With the return of cold and flu season (aka, “winter”), the purveyors of the Pandemic Panic Narrative are resurrecting the one of the most explicitly anti-science measures enacted during the “pandemic”: the mask mandate.
A mask is worn in the operating room to protect the surgeon from fluids squirting on to his face. Not to protect the patient. If your sick in China where pollution is rampant west a fucking mask. If your walking into Walmart in Idaho your probably good mask free. I’m an idiot and I can figure this out. Why not the rest of the world
It’s an absolute scam. It’s diminishing life force. On an energetic level. If you can’t see ppls expressions you become depersonalized. Especially in hospital settings… this is dehumanizing.
Couldn't agree more. What's truly astonishing are the 'experts' who cling to this pseudoscience nonsense. Take, for example, the credentialed Kim Lavoie here in Montreal. She's not a PPE expert but she wants to 'normalize mask wearing'. Who is Kim Lavoie? Among other things, a behaviorial scientist:
We should be clear on the difference between the mechanistic efficacy of the individual face mask and the utility of universal masking as a public health strategy.
Masks DO inhibit the dispersal of large respiratory droplets, and in particular settings can be appropriate (I don't think I'd want a surgeon ditching a face mask during an operation). The fallacy behind the notion of universal masking is the presumption that what is a good idea in one circumstance is necessarily a good idea in all circumstances.
A mask is worn in the operating room to protect the surgeon from fluids squirting on to his face. Not to protect the patient. If your sick in China where pollution is rampant west a fucking mask. If your walking into Walmart in Idaho your probably good mask free. I’m an idiot and I can figure this out. Why not the rest of the world
CDC should inform people they can contract the virus through their eye mucosa.
That would certainly drive millions over the psychological edge. Lol.
It’s an absolute scam. It’s diminishing life force. On an energetic level. If you can’t see ppls expressions you become depersonalized. Especially in hospital settings… this is dehumanizing.
my favorite links on mask ineffeciacy:
https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-150-comparative-studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-maskset-compilation-of-mask-posts
and
Snoqualmie Valley Marines Testing Masks with Bear Spray youtube.com/watch?v=17FaG7mLEvo
Couldn't agree more. What's truly astonishing are the 'experts' who cling to this pseudoscience nonsense. Take, for example, the credentialed Kim Lavoie here in Montreal. She's not a PPE expert but she wants to 'normalize mask wearing'. Who is Kim Lavoie? Among other things, a behaviorial scientist:
https://twitter.com/kimlouiselavoie?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
The Peter Principle writ large.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/chroniques/2022-12-17/il-faut-normaliser-le-masque.php
The body of evidence, as you state, is CONCLUSIVE on the efficacy - or lack thereof - of masks stretching back 100 years.
She doesn't have a scientific or ethical leg to stand on. But there she is in a position of mild influence.
We should be clear on the difference between the mechanistic efficacy of the individual face mask and the utility of universal masking as a public health strategy.
Masks DO inhibit the dispersal of large respiratory droplets, and in particular settings can be appropriate (I don't think I'd want a surgeon ditching a face mask during an operation). The fallacy behind the notion of universal masking is the presumption that what is a good idea in one circumstance is necessarily a good idea in all circumstances.