We’re being hit with “Super Flu”…Evidence Is Masks Don’t Do Anything…
The filter material of face masks does not retain or filter out viruses
Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org
We’re being hit with the “Super Flu” (allegedly), and that means everyone wants us to wear masks again.
We went over this (a lot) in 2020.
Then we went over it again in 2023.
Masks don’t work, they never worked, and – prior to 2020 – the academic literature was very clear on this.
In a 2016 literature review, infection control expert Dr John Hardie found [emphasis added]:
Between 2004 and 2016 at least a dozen research or review articles have been published on the inadequacies of face masks. All agree that the poor facial fit and limited filtration characteristics of face masks make them unable to prevent the wearer inhaling airborne particles. In their well-referenced 2011 article on respiratory protection for healthcare workers, Drs. Harriman and Brosseau conclude that, “facemasks will not protect against the inhalation of aerosols.”
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Health care workers have long relied heavily on surgical masks to provide protection against influenza and other infections. Yet there are no convincing scientific data that support the effectiveness of masks for respiratory protection.
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It should be concluded from these and similar studies that the filter material of face masks does not retain or filter out viruses
That study was removed from the website of the Journal of Oral Health in July 2020, because it was “no longer relevant in our current climate”. Which is perfectly normal, I’m sure.
Another study, conducted in 2019 and published in May 2020, concluded:
Disposable medical 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. 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.
In 2023, the Cochrane Report by Jefferson et al. found:
Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks […] Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks…
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
None of this is new information; we’ve published it all before, but if they keep pitching the same lies, we’ll just have to keep batting with the same facts.
When it comes to preventing disease, masks are not effective. They never worked. The science backs this up.
This is neither an ideological position nor a moral position. It is simply a rational, fact-based position.
Anyone saying otherwise is misinformed, ideologically captured, willfully dishonest or some combination of all three.
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