.html



*https://davidicke.com/2020/07/21/message-from-a-mask-refusenik-in-israel/



*https://techstartups.com/2020/07/01/dr-fauci-march-theres-no-reason-walking-around-mask-changed-video/



*https://masks4all.co/about-us/



*https://www.technocracy.news/masks-are-neither-effective-nor-safe-a-summary-of-the-science/



*https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/science-futures/wearing-a-mask-offers-little-if-any-protection-from-infection-harvard-doctors/



*https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/07/19/are-face-masks-effective.aspx



*https://www.bitchute.com/video/kznu3iH1rm01/



*https://www.technocracy.news/censored-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covid-19-social-policy-and-why-face-masks-dont-work/



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