[Hojczyk]

Also here

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/stanford-study-results-facemasks-ineffective-block-transmission-covid-19-actually-can-cause-health-deterioration-premature-death/The NCBI study begins with the following abstract:

Many countries across the globe utilized medical and non-medical facemasks as non-pharmaceutical intervention for reducing the transmission and infectivity of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks’ efficacy is lacking, adverse physiological, psychological and health effects are established. Is has been hypothesized that facemasks have compromised safety and efficacy profile and should be avoided from use. The current article comprehensively summarizes scientific evidences with respect to wearing facemasks in the COVID-19 era, providing prosper information for public health and decisions making.

The study concludes (emphasis added):

The existing scientific evidences challenge the safety and efficacy of wearing facemask as preventive intervention for COVID-19. The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective to block human-to-human transmission of viral and infectious disease such SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, supporting against the usage of facemasks. Wearing facemasks has been demonstrated to have substantial adverse physiological and psychological effects. These include hypoxia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, increased acidity and toxicity, activation of fear and stress response, rise in stress hormones, immunosuppression, fatigue, headaches, decline in cognitive performance, predisposition for viral and infectious illnesses, chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Long-term consequences of wearing facemask can cause health deterioration, developing and progression of chronic diseases and premature death. Governments, policy makers and health organizations should utilize prosper and scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks, when the latter is considered as preventive intervention for public health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/

[HighSierra5]

But,but two masks are better. Right? Riiiight.

[lee martell]

Shout it from every mountaintop!
Let the Rams Horn blow!

[Parmy]

Recently, I asked a health professional if he had swabbed the inside of his mask after wearing it all day. And, then had he swab incubated to see what grew in the petri dish. He said that he didn't want to know what grew there.

I asked my doctor if he had done the same with his mask to measure the CFU's. He said that he hadn't seen any data on that.

The bottom like is IMHO it ain't good to breathe in your own CO2. That is for plants to do.

[Wayne07]

FWIW, this is not a Stanford study, it is an online opinion piece by an exercise therapist with a doctorate in Philosophy at the Palo Alto VA hospital.

[unixfox]

And waddya bet all those “smart” Stanford students are walking around with masks.

Because they were told to by another “smart” expert.

[toddausauras]

Turns out co2 is bad to breathe in.

[SomeCallMeTim]

very poor writing... probably not native English speakers.

Lots of information collected. Did they actually DO anything?

[Carriage Hill]

“The CDC concluded that cloth masks and medical procedure masks substantially reduce exposure from infected wearers and reduce exposure of uninfected wearers...”

The CDC is full of crap.

[pepsi_junkie]

STANFORD STUDY SAYS MASKS ARE ‘INEFFECTIVE’, HAVE ‘DEVASTATING HEALTH CONSEQUENCES’

... and they aren't going anywhere any time soon. Because they aren't about health.

[Pollard]

Table 1

Physiological and Psychological Effects of Wearing Facemask and Their Potential Health Consequences.

Physiological Effects	Psychological Effect	Health Consequences
• Hypoxemia • Hypercapnia • Shortness of breath • Increase lactate concentration • Decline in pH levels • Acidosis • Toxicity • Inflammation • Self-contamination • Increase in stress hormones level (adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol) • Increased muscle tension • Immunosuppression	• Activation of “fight or flight” stress response • Chronic stress condition • Fear • Mood disturbances • Insomnia • Fatigue • Compromised cognitive performance	• Increased predisposition for viral and infection illnesses • Headaches • Anxiety • Depression • Hypertension • Cardiovascular disease • Cancer • Diabetes • Alzheimer disease • Exacerbation of existing conditions and diseases • Accelerated aging process • Health deterioration • Premature mortality

[wjcsux]

They found that out during the Spanish Flu pandemic 100 years ago. Isn’t it funny how the truth doesn’t change?

[2aProtectsTheRest]

This must be why all the doctors, nurses, surgeons, dentists, lab workers, contractors, painters, dental hygienists, carpenters, nail salon workers, and all the others who wear masks for work all day every day for decades on end drop dead all the time.

Wait, they don’t? They’re fine after decades of mask wearing? Oh...

[shanover]

It takes studies to tell us what most of us knew a year ago?

[Organic Panic]

I hate the GD masks. I have had mild asthma that I pretty much ignored most of my adult life because the medicine makes me jumpy. The masks have me coughing and wheezing like crazy for an hour after I take them off. I laugh when I see people driving alone in their cars with masks. BUT... We much show our fealty to fauci the magnificent.

[FlyingEagle]

Science!

[afchief]

Masks are for the STUPID...........PERIOD!

[eyeamok]

When the Shysters figure out they can SUE those that Mandated Masks, it will end quickly

[romanesq]

#Science

[AppyPappy]

Not if you cut little slits in it