The face mask discussion

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CDC Mask-Wearing Policy Not Supported by Science
Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.
8/6/20
https://jennifermargulis.net/cdc-mas...6-b209ae20ada2


"Editor’s note: This article argues that the CDC mask-wearing policy is not supported by science. It is written by an experienced attorney, published legal author, and knowledgeable researcher, Allison Lucas, Esq., who worked for ten years in hospital laboratories and operating rooms in some of the largest level I trauma hospitals in the country. Many of our readers have been asking for an update of this article, which we published in May. Here you go!

When coronavirus first became a concern, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) told the American people not to wear face masks. But in April 2020, the CDC did an about-face on its previous mask-wearing policy. Government officials started aggressively promoting mask-wearing in public as a means to limit the spread of COVID-19. The current recommendation by the CDC is for all people to wear cloth masks in public spaces.[1]

But the CDC’s mask-wearing policy lacks viable scientific support. It’s not supported by science. Let me explain why.

The benefits of mask-wearing by the general population are solely theoretical
The CDC asserts that cloth face coverings “are most likely to reduce the spread of COVID-19 when they are widely used by people in public settings.”[2]

This policy is balderdash. Here’s why:

The use of masks, especially cloth masks, is not supported by science
The University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy calls out CDC for using bogus sources to support its revised cloth mask-wearing policy because the sources “employ very crude, non-standardized methods” and “are not relevant to cloth face coverings because they evaluate respirators or surgical masks.”[3]

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit organization of the country’s leading researchers and provides objective, science-based advice on critical issues.

In April of 2020, the National Academy published the following statement:

There are no studies of individuals wearing homemade fabric masks in the course of their typical activities. Therefore, we have only limited, indirect evidence regarding the effectiveness of such masks for protecting others, when made and worn by the general public on a regular basis. That evidence comes primarily from laboratory studies testing the effectiveness of different materials at capturing particles of different sizes.

The evidence from these laboratory filtration studies suggests that such fabric masks may reduce the transmission of larger respiratory droplets. There is little evidence regarding the transmission of small aerosolized particulates of the size potentially exhaled by asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic individuals with COVID-19. The extent of any protection will depend on how the masks are made and used. It will also depend on how mask use affects users’ other precautionary behaviors, including their use of better masks, when those become widely available. Those behavioral effects may undermine or enhance homemade fabric masks’ overall effect on public health. The current level of benefit, if any, is not possible to assess.”[4]

Other recent peer-reviewed science concurs: “There is no good evidence that [any] facemask[] protect[s] the public against infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID‐19.”[5]

Zero efficacy trials have been conducted regarding the use of cloth masks by the general public as a means to limit or prevent the spread of COVID-19.[6]

Thus, as suggested by the National Academy of Science, the current public policy that a cloth mask prevents the spread of COVID-19 is scientifically invalid.

Mask-wearing policy of limited benefit to healthcare workers
While the use of cloth masks in the general public have not been scientifically studied for effectiveness, in 2009 a study found no benefit to healthcare workers wearing medical masks to prevent the common cold.[7]

Six years later, in 2015, researchers studied the efficacy of cloth masks in hospital setting and concluded that healthcare workers “should not use cloth masks as protection against respiratory infection. Cloth masks resulted in significantly higher rates of infection than medical masks.”[8] (My emphasis.)

A more recent study from June 2020 reiterated that a cloth mask should only be considered as “a last resort” and will only offer “limited success.”[9]

In fact, after a recent review of the available research, CIDRAP determined that “[c]loth masks are ineffective as source control” and that “very poor filter and fit performance of cloth masks and very low effectiveness for cloth masks in healthcare settings lead us conclude that cloth masks offer no protection for healthcare workers inhaling infectious particles near an infected or confirmed patient.”[10] (My emphasis.)

Based upon available data, the World Health Organization does not recommend use of facemasks in the general public as a means to prevent transmission of COVID-19, stating that the

lower filtration and breathability standardized requirements, and overall expected performance, indicate that the use of non-medical masks, made of woven fabrics such as cloth, and/or non-woven fabrics, should only be considered for source control (used by infected persons) in community settings and not for prevention.” [11]

WHO’s guidance is further supported by a June 2020 study concluding that the questionable benefits of masks did not justify the use of them for healthcare workers[12] and a recent article appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine opined that:

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.”[13]

Finally, the CDC does not know COVID-19 is spread predominantly by droplets or aerosols.[14]

Any type of facemask is ineffectual if COVID-19 transmits via aerosols.[15]

Theoretical benefits of mask-wearing policy undermined by improper use
The small and theoretical benefit of any mask, cloth or otherwise, is nullified once other factors are considered.

Facemasks do not protect the wearer from getting the virus into the eyes,
People may not fit the masks properly or take them on and off hygienically, and
People wearing the mask may have a false sense of reassurance and neglect to engage in behaviors vital to reducing transmission, such as hand washing.[16]
For example, a recent article provides proper practices for donning and doffing a mask for preventing the spread of COVID-19. But the general public is not aware of these directives and people are certainly not heeding them consistently.

[I]t is important to wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds prior to putting on the face mask. An alcohol-based sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol can also be used if soap and water are unavailable.

After cleaning your hands, place the face mask over your nose and mouth. Make sure there are no gaps between the face mask and your face, and ensure a tight seal. Try to avoid touching the face mask when wearing it. If you do touch the face mask, wash your hands or use hand sanitizer again. When you are done using the face mask, remove it without touching the front of the face mask, and discard it into a closed bin. Wash your hands again after discarding the face mask.”[17]

In order to provide some benefit, cloth masks must be laundered after each use.[18]

But how many Americans are actually washing their masks each day?

Perhaps it is of no consequence because it is unknown if variations in frequency and type of cleaning affect the already questionable efficacy of cloth masks.[19]

Moreover, cleaning methods and rates will inevitably vary by household, creating yet another variable affecting the tenuous efficacy of the cloth mask.[20]

Mask-wearing carries risk of tangible harm

Some argue that even if in the absence of scientific evidence, the precautionary principle requires the use of a mask—even a cloth mask. For example, see this finding that “the evidence base on the efficacy and acceptability of the different types of face mask in preventing respiratory infections during epidemics is sparse and contested” but arguing anyway that masks should be worn because “we have little to lose and potentially something to gain.”[21]

However, this narrow-sighted, fantasy ignores the real and potential harms of mask-wearing: cloth masks increase the likelihood of infection and transmission, hinder communication, limit oxygen exchange, and cause headaches.

Let’s take a closer look at these problems.

Cloth masks increase the likelihood of infection
Cloth masks increase the risk of infection to the wearer because people do not comprehend the importance of removing the mask correctly. “[P]oor doffing techniques can lead to the transfer of infectious material to the user’s hands.” [22] Moreover, a 2015 study compared the efficacy of cloth masks to medical masks in hospital healthcare workers. Healthcare workers who elected to wear cloth masks were directed to wash and dry the mask after daily use. Even so, the authors advised against the use of cloth masks because “moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks, and poor filtration may result in an increased risk of infection.”[23]

The authors elaborate that the:

…virus may survive on the surface of the facemasks, and modelling studies have quantified the contamination levels of masks.” Self-contamination through repeated use and improper doffing is possible. For example, a contaminated cloth mask may transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer. We also showed that filtration was extremely poor (almost 0%) for the cloth masks. [24]

Cloth masks increase the likelihood of transmission
Cloth masks, such as cotton masks, do not trap the virus, and particles can be detected on the outer surface of the masks for up to 7 days.

“A pre‐symptomatic or mildly infected person wearing a facemask for hours without changing it and without washing hands every time they touched the mask could paradoxically increase the risk of infecting others.”[25]

Reused and reusable masks have the potential to harbor bacteria[26]
To my knowledge, no study has been conducted to refute this finding. The general public is not professionally trained in the practices of medical hygiene and universal precautions. On the contrary, all the above-cited studies were performed on healthcare workers in a medical setting. Healthcare workers’ health, livelihood, and patient well-being depend on constant use of universal precautions and other forms of personal protective equipment such as gloves. Yet, even in the ideal conditions provided in the studies, masks provided either no benefit or increased the risk of virus transmission.

Masks hinder facial expression and nonverbal communication
Covering the face is detrimental for adequate social connection because “[f]acial expressions are one of the more important aspects of human communication. The face is responsible for communicating not only thoughts or ideas, but also emotions.”[27] A 2013 study found that facemasks “had a significant and negative effect on patients’ perceptions of the doctors’ empathy.”[28] Also, consider that:

[E]very time you interact with another person [] the two of you subconsciously and subtly reflect each other’s facial expressions. By mirroring the other person’s expressions, you not only signal you are engaged and participating, but it’s also a kind of feedback loop that helps you empathize. If you hinder your ability to do that even slightly, you’re changing the social dynamic between you and the other person” and “we might be grossly underestimating just how powerful our facial expressions are,” [] We have to recognize how informationally rich facial feedback is and when we block it, we are cutting off a major channel about our own emotions and information about social emotions.”[29]

Mask-wearing eliminates an importation form of communication and social interaction and will have a substantial negative impact on everyone; however, the people who already struggle with communication and social interaction will disproportionately carry the weight.

Masks limit oxygen exchange
Masks lower blood oxygen levels[30] and raise carbon dioxide blood levels.[31] For further consideration, see:
“Two Chinese boys drop dead during PE lessons while wearing face masks amid concerns over students’ fitness following three months of school closure”[32]

“Student deaths stir controversy over face mask rule in PE classes”[33]

and “Jogger’s lung collapses after he ran for 2.5 miles while wearing a face mask”[34]

We also know that mask-wearing can alter breathing physiology by increasing nasal congestion.[35]

Masks cause headaches or exacerbate headache disorders
The prolonged use of masks has been shown to cause headaches or exacerbate pre‐existing headache disorders.[36],[37]

A hand-washing policy, not a mask-wearing policy is an appropriate and scientifically sound mitigating measure
Respiratory viruses are transmitted more commonly via contact than droplet, and the control measure to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses should, therefore, focus on contact precaution.

In fact, “[t]he single most important protective measure is hand washing, rather than mask wearing.”[38]

So, it is no surprise that during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, “encouraging the public to wash their hands reduced the incidence of infection significantly whereas wearing facemasks did not.”[39]

The CDC used crude science to support its mask-wearing policy
Wishful thinking is the basis for mask-wearing by the general public, not science. This public policy was born of fear and anxiety, as noted in “Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era”:

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. Although such reactions may not be strictly logical, we are all subject to fear and anxiety, especially during times of crisis. One might argue that fear and anxiety are better countered with data and education than with a marginally beneficial mask, particularly in light of the worldwide mask shortage, but it is difficult to get clinicians to hear this message in the heat of the current crisis. Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety, over and above whatever role they may play in reducing transmission of COVID-19.[40]

Even if a mask serves as a security blanket to some during unsettling times, we deserve sound public policy measures that account for actual benefits and tangible harms.

The leading medical agency in the county does not get to use a talisman and call it science or sound public policy.

So, what happens when the CDC uses crude science to support public policy?

You take notice.

You realize government agencies are fallible.

You become discerning.

You question if other CDC policies are based on junk science.

You read this and this and determine that they are."

References

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...-guidance.html

[2] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...-covering.html

[3] https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-pers...sed-sound-data

[4] https://www.nap.edu/read/25776/chapter/1

[5]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223/ See also, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....01.20049528v1 (stating that “evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks as a protective measure against COVID-19.”)

[6]See also, https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1422 (finding that “[v]ery little good quality research exists on the use of cloth masks, especially in non-medical settings”; https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1422 (recently finding that “[t]here have been a number of laboratory studies looking at the effectiveness of different types of cloth materials, single versus multiple layers and about the role that filters can play. However, none have been tested in a clinical trial for efficacy.”)

[7] https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/...909-7/fulltext)

[8] https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

[9] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293495/

[10]https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data See also, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...rticle/2762694 (“face masks should not be worn by healthy individuals to protect themselves from acquiring respiratory infection because there is no evidence to suggest that face masks worn by healthy individuals are effective in preventing people from becoming ill.”

[11] https://www.who.int/publications/i/i...ncov)-outbreak)

[12] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223

[13] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223/)

[14] https:// jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768396

[15] Id. See also, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293495/ (“the effectiveness of the use of masks for the control of [COVID-19]-laden aerosol transmission from an infected person to a susceptible host is uncertain and not fully conceivable; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108646/ (“we would not recommend the use of homemade face masks as a method of reducing transmission of infection from aerosols”).

[16] https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1422. See also, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32329337/ (“[o]ur studies also imply that gaps (as caused by an improper fit of the mask) can result in over a 60% decrease in the filtration efficiency, implying the need for future cloth mask design studies to take into account issues of “fit” and leakage, while allowing the exhaled air to vent efficiently).

[17] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...rticle/2762694

[18]“Wash cloth mask at least once per day.” (https://www.who.int/images/default-s...=679fb6f1_26); “Cloth face coverings should be washed after each use” (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...coverings.html).

[19] https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

[20] “Cloth masks are generally retained long term and reused multiple times, with a variety of cleaning methods and widely different intervals of cleaning.” https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577.

[21] https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1435.long

[22] Validation and Application of Models to Predict Facemask Influenza Contamination in Healthcare Settings found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485436/

[23] A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers found at https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

[24] Ibid.

[25] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223/

[26] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10....35059700200308

[27] International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, found at https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...80430767017137

[28] Effect of facemasks on empathy and relational continuity: a randomised controlled trial in primary care, found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879648/

[29] Can Botox and Cosmetic Surgery Chill Our Relationships With Others? found at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/w...th-others.html

[30] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18500410/

[31] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...4.2006.04767.x

[32] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-masks.html);

[33] https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187434.shtml;

[34] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rQZCpBRr–br2A0

[35] Effects of long-duration wearing of N95 respirator and surgical facemask: a pilot study, found at http://medcraveonline.com/JLPRR/JLPRR-01-00021.pdf

[36] https://headachejournal.onlinelibrar...111/head.13811

[37] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7159726/

[38] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246185/

[39] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323223/

[40] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.105...s=currentIssue

About the Author: Allison Lucas, Esq. is an experienced attorney, published legal author, and knowledgeable researcher. Before attending law school, Allison Lucas worked for a decade in hospital laboratories and operating rooms in some of the largest level I trauma hospitals in the country. She has also worked at the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Allison is the mother of four children.

About Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.
Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an investigative journalist, book author, and Fulbright awardee. She is the author of Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family, co-author (with Paul Thomas, M.D.) of The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, and The Addiction Spectrum: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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Murder Charge For Not Wearing A Mask?
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"A Nashville, TN councilwoman has proposed charging anyone not wearing a mask with either murder or attempted murder. Is it any wonder violence, anger, and fear is spreading even as coronavirus deaths continue to decline? Why are they doing this? Also today, dentists report a surge in cavities and gum disease among people wearing masks. Kansas health official busted faking charts to falsely inflate effectiveness of mask-wearing. Big motorcycle rally in South Dakota - no masks!"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bkxaGVQyfrA

( I liked this comment from the youtube page:
"Quarantine is when the government restricts the movement of a sick person. Tyranny is when the government restricts the movement of a healthy person.")

[Delight]

"...employees wearing masks while video conferencing with external partners sets a good example during the pandemic..."

Employees need masks even for at-home Zoom calls, Wisconsin agency says. Here’s why
BY TJ MACIAS
AUGUST 10, 2020 06:32 PM


Some Wisconsin state officials aren’t fooling around when it comes to the spread of COVID-19.

In an email to employees sent out on July 31, the head of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources not only reminded employees of Gov. Tony Evers’ mask order going into effect on Aug. 1, he also said that every DNR employee must wear a mask ... even while on a teleconference.

“Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen — such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform — by non-DNR staff,” Preston Cole said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Set the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.”

Evers’ executive order said that face coverings are required to be worn whenever a person is in an enclosed space — other than a private residence.

DNR spokeswoman Megan Sheridan spoke with McClatchy News and said that employees wearing masks while video conferencing with external partners sets a good example during the pandemic.

“By wearing a mask while video conferencing with the general public, we visually remind folks that masking is an important part of navigating the business of natural resources during this tumultuous time,” Sheridan said.

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New Health Problems Emerging from Continuous Mask Wearing, but “Attempted Murder” Charges Sought for Those Who Refuse to Wear Masks
August 11, 2020
https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/new-h...to-wear-masks/

Comments by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

"The NY Post published an article recently interviewing dentists who are claiming:

“We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been healthy forever, and cavities in people who have never had them before,” says Dr. Rob Ramondi, a dentist and co-founder of One Manhattan Dental. “About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ — after ‘meth mouth.’ ”

There is so much news on the topic of mandatory masks, that it is hard to keep up with it all. Countries and other large areas that do NOT mandate face masks are actually seeing FEWER new cases of COVID. (See the Liberty Report show video below.)

In Nashville, a Council Member has publicly stated that people who refuse to comply with government edicts to wear masks should be charged with murder or attempted murder. (Source https://tennesseestar.com/2020/08/09...empted-murder/ )

When are people going to wake up to the face mask scam?

Tyrants dictate their use, mainly for motives of profit (see: Booming Face Mask Business in U.S. Creating Instant Millionaires Using Government Funds to Buy Masks from China https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/bo...ks-from-china/) or social engineering, and people don’t seem to be intelligent enough to ask basic questions about these mask mandates, such as, if they are actually effective, then what type of mask? How does one dispose of them as bio-hazard waste? How often should one be worn before discarded?, etc.

The evidence is overwhelming now: face masks are harming people and protecting nobody.

Dr. Ron Paul covers these issues, and he has also written a new article about the rapid loss of civil rights as the police state tightens it grip on the public.

Coronavirus is the New ‘Terrorism’
by Dr. Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed the next multi-trillion dollar “coronavirus relief” spending bill that will support testing, tracing, treatment, isolation, and mask policies that have been part of a “national strategic plan” she has been advocating.

The Trump administration is not opposing Pelosi’s plan on principle. Instead, it is haggling over the price.

But, even if the strategic plan could be implemented at little or no monetary cost, it would still impose an unacceptable cost in lost liberty.

Pelosi’s plan will lead to either a federal mask mandate or federal funding of state and local mask mandate enforcement. Those who resist wearing masks could likely be reported to the authorities by government-funded mask monitors.

We can label this the “Stasi” approach to health policy, after the infamous East German secret police force.

Contact tracing could lead to forcing individuals to download a tracing app. The app would record where an individual goes and alert authorities that an individual has been near someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.

The strategic plan could eventually include Bill Gates’ and Anthony Fauci’s suggestion that individuals receive “digital certificates” indicating they are vaccinated for or immune to coronavirus.

A certificate would be required before an individual can go to work, to school, or even to the grocery store.

The need to demonstrate vaccination for or immunity to coronavirus in order to resume normal life would cause many people to “voluntarily” receive a potentially dangerous coronavirus vaccine.

The Trump administration has already spent billions of dollars to support efforts of companies to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Policymakers have stated that once a vaccine is developed it will be rushed into production and onto the market.

Supporters of expediting production and use of a vaccine should remember the 1976 swine flu vaccine debacle. The swine flu vaccine was rushed into production in response to political pressure to “do something.”

The result was a vaccine that was more of a danger than the flu.

Unfortunately, those who raise legitimate concerns regarding the safety of vaccines are smeared as “conspiracy theorists.” This is the equivalent of stating that anyone who dares criticize our interventionist foreign policy “hates freedom” and is probably a “terrorist sympathizer.”

Unique Patient Identifier
The coronavirus panic has given new life to the push for a unique patient identifier. The unique patient identifier was authorized in 1996, but appropriations bills since 1998 have contained a provision forbidding the federal government from developing and implementing the identifier.

Unfortunately, two weeks ago, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the ban. The unique patient identifier would aid government efforts to track and vaccinate every American, as well as to infringe in other ways on liberty in the name of “health.”

Politicians and bureaucrats cannot eliminate a virus any more than they can eliminate terrorism. What they can do is use terrorism, a virus, and other real, exaggerated, or manufactured crises to expand their power at the expense of our liberty.

Politicians will never resist the temptation to use crises as excuses to gain more power. Therefore, it is up to those of us who know the truth to spread the message of liberty and grow the liberty movement.

A strong liberty movement is the only thing that can force the politicians to stop stealing our liberty while promising phantom security from terrorists and viruses."

Read the full article at the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/arch...new-terrorism/
Murder Charge For Not Wearing A Mask?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

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Attack of the Corona Karens:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AA6_GuZOyAI

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YouTube version is taken down!

more info

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pVCEiomBw60

Australia, Melbourne: WOMAN WITH NO MASK which she had a medical exemption for! How are the people not fighting this tyranny? 😢

UPDATE: According to Ch9 News in Melbourne tonight, the fine has since been waived due to the medical exemption which has been proven.

CLOSE UP VIDEO HERE

This is all over a mask. A mask.

Source

Australian Exceptions for not wearing a face covering

Lawful excuses or exceptions for not wearing a face covering

A face covering is not required in some circumstances including:

• Infants and children under the age of 12 years.
• A person who is affected by a relevant medical condition, including problems with their breathing, a serious condition of the face, a disability or a mental health condition.
• Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.
• Persons for whom wearing a face covering would create a risk to that person’s health and safety related to their work, as determined through OH&S guidelines.
• Persons whose professions require clear enunciation or visibility of their mouth. This includes teaching or live broadcasting.
• Professional sportspeople when training or competing.
• If you are working on your own property with members of your household, but no staff or contractors are on site.
• When you are doing any exercise or physical activity where you are out of breath or puffing. Examples include jogging or running, but not walking. You must carry a face covering on you and wear it when you finish exercising.
• When directed to remove the face covering to ascertain identity.
• When you are travelling in a vehicle by yourself or with other members of your household.
• When consuming food, drink or medication, including when seated at a restaurant where permitted.
• When undergoing dental treatment or other medical care to the extent that the procedure requires that no face covering may be worn.
• During emergencies.

You must carry a face covering with you when leaving home, even if you don’t need to wear it while undertaking your current activity. For example, you can take your face covering off to eat or while you are running, but you must carry it with you and put it back on when you finish.

I have a medical condition that prevents me from wearing a face covering, do I need a medical certificate stating I don’t need to wear a face covering?

You do not need a medical certificate stating that you have a lawful reason for not wearing a face covering. If you have a lawful reason for not wearing a face covering, you do not need to apply for an exemption or permit.
If you are stopped by police, they will ask you to confirm the lawful reason you are not wearing a face covering.

Do I have to wear a face covering if I have asthma?

People with asthma or people who have a medical condition that includes problems with their breathing, do not have to wear face coverings.

Source

[DaveToo]

It FINALLY dawned on me today after hearing about the Nashville Council Member who publicly stated that "people who refuse to comply with government edicts to wear masks should be charged with murder or attempted murder" that there must be huge teams mobilized around the world being funded (paid a handsome dollar) to divide and conquer the population
with these absurd measures!

It all makes perfect sense now. TPTB have got the big bucks and there are millions of people that are more than willing to make a tidy sum during this plandemic by playing for their team.

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Woman Wants to Sue Supermarket Over Face Mask Policy | NowThis:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l94n1mfeCMo

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⚠️ Mass #5G Surveillance will be used against us!

🌐 According to new updated CDC/WHO stats C0V1DI9 is NOT a "Killer Virus" even weaker than the Common Flu. Only a very small percentage CAN die from it if you have (multiple) other complications (depending on your life-style) or are above 80 years old which is nothing new!

‼️ Soon you may be charged (wrongfully accused) to commit "attempt to murder" if you do not comply with the new insane mandatory mask rules based on mass fear-porn sold by MSM & control-freaks politicians.

🤔 On that basis Police can do all kinds of very nasty things like choking a young girl in Melbourne Australia ... all for not wearing a mask she had medical exemption for ... see for yourself

Is this the ULTIMATE MASS NWO OBEDIENCE TEST?

⚠️ If they succeed, do you think it stops there? ... All to speed up the road to tyrannical #Agenda2030 ruled by unelected Psychopathic Technocrats ... Study: Technocracy.News

🌐 tinyurl.com/Mask-Tyranny-5G-Surveillance

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Sorry if this issue has already been discussed, but masks pose another quite serious danger to society. It gives an advantage to criminals, best illustrated in this image.

"QUEENS (WABC) -- Police are searching for the man behind a brutal attack and attempted rape in Queens. They released a sketch of the man they are looking for overnight."



https://abc7ny.com/would-be-rapist-a...ttack/6368432/

[onawah]

UNMASKING THE MASKS AGENDA
8/13/20
https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/unm...-masks-agenda/

"“Unmasking the Masks Agenda” is the latest Special Report written by James Grundvig and presented by John Michael Chambers on the new YouTube channel, Making Sense of the Madness.

Three years before the first cases of SARS-Cov-2 broke out in Wuhan, China last October, contact tracing cellphone apps were in development and were already being stealthily installed on most cellphones.

These apps inspired House Bill 6666: COVID-19 Testing, Reaching and Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, which would “allocate $100 billion in grants for organizations to perform testing for COVID–19, tracing of exposure to COVID–19, or services for individuals who are isolating at home…”

HR 6666 had been designed in August 2019 during an meeting held in Rwanda sponsored by the Aspen Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, long before anyone had ever heard of SARS-Cov-2 or Covid-19.

HR 6666 was introduced to Congress on May 1st, 2020, sponsored by Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, Co-Founder of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panthers, the notorious Marxist political organization.

HR 6666 brings the same invasive surveillance we all experience on the Internet into our day-to-day life, tracing all of our contacts with others. The Trojan Horse of the CDC’s swab test moves beyond capturing the virus. Despite 50% false positive test rates, contaminated test kits and corrupt labs that juice the numbers, in order to extend the lockdowns, swab tests allow health officials to collect peoples’ DNA en masse, so they can be analyzed and mined for an unknown purpose in the future.

But the most controlling, invasive tool of them all are the masks. Ignoring medical science, corporate leaders and sold-out politicians are demanding a national mask mandate 6 months into the outbreak, when many areas are well below the CDC epidemic threshold.

What purposes do the masks serve, if they don’t protect people’s health and they depress the immune system?

Grundvig says the masks are the Swiss Army knife of the architects’ tool box; 1. They control people and make them subservient. 2. They allow AI face recognition software to identify people with masks on and off; 3. They prevent full communication using facial expression.

He says masks are tools of control and bondage. Their purpose is to ostracize those who refuse to wear them and to incentivize some to snitch on others. He believes it’s obedience training, acclimatizing everyone to the inevitable forced vaccinations next year.

The end goal of masks is to make you fall in line and to roll up your sleeves in the biggest biological experiment in history."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zWVkClTlMy8

[Delight]

Great article.... very long and thorough

Face masks, lies, damn lies, and public health officials: “A growing body of evidence”
Denis G. Rancourt, PhD Researcher, Ontario Civil Liberties Association (ocla.ca)

Working report (not submitted for journal publication),
published at Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/D_Rancourt)
3 August 2020

Abstract
A vile new mantra is on the lips of every public health official and politician in the global campaign to force universal masking on the general public: “there is a growing body of evidence”.

his propagandistic phrase is a vector designed to achieve five main goals:
- Give the false impression that a balance of evidence now proves that masks reduce the transmission of COVID-19
- Falsely assimilate commentary made in scientific venues with “evidence” - Hide the fact that a decade’s worth of policy-grade evidence proves the opposite: that masks are ineffective with viral respiratory diseases
- Hide the fact that there is now direct observational proof that cloth masks do not prevent exhalation of clouds of suspended aerosol particles; above, below and through the masks
- Deter attention away from the considerable known harms and risks due to face masks, applied to entire populations The said harms and risks include that a cloth mask becomes a culture medium for a large variety of bacterial pathogens, and a collector of viral pathogens; given the hot and humid environment and the constant source, where home fabrics are hydrophilic whereas medical masks are hydrophobic.

In short, I argue: op-eds are not “evidence”, irrelevance does not help, and more bias does not remove bias. Their mantra of “a growing body of evidence” is a self-serving contrivance that impedes good science and threatens public safety. I prove that there is no policy-grade evidence to support forced masking on the general population, and that all the latest-decade’s policy-grade evidence points to the opposite: NOT recommending forced masking of the general population. Therefore, the politicians and health authorities are acting without legitimacy and recklessly.continue

[mountain_jim]

Watch this!

https://twitter.com/DrMartyFox/statu...269352962?s=20

[pyrangello]

Oh watching the mask example is funny as can be. Put a whole new spin on mask wearing and all the BS. Unfortunately most the population isn't trained on masks, and more importantly during flu season is don't touch your face and wash your hands all the time.

[Billy]

Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech

https://advances.sciencemag.org/cont...sciadv.abd3083


Abstract
Mandates for mask use in public during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, worsened by global shortage of commercial supplies, have led to widespread use of homemade masks and mask alternatives. It is assumed that wearing such masks reduces the likelihood for an infected person to spread the disease, but many of these mask designs have not been tested in practice. We have demonstrated a simple optical measurement method to evaluate the efficacy of masks to reduce the transmission of respiratory droplets during regular speech. In proof-of-principle studies, we compared a variety of commonly available mask types and observed that some mask types approach the performance of standard surgical masks, while some mask alternatives, such as neck fleece or bandanas, offer very little protection. Our measurement setup is inexpensive and can be built and operated by non-experts, allowing for rapid evaluation of mask performance during speech, sneezing, or coughing.

In general, the term ‘face mask’ governs a wide range of protective equipment with the primary function of reducing the transmission of particles or droplets. The most common application in modern medicine is to provide protection to the wearer (e.g., first responders), but surgical face masks were originally introduced to protect surrounding persons from the wearer, such as protecting patients with open wounds against infectious agents from the surgical team (3), or the persons surrounding a tuberculosis patient from contracting the disease via airborne droplets (4). This latter role has been embraced by multiple governments and regulatory agencies (5), since COVID-19 patients can be asymptomatic but contagious for many days (6). The premise of protection from infected persons wearing a mask is simple: wearing a face mask will reduce the spread of respiratory droplets containing viruses. In fact, recent studies suggest that wearing face masks reduces the spread of COVID-19 on a population level, and consequently blunts the growth of the epidemic curve (7, 8). Still, determining mask efficacy is a complex topic that is still an active field of research (see for example (9)), made even more complicated because the infection pathways for COVID-19 are not yet fully understood and are complicated by many factors such as the route of transmission, correct fit and usage of masks, and environmental variables. From a public policy perspective, shortages in supply for surgical face masks and N95 respirators, as well as concerns about their side effects and the discomfort of prolonged use (10), have led to public use of a variety of solutions which are generally less restrictive (such as homemade cotton masks or bandanas), but usually of unknown efficacy. While some textiles used for mask fabrication have been characterized (11), the performance of actual masks in a practical setting needs to be considered. The work we report here describes a measurement method that can be used to improve evaluation in order to guide mask selection and purchase decisions.

A schematic and demonstration image are shown in Fig. 1. In brief, an operator wears a face mask and speaks into the direction of an expanded laser beam inside a dark enclosure. Droplets that propagate through the laser beam scatter light, which is recorded with a cell phone camera. A simple computer algorithm is used to count the droplets in the video. The required hardware for these measurements is commonly available; suitable lasers and optical components are accessible in hundreds of research laboratories or can be purchased for less than $200, and a standard cell phone camera can serve as a recording device. The experimental setup is simple and can easily be built and operated by non-experts.


Below we describe the measurement method and demonstrate its capabilities for mask testing. In this application, we do not attempt a comprehensive survey of all possible mask designs or a systematic study of all use cases. We merely demonstrated our method on a variety of commonly available masks and mask alternatives with one speaker, and a subset of these masks were tested with four speakers. Even from these limited demonstration studies, important general characteristics can be extracted by performing a relative comparison between different face masks and their transmission of droplets.

Results
We tested 14 commonly available masks or masks alternatives, one patch of mask material, and a professionally fit-tested N95 mask (see Fig. 2 and Table 1 for details). For reference, we recorded control trials where the speaker wore no protective mask or covering. Each test was performed with the same protocol. The camera was used to record a video of approximately 40 s length to record droplets emitted while speaking. The first 10 s of the video serve as baseline. In the next 10 s, the mask wearer repeated the sentence “Stay healthy, people” five times (speech), after which the camera kept recording for an additional 20 s (observation). For each mask and for the control trial, this protocol was repeated 10 times. We used a computer algorithm (see Materials and Methods) to count the number of particles within each video.

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We noticed that speaking through some masks (particularly the neck fleece) seemed to disperse the largest droplets into a multitude of smaller droplets (see Supplementary Fig. S5), which explains the apparent increase in droplet count relative to no mask in that case. Considering that smaller particles are airborne longer than large droplets (larger droplets sink faster), the use of such a mask might be counterproductive. Furthermore, the performance of the valved N95 mask is likely affected by the exhalation valve, which opens for strong outwards airflow. While the valve does not compromise the protection of the wearer, it can decrease protection of persons surrounding the wearer. In comparison, the performance of the fitted, non-valved N95 mask was far superior.

More here.
https://advances.sciencemag.org/cont...sciadv.abd3083

[Gwin Ru]

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[Chester]

I went to a sports bar today... (Dallas, Texas, USA) - there were a good 3 dozen or more cars parked outside so I anticipated the place to be pretty packed. As I approached the door a big bold sign said, "You must wear a mask to enter!"

Only because I am needing to meet a friend and don't want to risk getting thrown out, I throw mine on as I open the door and enter. Once I stepped inside I saw what I expected... the place was pretty packed. But then I noticed what I did not expect. No one... I mean NO ONE was wearing a mask (as I quickly removed mine). I saw my friend and as I approached him, I asked within ear shot of the bar tender, "What gives? The sign said we had to have a mask." The bartender (also not wearing a mask) must have heard me and turned to me and said... "Did you read the sign carefully? You only have to wear the mask on entering... after that, you're free to do as you wish with your mask!"

Hahaha

[Gwin Ru]

...

Oh boy what a shot

@ohboywhatashot

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Masked vs Maskless - Round 1

The lady in pink refused to wear a mask. Others on the plane didn't take kindly to that.

These incidents are only increasing. At least a little free in-fight, I mean in-flight, entertainment...