What Has Changed Regarding Asymptomatic Spread?
Clare Craig The concept of asymptomatic transmission formed the foundation for the belief that lockdown was necessary and might work and for mask wearing and amplified the atmosphere of fear with the idea that anyone could be a threat. … At the time it was possible to conclude that the global evidence of transmission from […]
Bacterial and Fungal Isolation from Face Masks under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ah-Mee Park et al. The COVID-19 pandemic has led people to wear face masks daily in public. Although the effectiveness of face masks against viral transmission has been extensively studied, there have been few reports on potential hygiene issues due to bacteria and fungi attached to the face masks … We surveyed 109 volunteers on […]
Secrets of the Pandemic
Swiss Policy Research Little-known aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Contents 1) Pandemic Response: Failure or Success?; 2) The SARS&MERS “Death Rate”; 3) China & Zero Covid; 4) Coronavirus Origins; 5) Why Face Masks Have Failed; 6) Covid Vaccine Trials; 7) Covid Treatment: Antivirals & More; 8) Asymptomatic Transmission; 9) Long Covid; 10) Children
It Has Stopped Making Sense, So Let’s Just Say No.
Tess Lawrie The return of so-called mask mandates looms large in many countries – in some, they never left. Most people reading this will already know that masks don’t prevent infection. I suspect many of you are also fully aware that masks are dehumanising, divisive and detrimental to health and happiness. … The problem we […]
Masks Are Not Benign
Pairodocs Masks are an example of the weaponization of the precautionary principle. “If it saves just one life, it is worth it”. “You can’t be too careful”. Neither of these is true. A correct application of the precautionary principle means considering not only the benefits, but also the negative impacts of an intervention. … Oxygen […]
Mask Mandates Linked to Increased COVID Death Rates
Joseph Mercola Data from Kansas show counties with mask mandates had a higher death rate than counties without a mask mandate; two other large studies found similar results, one that gathered data in Europe only and the other from 69 countries. According to a study in early 2021, face masks increase your daily inhalation of […]
Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe
Beny Spira Masking was the single most common non-pharmaceutical intervention in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Most countries have implemented recommendations or mandates regarding the use of masks in public spaces. The aim of this short study was to analyse the correlation between mask usage against morbidity and mortality rates in […]
The Foegen Effect: How Mask Wearing Can Make You Sick
Zacharias Fögen t took a long time, but my study on masks has finally appeared in the prestigious journal Medicine. What is my study about? It is about whether masks decrease case fatality from COVID-19 (because less viral material is transmitted) or increase it. Increase sounds illogical? Ask yourself if you would wear the mask of […]