The mask and vaccine psychosis
I never thought I'd see the day when the majority of the world population accepts to be bullied into giving up their freedom, their livelihood and where tens of millions of people would beg to be enslaved, to be humiliated, to walk around streets filled with masked phantoms, yet here we are... even after the US government officially said that the useless facial masks are no longer required (and should never have been), "I continue wearing a mask" is trending on Twitter and people really continue wearing face masks even after the CDC said that they did not have to. Their excuses are a shocking exposition of paranoia and irrationality:
Facial masks do not offer protection from viruses
This study found that medical masks offered no protection from influenza:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00198.x
Before the Covid panic, the CDC considered them as essentially useless:
Disposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids (36). There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article
This NIH study found that for healthcare workers, only N95 masks offer some protection against viral infections, while medical masks are essentially useless:
The efficacy of medical masks and respirators against respiratory infection in healthcare workers
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28799710/
This article for health care workers explains that facial masks do not really offer any protection and "may do more harm than good" based on previous studies:
"Currently there is little evidence that wearing a surgical mask provides sufficient protection from all the hazards encountered in an acute health care setting. For this reason, the use of a respirator and face shield should be considered depending on the situation."
Jacobs, J. L. et al. (2009) “Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: A randomized controlled trial,” American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 37, Issue 5, 417 – 419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216002
N95-masked health-care workers (HCW) were significantly more likely to experience headaches. Face mask use in HCW was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds.
Cowling, B. et al. (2010) “Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: A systematic review,” Epidemiology and Infection, 138(4), 449-456. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/face-masks-to-prevent-transmission-of-influenza-virus-a-systematic- review/64D368496EBDE0AFCC6639CCC9D8BC05
None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask, in either HCW or community members in households (H). See summary Tables 1 and 2 therein.
bin-Reza et al. (2012) “The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: a systematic review of the scientific evidence,” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 6(4), 257–267. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00307.x
“There were 17 eligible studies. … None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”
Smith, J.D. et al. (2016) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” CMAJ Mar 2016 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567
“We identified six clinical studies … . In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, (b) influenza-like illness, or (c) reported work-place absenteeism.”
Offeddu, V. et al. (2017) “Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 65, Issue 11, 1 December 2017, Pages 1934–1942, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747
“Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias. Evidence of a protective effect of masks or respirators against verified respiratory infection (VRI) was not statistically significant”; as per Fig. 2c therein:
Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214
“Among 2862 randomized participants, 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons. ... Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
Long, Y. et al. (2020) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1- 9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jebm.12381
“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
The CDC warned against using facial masks as smoke protection, explaining that smoke particles will "go right through the mask". Interestingly, viruses are o2 orders of magnitude smaller than smoke particles, so viruses go straight through the masks, around the edges and through the eyes, among other:
If you want to protect yourself from a virus, you need a level 4 biohazard suit with independent air supply:
No evidence that facial mask mandates work
There is absolutely no evidence that masks slow the spread of the virus, not based on these official data:
https://rationalground.com/mask-charts/
To include just one obvious example:
Masks are clearly not reducing the spread of the virus - when mask wearing inside of businesses was required, the rate of infections was already dropping, but when the infections started rising again, the obligation to wear masks even outside was followed by a massive increase in the rate of infections. So either the masks had no effect at all or they had a seriously negative effect.
The latter seems to be the case: since Florida ended their masking mandate and other restrictions, they are out-performing US states such as Michigan with their severe restrictions:
A Danish study found no evidence that masks provide protection, either:
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817
Face masks are outright harmful
Facial masks are not just extremely unpleasant, they seriously damage social interactions and are outright harmful, as summed up by this Stanford paper by an expert on respiratory health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/
The mainstream media and Covid fearmongers attacked this paper, although all the observations are intuitively true for anyone who ever wore a mask. Snopes tried to discredit the author and avoided any reference to the fact that this is actually an official Stanford university study. By now, they managed to have it officially "withdrawn", but the content of this paper is perfectly accurate.
There are numerous other studies that confirm that face masks are dangerous and cause a reduction in blood oxygen, headaches, self-infection and pneumonia:
Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery
Considering our findings, pulse rates of the surgeon's increase and SpO2 decrease after the first hour.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18500410/
Facemask headache: a new nosographic entity among healthcare providers in COVID-19 era
Among 166/383 subjects, who were headache free at baseline, 44 (26.5%) developed de novo headache. Furthermore, 217/383 reported a previous diagnosis of primary headache disorder: 137 were affected by migraine and 80 had tension-type headache. A proportion (31.3%) of these primary headache sufferers experienced worsening of their pre-existing headache disorder, mainly for migraine frequency and attack mean duration.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10072-021-05075-8
A fluid dynamics study found that surgical masks increase the number of particles that enter your respiratory tract, as much of the airflow goes through the open areas, not mask itself, and the air flow is accelerated:
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0034580#
Bacterial Pneumonia Caused Most Deaths in 1918 Influenza Pandemic
The bacterial pneumonia was caused by self-infection: the facial masks create a region where bacteria and fungi accumulate in a warm and humid area. The mask wearer then breaths in those germs. He may also be infected with germs that accumulate on the outside of the mask through improper handling - and all the people who are not in a healthcare profession have to be considered as non-professional:
This German neurologists states unambiguously that facial masks cause brain damage. She has a PhD in pharmacology with expertise in neurotoxicity. Her video was censored on YouTube - because they apparently know better than an actual expert:
Face masks are symbolic tools of fearmongering
This article for healthcare workers - not a study, but a summary of scientific findings - admits that facial masks are more about "psychology" than actual effect:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372
To quote the conclusion of the article:
There may be additional benefits to broad masking policies that extend beyond their technical contribution to reducing pathogen transmission. Masks are visible reminders of an otherwise invisible yet widely prevalent pathogen and may remind people of the importance of social distancing and other infection-control measures.
It is also clear that 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. The potential value of universal masking in giving health care workers the confidence to absorb and implement the more foundational infection-prevention practices described above may be its greatest contribution.
No, face masks do not reduce anxiety, the exact opposite is true: they cause anxiety!
The Twitter madness
Considering that masks are so useless, it is stunning to see that there are innumerable people who openly state that they will continue wearing masks even when it is no longer required, even after getting what they were told was a vaccine that is supposed to protect them.
This is a mass psychosis & this comment by "Michael Maus" @blvckhelicopters on Minds is spot-on:
Searching ''continue wearing mask'' on Twitter, the top reasons appear to be the alleged decrease in flu deaths and not wanting to be recognized IRL. These people are hypochondriacs and anti-social retards.
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The funniest part about the leftist fear of being seen as a right winger if they remove their masks after the CDC said it was OK is that its a social prison they've built for themselves. They'll never take the masks off. It's part of their identity now.
This is what "belief in government looks like". These psychotic people are hopelessly lost...
Addendum: it just got worse - hard to believe, but here it is, the ultimate sign of stupdity - a woman who says that she's going to wear her idiotic face mask even when absolutely no one else is on the train with her. The only vague excuse for wearing face masks was that they might offer protection against droplets, as when someone in their immediate vicinity coughs or sneezes. That's it.
No one even claimed protection against viruses suspended in the air. And if no one's around, there cannot be any viral transmission that a face mask could offer protection against. So why in the world would she wear a mask when she's alone?
She will, howver, bet at risk of a self-infection:
This mentally challenged individual says that he "wears a mask during sex". The absurdity is mind-blowing, especially as he will do so after getting "vaccinated". Which just shows how little faith he has in that "vaccine". But he trusts the useless, purely symbolic facial mask.
Facial masks are security blankets for insecure people who have been continuously terrified by fake news from all the mainstream media, especially CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post.
The fact that they have been completely brainwashed and misinformed was pointed out by Bill Maher, who is a leftist who is moving further and further away from his former left-wing positions, as he sees the madness in the "woke" movement and the insanity in the far-left Covid fearmongering, as 41% of Democrats believe that 50% or more of the unvaccinated may end up getting hospitalized. It's actually LESS than 1% (the 1 to 5% reply is still too high):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp3gy_CLXho
Unfortunately, he still pushes the climate hoax and calls the rejection of this unscientific fraud "denial".