Posted on 12/28/2021 8:32:04 AM PST by george76
It is not unreasonable to conclude that surgical and cloth masks, used as they currently are being used (without other forms of PPE protection), have no impact on controlling the transmission of Covid-19 virus. Current evidence implies that face masks can be actually harmful. The body of evidence indicates that face masks are largely ineffective.
My focus is on COVID face masks and the prevailing science that we have had for nearly 20 months. Yet I wish to address this mask topic at a 50,000-foot level on the lockdown restrictive policies in general. I build on the backs of the fine work done by Gupta, Kulldorff, and Bhattacharya on the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) and similar impetus by Dr. Scott Atlas (advisor to POTUS Trump) who, like myself, was a strong proponent for a focused type of protection that was based on an age-risk stratified approach.
Because we saw very early on that the lockdowns were the single greatest mistake in public health history. We knew the history and knew they would not work. We also knew very early of COVID’s risk stratification. Sadly, our children will bear the catastrophic consequences and not just educationally, of the deeply flawed school closure policy for decades to come (particularly our minority children who were least able to afford this). Many are still pressured to wear masks and punished for not doing so.
I present the masking ‘body of evidence’ below (n=167 studies and pieces of evidence), comprised of comparative effectiveness research as well as related evidence and high-level reporting. To date, the evidence has been stable and clear that masks do not work to control the virus and they can be harmful and especially to children.
Table 1: The evidence on COVID-19 face masks and mask mandates and harms..
MASK-INEFFECTIVENESS ..
(Excerpt) Read more at brownstone.org ...
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Based on their (Brownstone) own “story” I would be cautious buying into their viewpoint 100%. Not saying they are wrong…just that they are as biased a the left wing folks.
BFL
The mystery we still haven’t solved is why countries like Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have seen such low case counts.
The original hypothesis was that mask wearing was common pre-Covid, and that is why they did so well.
We started masks and they don’t seem to have helped much, so what was it that saved Asia?
Early treatment would be my guess.
more widespread use of ivermectin, nasal washes and just possible genetic disposition of viral variant and lack of obesity
Well.. if i were designing a virus, i would go all the way and deselect a few populations for my own benefit. If you ever want a real shocker read the genetics of true New human history by dr Nathaniel Jensen. The population densities and mathematic analysis will shock everyone into how much you don’t really know. Makes you wonder why you were lied too and who was the architect.
o here is a brainwave go to the haedware store & get a better mask wear it and remember to wash your hands wash your hands wash your grubby hands!!!
‘The mystery we still haven’t solved is why countries like Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have seen such low case counts.’
yeah, masks in Japan worked so well they couldn’t allow any spectators at their Olympic games...
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