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The Science is Conclusive: Masks and Respirators do NOT Prevent Transmission of Viruses
SOTT Signs Of The Times ^ | April 20, 2020 | Dr. Denis G Rancourt, PhD

Posted on 06/26/2020 8:50:20 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge

(excerpt copied from this article)

Conclusion regarding masks that do not work

No RCT study with verified outcome shows a benefit for HCW or community members in households to wearing a mask or respirator. There is no such study. There are no exceptions. Likewise, no study exists that shows a benefit from a broad policy to wear masks in public (more on this below).

Furthermore, if there were any benefit to wearing a mask, because of the blocking power against droplets and aerosol particles, then there should be more benefit from wearing a respirator (N95) compared to a surgical mask, yet several large meta-analyses, and all the RCT, prove that there is no such relative benefit. Masks and respirators do not work.

Precautionary Principle turned on its head with masks

In light of the medical research, therefore, it is difficult to understand why public-health authorities are not consistently adamant about this established scientific result, since the distributed psychological, economic and environmental harm from a broad recommendation to wear masks is significant, not to mention the unknown potential harm from concentration and distribution of pathogens on and from used masks.

Physics and Biology of Viral Respiratory Disease, and why masks do not work

In this case, public authorities would be turning the precautionary principle on its head.

(Excerpt) Read more at sott.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: april2020; coronavirus; government; masks; oldnews; tyranny
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1 posted on 06/26/2020 8:50:20 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge
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To: Grandpa Drudge
I am certain that mask-wearing causes health risks by reducing the flow of O2 into the lungs and forcing the wearer to breathe in CO2.
2 posted on 06/26/2020 8:53:53 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Too bad
Face diapers
Must wear


3 posted on 06/26/2020 8:54:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge
If you don't like wearing a mask, you can just walk around with your face pressed into your sleeve.

Way easier to wear a mask but whatever you prefer.

4 posted on 06/26/2020 8:55:32 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Oh,I've been doing that most of my life. My Grandma taught me that is the proper way to sneeze.
5 posted on 06/26/2020 9:01:04 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge (Just an old man, desperate to preserve our great country for my grandchildren.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Someone who has tracked this should make a graphic showing the so called scientific findings on every side of Covid 19 findings.

Contagious on surfaces - not contagious on surfaces.
model (a) shows xx - - - model (b) shows yy. You get the point. Then with the final statement: “Is this the science liberals worship?”


6 posted on 06/26/2020 9:01:37 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Way easier to wear a mask but whatever you prefer.

Much more likely the clothes will not be re-worn until they have been washed, while the masks are constantly being reused (among other improper mask usage).

7 posted on 06/26/2020 9:03:07 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Viruses are some of the smallest particles on earth, they cannot be viewed without an electron microscope. I have serious doubts about cloth face masks being able to stop them.


8 posted on 06/26/2020 9:04:01 PM PDT by wjcsux (Inside every DemocRAT politician is a fascist dictator screaming to be let loose.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

The article is total poppy-cock, and you’re conclusions are inaccurate.

No mention in your references of NIOSH anywhere.

Wearing a Mask is effective, and very much worth the effort.

Stay Well.


9 posted on 06/26/2020 9:04:31 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (eeWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Dr. Denis G Rancourt, PhD was interviewed on Graham Ledger show on OANN this evening. He makes a lot of sense.


10 posted on 06/26/2020 9:05:28 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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To: CatOwner

“Much more likely the clothes will not be re-worn until they have been washed”

You don’t know many Uzbehks. Dirty people. Very dirty.


11 posted on 06/26/2020 9:06:04 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Anecdotally: Look at Hong Kong. The population wear mask, use distancing, and disinfectants on floor mats when you enter a building. The closed the borders to China (And everywhere else) They’ve had fewer than 200 deaths in a city the size of NYC and that is even more crowded. Most of the hygiene measures are just done. The government does not mandate it.

The government does power wash sidewalks with disinfectant and quarantine any HK residents returning from abroad. If you do not have a place to live or violate the home quarantine, you are placed in a converted summer camp in Tseng-Kan-O for 2 weeks.

Is that a scientific study? No. But I bet if people in Houston did those things the virus wouldn’t be a problem.


12 posted on 06/26/2020 9:06:50 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: wjcsux

Viruses are some of the smallest particles on earth, they cannot be viewed without an electron microscope. I have serious doubts about cloth face masks being able to stop them.
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The virus travels on droplets of saliva and mucus. If you stop those you stop the virus. You don’t cough out pure virus.

Question: If mask don’t work the why do sugeons use them?


13 posted on 06/26/2020 9:09:01 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: EnglishOnly

Good thing you said “Stay well” rather than “Breathe easy.”


14 posted on 06/26/2020 9:11:00 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: Fiji Hill

Way back in March, this question came up to the guru of gurus in Germany on the topic of virus issues. He said in very blunt language...because of the size of the Coronavisus ‘bug’...most all masks were NOT effective. Then he said the only reason to wear it...was if you had the virus and coughed...the bulk of the cough would stay within the mask itself. That was the only plus-side of the mask business.


15 posted on 06/26/2020 9:13:28 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Fiji Hill
Me too.

I’m a very old man in very good health for my age, but clearly at high risk from Covid-19. I’m good to walk without a cane or assistance for about half an hour at a time.

A few weeks ago, I went to a store wearing gloves and brand-new standard procedure mask to enter the store.

After about 15 minutes I was exhausted and breathing very fast, and began to feel disoriented, with serious difficulty focusing my vision. I had to get out and left the store.

I immediately removed my mask when I got outside, and felt much better after about 5 breaths of fresh air. I was completely recovered and just fine within 2 minutes.

Hypercapnia (look it up), from wearing a mask, is very real, especially for me.

16 posted on 06/26/2020 9:15:29 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge (Just an old man, desperate to preserve our great country for my grandchildren.)
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To: Fai Mao

That all might be true but if they didn’t eat bats and dogs they wouldn’t need the masks to protect them from all the diseases they have flying around. just sayin.


17 posted on 06/26/2020 9:16:00 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: sistergoldenhair

ping


18 posted on 06/26/2020 9:17:05 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Fai Mao
Look at Hong Kong. The population wear mask, use distancing, and disinfectants on floor mats when you enter a building. The closed the borders to China (And everywhere else)... I bet if people in Houston did those things the virus wouldn’t be a problem.

I bet it's the closing the borders to everywhere else which is the main factor, perhaps the only factor. And unfortunately Houston, or any other US city, or even the US as a whole, can't do that.

19 posted on 06/26/2020 9:18:21 PM PDT by norcal joe
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To: CatOwner
More importantly, sneezing into your elbow (sleeves or not) deposits the sneeze on your elbow instead of your hands, making it less likely that you will contaminate other objects with your hands.
20 posted on 06/26/2020 9:20:23 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge (Just an old man, desperate to preserve our great country for my grandchildren.)
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