Mask mandates aren’t about public health, they’re about power and control and gaining the obedience of the population.
Two school districts in North Dakota had a different policy on masking. One did mask and the other did not. The schools had similar demographics. The rate of COVID infections in both districts were statistically equal. The district that required masking abandoned the policy. That district did not have an increase in COVID infections. This was not a double blind study. In effect it was a study with a control group.
Link to article https://www.americanexperiment.org/north-dakota-study-masks-in-schools-hardly-impacted-covid-spread/ Masks do not work for COVID! The CDC knew masks were virtually worthless but foisted them on us for political reasons. It is all about control.
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I saw a masked driver in the Wally parking lot today.
Did the mask make her confused as to what to do?
Or was she first confused and the mask is a result of being confused>
Sometimes cause and effect is hard to know.
I was in a conference of 1,000+ GA government health bureaucrats Tuesday. Only 1 mask visible.
We had one of these silly HR exercises, part of which was to stand uncomfortably close, facing another person. Tuesday night I and many others had a high fever. It passed and we all went back to WFH on Wednesday. We acquired natural immunity to some unknown minor thing going around apparently.
We need to publicize these events of natural activity. They happen all the time. But only the unnatural are mentioned.
Because they are meant to be a nose ring. An oppression device. A physical in the mirror reminder who is boss.
Than you for posting this!
At least one respected journal in the USA is willing to publicly call out the CDC for it’s flagrant lies about masks the past 3 + years.
Am J Med. 2023;Published:Sept 28, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.08.026
Objective: To describe and evaluate the nature and methodology of reports and appropriateness of conclusions in MMWR pertaining to masks.
Background: Because Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has substantial influence on United States health policy, it is critical to understand the scientific process within the journal. Mask policies have been highly influenced by data published in the MMWR.
Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study of MMWR publications pertaining to masks from 1978 to 2023. Outcomes included study design, whether the study was able to assess mask effectiveness, if results were statistically significant, if masks were concluded to be effective, if randomized evidence or conflicting data were mentioned or cited, and appropriateness of causal statements.
Results: 77 studies, all published after 2019, met our inclusion criteria. The most common study design was observational without comparator group 22/77 (28.6%). 0/77 were randomized. 23/77 (29.9%) assessed mask effectiveness. 11/77 (14.3%) were statistically significant, but 58/77 (75.3%) stated masks were effective. Of these, 41/58 (70.7%) used causal language. One mannequin study used causal language appropriately (1.3%). None cited randomized data. 1/77 (1.3%) cited conflicting evidence.
Conclusions and Relevance: MMWR publications pertaining to masks drew positive conclusions about mask effectiveness >75% of the time despite only 30% testing masks and <15% having statistically significant results. No studies were randomized, yet over half drew causal conclusions. The level of evidence generated was low and the conclusions were most often unsupported by the data. Our findings raise concern about the reliability of the journal for informing health policy.
“... mask research, mask mandates worsen depression”
No kidding. I wavered between depression and PISSED OFF!
EFF the CDC. Best I can do today. With our stupid administration potentially funding the attack on Israel, if the CDC burned to the ground, would we be worse off?