Face masks do not work and are dangerous to health, a thread.
A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.
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A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
A Danish randomized controlled trial with 6000 participants, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in November 2020, found no statistically significant effect of high-quality medical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community setting.
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Large randomized controlled trial apprx. 8000 participants, published in October 2020 in PLOS One, found that face masks “did not seem to be effective against laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory infections nor against clinical respiratory infection.”
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A February 2021 review by the European CDC found no high-quality evidence in favor of face masks and recommended their use only based on the ‘precautionary principle’.
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A July 2020 review by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of face masks against virus infection or transmission.
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A November 2020 Cochrane review found that face masks did not reduce influenza-like illness (ILI) cases, neither in the general population nor in health care workers.
cochrane.org/CD006207/ARI_d…
cochrane.org/CD006207/ARI_d…
An August 2021 study published in the Int. Research Journal of Public Health found “no association between mask mandates or use and reduced COVID-19 spread in US states.”
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A July 2021 experimental study published by the American Institute of Physics found that face masks reduced indoor aerosols by at most 12%, not enough to prevent infections.
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An April 2020 review by two US professors in respiratory and infectious disease from the University of Illinois concluded that face masks have no effect in everyday life, neither as self-protection nor to protect third parties (so-called source control).
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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine from May 2020 came to the conclusion that face masks offer little to no protection in everyday life.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
A 2015 study in the British Medical Journal BMJ Open found that cloth masks were penetrated by 97% of particles and may increase infection risk by retaining moisture or repeated use.
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An August 2020 review by a German professor in virology, epidemiology and hygiene found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of face masks and that the improper daily use of masks by the public may in fact lead to an increase in infections.
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Now for RISKS associated with wearing face masks...
The WHO warns of various “side effects” such as difficulty breathing and skin rashes.
who.int/publications/i…
The WHO warns of various “side effects” such as difficulty breathing and skin rashes.
who.int/publications/i…
Tests conducted by the University Hospital of Leipzig in Germany have shown that face masks significantly reduce the resilience and performance of healthy adults.
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The Hamburg Environmental Institute warned of the inhalation of chlorine compounds in polyester masks as well as problems in connection with face mask disposal.
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The European rapid alert system RAPEX has already recalled over 100 mask models because they did not meet EU quality standards and could lead to “serious risks”.
eu-esf.org/personal-prote…
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A study by the University of Muenster in Germany found that on N95 (FFP2) masks, Sars-CoV-2 may remain infectious for several days, thus increasing the risk of self-contamination.
fh-muenster.de/gesundheit/for…
fh-muenster.de/gesundheit/for…
In #China, several children who had to wear a #mask during #gym classes fainted and died; autopsies found a sudden cardiac arrest as the probable cause of death.
thatsmags.com/china/post/311…
thatsmags.com/china/post/311…
In the US, a car driver wearing an #N95 (FFP2) #mask fainted and crashed due to #CO2 intoxication.
nypost.com/2020/04/24/dri…
nypost.com/2020/04/24/dri…
US State revises #MaskMandates for outdoor athletics after Summit HS runner #collapses at finish line
Studies claiming face masks are effective, and full credit on the link below.
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swprs.org/face-masks-and…
A fantastic resource for those fighting mask mandates at school.
"It has been known for decades that face masks don’t work against respiratory virus epidemics. Why has much of the world nonetheless fallen for the face mask folly?"
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"It has been known for decades that face masks don’t work against respiratory virus epidemics. Why has much of the world nonetheless fallen for the face mask folly?"
swprs.org/the-face-mask-…
Will keep adding, the evidence mounting against masks is irrefutable
https://twitter.com/ovni1969/status/1486981571102097409?s=20&t=Oz6m4_nio1Q3cJHPV_ENVA
Thread on facemasks
https://twitter.com/ianmcdermottLSO/status/1518615551878340611?s=20&t=e6mYhHJFSbnPHicerbh3TQ
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