The UK government imposed mandatory mask wearing on the 24th July 2020 in shops. This was after the first UK lockdown had been imposed on the 16th March 2020. Those who questioned the mask mandate were ridiculed and told it was only temporary. Since February 2021 the World Economic Forum has been promoting a smart mask suggesting it was the mask for the future.
Back in August 2020 I expressed my concerns about masks and where it would lead. Again in October 2020 similar concerns were expressed. Those concerns have not diminished but continue to grow. My concerns and those of others were ridiculed and often ignored. People on twitter would post links to research suggesting masks work. Often they would highlight research conducted in laboratory settings, literature reviews, surveys and observational studies. What they failed to understand is that no one had actually conducted a large randomised control trial in a community setting. If you advocate or support mandatory mask wearing you need to understanding human behaviour. People do not tend to adhere to the requirements of wearing masks correctly. They will reuse them far too often or adjust them inappropriately. Safe disposal of masks has also become a concern. Clearly the WEF have become aware of these concerns and addressed some in this video. So the mask tells you when to wash it, how to breathe and how to wear it. Clearly masks are no longer intended to be temporary. Perhaps you are still happy to follow the guidance and recommendations of an unelected forum? Well you should listen to the voices in this video to
see how it is affecting the children concerned.
Are the children exaggerating their experiences? If they are why are the WEF promoting a mask that tells you when there is too much Co2 (Carbon Dioxide) and how and when to breathe? Still not convinced that the mask you wear is perhaps damaging your health then let me highlight some of the studies that have highlighted some of the issues the children mention. 1. "Covid-19: important potential side effects of wearing face masks that we should bear in mind."https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1435/rr-40 2. Personal protective equipment against COVID-19: Vital for surgeons, harmful for patients? https://www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(20)30583-3/fulltext6.
3. “Exercise with facemask; Are we handling a devil's sword?” – A physiological hypothesis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306735/#b01357. 4. "Meta-analysis on facemask use in community settings to prevent respiratory infection transmission shows no effect."https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)32450-4/pdf8. 5. "Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers."https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817
6. "Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31159777/
7. "Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery." http://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/neuro/v19n2/3.pdf 8. "Sweden’s disease expert says just wearing face masks could be ‘very dangerous." https://nypost.com/2020/08/19/swedens-tegnell-wearing-face-masks-may-be-very-dangerous/ 9. "Your Mask May Be Causing Candida Growth in Your Mouth."https://www.everydayhealth.com/coronavirus/your-mask-may-be-causing-candida-growth-in-your-mouth/
These are just a few of the articles that can be found online. As an aside in 2019 Japan experienced a severe influenza outbreak. People were reminded to wear masks however Japan has a recent history of mask wearing. Therefore the effectiveness of mask wearing once again comes into question.
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