Trust the Evidence | 15 Sep 2023 The mismatch undermining the publication of A122 To summarise the story, the 2006 A122 protocol and the previous versions drew little interest despite being co-published in the BMJ twice. The 2009 BMJ version drew – all of – three comments. For the 2020 update, things changed radically: governments released…
Maryanne Demassi | 5 Sep 2023 Former chief medical advisor to the US President Anthony Fauci, was questioned over the weekend by CNN reporter Michael Smerconish, about face masks being able to curb the spread of covid-19. “There’s no doubt that masks work,” said Fauci. “Different studies give different percentages of advantage of wearing it, but there’s no…
Vinay Prasad | 4 Sep 2023 It works for individuals but not populations, is his new line, but, this too, lacks data During the pandemic, I have closely read the literature on masking, and in 2021, we published a 60 page working paper with 300 references that community masking doesn’t work. Our analysis included cloth, surgical and…
Daily Mail | 27 Aug 2023 The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid. But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked…
Vaccine Reaction | 27 Aug 2023 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, societies throughout the world have been divided on the efficacy of face coverings to prevent influenza or influenza-like-illness (ILI), such as COVID. However, research conducted by the independent Cochrane, a charitable medical research organization based in London, England appears to have put to rest this…
Paul Alexander | 28 AUg 2023 Study published in April found disposable masks can have toxic chemicals Experts said this could make newly instated mask mandates ineffective; masks raise risk of stillbirths, testicular dysfunction ‘Face masks may raise the risk of stillbirths, testicular dysfunction and cognitive decline in children, an ‘explosive’ new study has claimed.…
Daily Sceptic | 24 Aug 2023 It is a long-established conclusion from the scientific world that face masks achieve no appreciable reduction in viral transmission. We knew this in 2015-16 with regard to surgeons and their patients (here and here). We knew this in 2020 from a gold-standard Cochrane review, an analysis of 14 studies on influenza and a healthcare investigation that…
Heliyon | Apr 2023 Abstract Introduction During the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic, face masks have become one of the most important ubiquitous factors affecting human breathing. It increases the resistance and dead space volume leading to a re-breathing of CO2. So far, this phenomenon and possible implications on early life has not been evaluated in depth. Method As…
Global Research | 4 Aug 2022 What do masks do? They hide, conceal, distort our human faces. They make breathing difficult. They become petri dishes for the bacteria we breathe out only to be breathed in again and again. They interfere with talking and sneezing. They make eating impossible. They disrupt communication. They prevent what…
Eugyppius | 2 Aug 2022 The German Health Minister has long demonstrated a fundamental inability to understand simple studies and evaluate scientific, but this error is on a totally new level. I’m late to point and laugh at this one, but it’s too good to let go. On Sunday, Europe’s most prominent stupid person Karl…