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    Definition of insane: wearing latex gloves and a mask while out for a jog...

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    Only a few know about the Side Effects

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    W.H.O. FLIPS ON MASKS, FLOPS ON FUNDING


    Last week, President Donald Trump terminated America’s relationship with the World Health Organization over their #Coronavirus pandemic response. This week, the #WHO has flipped on their mask recommendations declaring, “masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms of fever and cough.”#Pandemic #COVID19 #WHOFlipFlop #DonaldTrump #AloneTogether #Masks #MasksDontWork #Masks4all ?


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    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asym...-who-says.html


    Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says


    Quote Key Points

    * Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, the World Health Organization said.
    * Preliminary evidence from the earliest outbreaks indicated the virus could spread even if people didn’t have symptoms.
    * But the WHO says that while asymptomatic spread can occur, it is “very rare.”
    For free society!

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    I think I figured it out.

    Because of the incredible advancement in facial recognition: those that wear a mask remain anonymous while those that don't go on a list for future 'retraining' when the public has fully bought into compliance signaling.

    They will come for us in the night, when our neighbors are asleep. We will be taken to facilities where we will either be 'repurposed' or 'recycled'. And our neighbors will whisper amongst themselves, saying, 'we heard some noise next door, but it was not our business so we pulled our curtains and stayed out of sight'.

    It is a future not a decade away in the current time-line trajectory.

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    They, the experts are saying that 80% of those tested positive for the virus have no symptoms.

    Is that because in reality they did not actually have a virus but the tests will show past flu injection as a positive?????
    I feel like shouting WAKE UP WAKE UP.

    I had a yahoo clip saying about the 80%
    Its disappeared --inconvenient truth.
    I got a Amazon delivery today -- the man was wearing a face mask, he just dropped the parcel and retreated when I opened the door.
    Sad.

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    We are human beings

    And all this to be just human.

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    Those countries who have fared the best through the first stage of the pandemic, were masked up. Surgical masks help through the asymptomatic stage, for sure, in that they protect others from YOU, and vice versa. Try as you might, those of you who are anti mask and framing this as a liberty issue, fail to realize, your not masking up when in a confined space, puts others at risk. When you act in this way, you are potentially putting your freedom of personal comfort above the actual life of others.

    As far as being out in wide open spaces, where you have a lot of distance between yourself and others, masks shouldn't be required. People who mask up under these conditions are really over reacting. Agreed.

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    Dont wear a mask unless you are very vulnerable.
    The immune system thrives and grows stronger through being exposed to all kinds of colds flu and virus.
    The people who have died were old like me but my immune system is good.
    I may have caught a mild dose in late March.

    Catch it pass, it on that way the virus is over and done with quicker.
    Thats the natural way to deal with whatever come up at the time of the flu season.
    It has always worked that way.

    Nature knows best --it has millions of years of dealing with every kind of infection under the sun.

    Some die from eating peanuts they just have freedom of choice -- dont eat peanuts or you will have a reaction.

    Protect the vulnerable .

    This time because of lockdown and people being scared it has lasted much longer.

    Masks will not prevent you giving or getting the virus.
    There is no mesh small enough to prevent the incoming and out going breath and all it carries.
    If it was small enough people would suffocate or black out due to diminished supply of oxygen.

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    Incompetence and Errors in Reasoning Around Face Covering

    SIX ERRORS: 1) missing the compounding effects of masks, 2) missing the nonlinearity of the probability of infection to viral exposures, 3) missing absence of evidence (of benefits of mask wearing) for evidence of absence (of benefits of mask wearing), 4) missing the point that people do not need governments to produce facial covering: they can make their own, 5) missing the compounding effects of statistical signals, 6) ignoring the Non-Aggression Principle by pseudolibertarians (masks are also to protect others from you; it’s a multiplicative process: every person you infect will infect others).
    In fact masks (and faceshields) supplemented with constraints of superspreader events can save us trillions of dollars in future lockdowns (and lawsuits) and be potentially sufficient (under adequate compliance) to stem the pandemic. Bureaucrats do not like simple solutions.

    I want to travel this summer
    First error: missing the compounding effect
    People who are good at exams (and become bureaucrats, economists, or hacks), my experience has been, are not good at understanding nonlinearities and dynamics.
    The WHO, CDC and other bureaucracies initially failed to quickly realize that the benefits of masks compound, simply because two people are wearing them and you have to look at the interaction.
    Let us say (to simplify) that masks reduce both transmission and reception to p. What effect on the R0(that is, the rate of spreading of the infection)?
    Simply the naive approach (used by the CDC/WHO bureaucrats and other imbeciles) is to say if masks reduce the transmission probability to ¼, one would think it would then drop from, say R0= 5, to R0=1 ¼. Yuuge, but there is better.
    For one should count both sides. Under our simplification, with p=1/4 we get R0'= p² R0 . The drop in R becomes 93.75%! You divide R by 16! Even with masks working at 50% we get a 75% drop in R0.

    Second error: Missing the Nonlinearity of the Risk of Infection
    The error is to think that if I reduce the exposure to the virus by, say, ½, I would then reduce the risk, expressed as probability of infection, by ½ as well. Not quite.
    Now consider (Fig 1) that probability must follow a nonlinear dose-response, an “S curve”. In the convex part of the curve, gains are disproportionately large: a reduction of x% of viral exposure leads to a drop of much more than x in risk of infection. And, patently we are in the convex part of the curve. For example, to use the case above, a reduction of viral load by 75% for a short exposure could reduce the probability of infection by 95% or more!
    Third Error: Mistaking Absence of Evidence for Evidence of Absence
    “There is no evidence that masks work”, I kept hearing repeated to me by the usual idiots calling themselves “evidence based” scientists. The point is that there is no evidence that locking the door tonight will prevent me from being burglarized. But everything that may block transmission could help. Unlike school, real life is not about certainties. When in doubt, use what protection you can. Some invoked the flawed rationalization that masks induce false confidence: in fact there is a strong argument that masks makes one more alert to the risks and more conservative in behavior.
    Fourth Error: Misunderstanding the Market and People
    Paternalistic bureaucrats resisted inviting the general public to use masks on grounds that the supply was limited and would be needed by health professionals — hence they lied to us saying “masks are not effective”. They did not get the inventiveness and industriousness of people who do not need a government to produce masks for them: they can rapidly convert about anything into well-functioning protective face covering appendages, say rags into which one can stitch coffee filters… about anything. Nor did bureaucrats heed the notion of markets and the existence of opportunists who can supply people with what they want.
    Fifth Error: Missing Extremely Strong Statistical Signals
    Many people who deal with statistics think in terms of either mechanistic concepts (say correlation) they don’t quite understand, or local results; they fear to be presenting “anecdotes”, and fail to grasp the broader notion of statistical signals where you look at the whole story, not the body parts. For here, again, evidence compounds. We have a) the salon story where two infected stylists failed to infect all their 140 clients (making the probability of infection for bilateral mask wearing safely below 1% for a salon-style exposure) — we know the probability of infection for non mask wearers from tens of thousands of data points and the various R0 estimations) plus b) the rate of infection of countries where masks were mandatory, plus c) tons of papers with more or less flawed methodologies, etc.
    Sixth Error: The Non-Aggression Principle
    “Libertarians” (in brackets) are resisting mask wearing on grounds that it constrains their freedom. Yet the entire concept of liberty lies in the Non-Aggression Principle, the equivalent of the Silver Rule: do not harm others; they in turn should not harm you. Even more insulting is the demand by pseudolibertarians that Costco should banned from forcing customers to wear mask — but libertarianism allows you to set the rules on your own property. Costco should be able to force visitors to wear pink shirts and purple glasses if they wished.
    Note that by infecting another person you are not infecting just another person. You are infecting many many more and causing systemic risk.
    Wear a mask. For the Sake of Others.

    (source https://medium.com/incerto/the-masks...e-7de897b517b7)

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    I got the train home from work today as I always do but from today you've got to wear a mask to travel so ok I played along and put on my ever so lovely pink mask that my boss handed me at work. As I passed the gent at the door who was making sure whoever entered the station was correctly attired off it came and in my pocket it stayed. Everyone but myself and a handful of people were wearing masks but I refuse to be bullied into wearing one not because I'm being awkward but because the common sense science behind what a a lot of these doctors and nurses are saying rings true in my heart.

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    Today I was due to have a blood test, I want to embark on a 40 day fast it is advised to get bloods done before & after this cycle. So I rang my doctors a week ago & 30 mins before my appointment I received a text stating I have to wear a mask. Needless to say I am glad I rang as I refuse to adorn this attire. Appointment cancelled. My day changed I went to a beach cliff meditated walked my hound & found online here at Avalon a beautiful soul who gave me a very accurate reading. My day was beautiful, present and nourishing. The more who stand up, refuse these government guidelines may lead to a world where we do not have to be covered.

    I just thought I would share as it may help others to stand strong in the belief of our own immune systems, the belief that wearing non natural materials around the nose & mouth could cause more harm than good. I already have health issues, breathing restricted is not one of them, please do stand in your truth. If it feels wrong, do not feel compelled to go against you intuition.

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    Face Masks Harm Children and Some Have Even Died – But California Governor Dictates Everyone to Wear Them
    June 19, 2020
    https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/face-...-to-wear-them/


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    by Brian Shilhavy
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    "California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced today that everyone in the State of California should wear a face mask when they leave their home.

    The announcement was published by the Office of Public Affairs and states:

    The California Department of Public Health today released updated PDF guidance that requires Californians to wear a face covering in high-risk settings. A growing body of scientific research has shown that people with no or few symptoms of COVID-19 can still spread the disease and that the use of face coverings, combined with physical distancing and frequent hand washing, will reduce the spread of COVID-19.

    “Science shows that face coverings and masks work,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “They are critical to keeping those who are around you safe, keeping businesses open and restarting our economy.”

    So where is this “growing body of scientific research”?

    I read the public statement and clicked on the link to the GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF FACE COVERINGS to see which studies supported such a sweeping, dangerous action for public health.

    There are none.

    In fact, if we take the World Health Organization at their word on this subject, then Governor Newsom is lying to the residents of his state, because the WHO has stated:

    The widespread use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not yet supported by high quality or direct scientific evidence and there are potential benefits and harms to consider…the use of a mask alone is insufficient to provide an adequate level of protection. (Source.)

    See also:

    New WHO Guidelines for Face Masks Admit No Known Medical Benefits – Psychological Brain Washing
    Apparently people in California are just supposed to trust the Governor and Health Department’s word on this, as it is simply an appeal to authority, authority that some argue they don’t possess.

    Civil Rights Attorney Leigh Dundas is someone who is not taking their advice on this subject, and has taken action to stop the practice, as the real science shows that wearing a face mask all day long is detrimental to one’s health, and some have even died as a result, including two school children in China.

    The corporate media complies with the disinformation on face masks, but occasionally stories leak out showing the detrimental effects that can result from prolonged usage, like this one where a man passed out while driving his car and crashed while wearing a face mask too long.

    Attorney Dundas challenged California Orange County Chief Health Officer Dr. Nichole and her order to require county residents to wear face masks, and the backlash that resulted was so great that Dr. Nichole recently quit.

    Leigh Dundas angrily wagged her finger at Orange County supervisors at their board meeting last month as she ticked off what she thought were damning details about the professional background of county health officer Nichole Quick. The anti-vaccination attorney named Quick’s boyfriend and disclosed her home address, saying she was going to bring protesters in masks to do calisthenics on her front doorstep until they passed out.

    “She needs to be fired,” Dundas declared.

    It was a strikingly personal attack on Quick, who had vexed many local officials and residents alike with her recent order requiring that people wear masks when in public to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The county sheriff provided her with a security detail even as he said he would not enforce the mask order. Finally, under pressure from both county supervisors and the public, Quick resigned last week, the third high-level Orange County health official to do so during the pandemic. And Orange County reversed her mask order. (Source.)

    This is important news, because as we explained earlier this week in our article about Virginia’s new law, H.B.1090, unelected people from the medical industry populate these local health boards, and it is assumed that they have the power to order the citizens of their community to do whatever they please, including mandatory vaccinations. See:

    Virginia Has Provided the Nation with the Template for Mandatory Vaccines: Democracy Sacrificed for Medical Tyranny
    Attorney Dundas has shown that these unelected medical tyrants can be opposed, and citizens really are under no obligation to comply with their dictates.

    Attorney Dundas works with Advocates for Citizens’ Rights and they produced a short video to educate the public on the dangers of wearing a face mask all the time.



    Here are the resources she uses to show the dangers of wearing face masks and the harm they cause:

    Excerpts from Studies Involving Mask-Wearing
    Study on CDC website which reviewed ten different randomized clinical trials, world-wide, reviewing highly infectious respiratory virus transmission which found “no significant reduction” in “transmission with the use of face masks.” https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article. Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures, Jingyi Xiao1, Eunice Y. C. Shiu1, Huizhi Gao, Jessica Y. Wong, Min W. Fong, Sukhyun Ryu, and Benjamin J. Cowling (Volume 26, Number 5, May of 2020).
    World Health Organization states there “is no evidence wearing a mask by a healthy person in a community setting can prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19” and further concludes “universal community masking” is ineffective at preventing “infection from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.” The WHO recommended against wearing medical masks as they “may create a false sense of security” against COVID-19, while it further went out of its way to reiterate that there is “no evidence available on a [mask’s] usefulness to protect non-sick persons.” https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/...=1&isAllowed=y Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19 – Guidance, World Health Organization (April 6, 2020)
    British Medical Journal notes that cloth face masks may INCREASE spread of virus: “This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection.” https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
    C Raina MacIntyre1, Holly Seale1, Tham Chi Dung2, Nguyen Tran Hien2, Phan Thi Nga2, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai1, Bayzidur Rahman1, Dominic E Dwyer3, Quanyi Wang4
    Explanation of Why Face Masks Do Not Work (reviewing other studies) https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/feat...ealing-review/
    Canadian Physicist Reviewing Why Face Masks Do Not Work. http://ocla.ca/wp-content/uploads/20...D19-policy.pdf
    Wearing respirators come[s] with a host of physiological and psychological burdens. These can interfere with task performances and reduce work efficiency. These burdens can even be severe enough to cause life-threatening conditions if not ameliorated. Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016).
    When the N95 respirator was tested in use in 2010, the “dead-space oxygen and carbon dioxide levels did not meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s ambient workplace standards.”
    In a study conducted by the National Taiwan University Hospital fifteen years ago, it was found that the use of N-95 masks in healthcare workers caused them to experience hypoxemia, a low level of oxygen in the blood, and hypercapnia, an elevation in the blood’s carbon dioxide levels. Not only did the mask create dangerously low levels of oxygen and an equally dangerous spike in carbon dioxide in the human body, the study found that “medical staff are at increased risk of getting ‘Severe acute respiratory syndrome’ (SARS) [from] wearing N95 masks….” Lastly, the study’s authors further found that “dizziness, headache, and short[ness] of breath are commonly experienced by the medical staff wearing N95 masks” and that the “ability to make correct decisions” was also likely impaired. The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005).
    Studies show that headaches in medical professionals are commonly found as a result of mask-wearing, which is a sign of hypoxia: Just under 10% of the healthcare workers in one study experienced such severe symptoms that they were forced to take, on average, two full days of sick leave from their healthcare jobs, while 60% of these healthcare professionals “required use of abortive analgesics because of headache.” Headaches and the N95 Face-Mask Amongst Healthcare Providers. Lim EC1, Seet RC, Lee KH, Wilder-Smith EP, Chuah BY, Ong BK, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 28 Feb 2006, 113(3):199-202.
    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 – which is a sign of dangerously low levels of oxygenation – and ALL healthcare workers felt like the headaches affected their work performance. 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.
    Pregnant women wearing N-95 masks were found to have breathing difficulties associated with the use of the mask. Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020).
    “It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%” which in turn “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.” Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020).
    In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries. The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels significantly. The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels. Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.
    In a study of dentists and dental assistants who adopted new protocols since COVID, headaches jumped from 16% pre-COVID to 65%, with half of respondents (49%) noting it was hard to breathe “all the time” and 40% noting it was hard to breathe some of the time. https://www.dentistryiq.com/covid-19...7G0X&rdx.ident[pull]=omeda%7C3982E9300967G0X&oly_enc_id=3982E9300967G0X&fbclid=IwAR1Dr974eARlmMqMikUxsl8XBZjvzOznYcgEFxJ LWUoR-n1zjxfUxih_QKY#cid-14177681
    The immunity of the mask wearer – and his or her subsequent ability to fight off COVID-19 or any other harmful infection – is actually harmed by wearing a mask. The drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) noted in many studies is directly associated with an impairment in immunity. In terms of the biological effects, what the studies have shown is that the lowered rate of oxygen (hypoxia) in turn inhibits the production of the type of primary immune cells that our bodies use to fight viral infections (known as the CD4+ T-lymphocyte). Functionally speaking, what happens inside our bodies is that the decrease in oxygen causes a spike in the level of a compound called hypoxia-inducible-factor-1 (HIF-1). Once that compound spikes, it in turn inhibits the production of T-lymphocytes we need for our bodies to fight off invaders and infections. Yet worse, the lack of oxygen stimulates a powerful inhibitor of the immune system (a cell called the Tregs), which in turn makes one’s body ripe for contracting a COVID-19 infection and experiencing said illness more severely: “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.” Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. See also: 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. See further: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355.
    People with cancer may be at a further risk from hypoxia – as cancer cells grow best in a bodily environment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes systemic inflammation which, in turn, promotes “the growth, invasion and spread of cancers.” Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15.
    Repeated episodes of low oxygen – known as intermittent hypoxia – also “causes atherosclerosis” and hence increases “all cardiovascular events” such as heart attacks – as well as adverse cerebral events like stroke. Blaylock, quoting Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297.
    It appears the virus may be able to enter the brain. According to those who practice neurosurgery, in most instances where the virus enters the brain, it does so by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves) – and accordingly – 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.’’ Blaylock, reviewing 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. 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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    https://davidicke.com/2020/06/19/the...tor-videocast/

    …. And this is what we all need to start doing daily in mass in order to stop this nonsense, prevent where they want to take society and begin to create the world we all deserve...

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    Quote Posted by Luke Holiday (here)
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    Do Masks Even Work? Can You Be Forced To Wear One? Dr. Kaufman Weighs In
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    "We are beginning to see more and more mask mandates being rolled out, which raises many questions. Does wearing a mask offer protection from the virus? Is wearing a mask for extended periods of time pose any risk to your health? Can the government or employers really make you wear a mask?

    In this interview, Spiro is joined by Dr. Andrew Kaufman to discuss these issue in addition to another concerning aspect regarding mandated masks.

    Are we being conditioned to accept other mandates? If they can make you wear a mask, what will they make you do next? Mandatory testing? Mandatory vaccination? Do not miss this important interview!"

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    Didn't wear one much to begin with, and after reading more and more, stopped all together. Think about this ,do you wash your hands with antibacterial soap?. This is another form of blocking your immune system everyday from working properly. Just like a mask. Wash your hands using regular soap or dish soap, let your body work and calibrate its defenses. If you see someone that doesn't look healthy or is coughing up a storm, make a detour of that person, that's just common sense.

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    ANTI-MASKERS: RIGHT OR SELFISH?

    As Americans turn against each other over mask mandates, many scientists are speaking out, including former professor of physics at the University of Ottawa, Denis Rancourt, PhD, who just released a paper compiling seven studies on the science surrounding the effectiveness of masks. #AntiMaskers #MasksWork #Coronavirus #Covid19 #Health #Lockdown

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