Posted on 11/30/2021 9:51:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
University of Oxford Professor Jim Naismith asserts that despite England dropping its mask mandate in July and Scotland keeping its rules in force, official data shows this “has made no meaningful difference” to infection rates.
Naismith goes on to argue that new face mask mandates imposed in England today are “unlikely to have much of an impact” in fighting off the spread of the Omicron variant.
Despite flatlining case numbers and declining deaths, partly achieved because England chose to lift lockdown restrictions in the summer unlike many European countries, mask mandates are once again back in force.
Face coverings are compulsory in shops, on public transport and numerous other venues arbitrarily chosen by the government.
Highlighting the absurdity of the rules, face masks are mandatory in takeaways but not restaurants, meaning you have to wear one if picking up a takeaway but not if you stay inside the restaurant for a sit down meal.
According to Naismith, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford, masks are largely pointless.
“The ONS survey results on prevalence shows that the Scottish and English approach to masking, although formally different since July, has made no meaningful difference to Delta,” writes Naismith.
“In both countries very high levels of prevalence have continued for months. Thus the new changes announced are unlikely to have much of an impact if Omicron does indeed spread rapidly,” he added.
As the graph above illustrates, despite England dropping mask mandates and Scotland keeping them in place after July, infection rates were similar or indeed higher in Scotland.
ONS graphs also validate such assertions.
“You can see the ONS graphs below for yourself, and he’s right,” notes Will Jones.
“Yet the Government has re-imposed masks in schools, shops and on public transport, despite there being no evidence that they make any significant impact on the spread of disease.”
A comparison between case rates in Sweden (which never legally imposed face masks) and the rest of Europe is also very revealing.
Meanwhile, in Sweden... pic.twitter.com/AXbAeCz5jy — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 11, 2021
Naismith’s verdict on face masks is backed up by UK government SAGE adviser Dr Colin Axon, who dismissed masks as “comfort blankets” that do virtually nothing, noting that the COVID-19 virus particle is up to 5,000 times smaller than the holes in the mask.
“The small sizes are not easily understood but an imperfect analogy would be to imagine marbles fired at builders’ scaffolding, some might hit a pole and rebound, but obviously most will fly through,” Axon said.
As the video below illustrates, public health officials like Dr. Hillary Jones (and even Dr. Fauci himself) originally were correct in saying that face masks were pointless.
However, as soon as they ‘got the memo’ that face masks were a tool of population control to keep people scared and compliant, their rhetoric on face coverings did a complete 180.
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Earlier in the pandemic there was a publication from India in which they examined the pore sizes of cloth masks. The pore size was typically around 500nm. The virus is 100nm in diameter. So obviously they do not work.
Well, duh.
Face masks are a totem for the irrationally fearful to clutch at in order to fool themselves into thinking they can exert some control over the uncontrollable. It’s purely magical thinking, not science. Might as well buy a quartz crystal necklace or pyramid hat and wear that to stop viruses.
RE: The pore size was typically around 500nm. The virus is 100nm in diameter. So obviously they do not work.
So, why can’t someone manufacture a face mask with a pore size much smaller than the coronavirus’ diameter?
This article is just confirming earlier studies that show face masks do not work.
Masks are not supposed to reduce the rate of infections. They reduce viral load and therefore tend to reduce severity of disease and deaths. That’s all fllks.
Tell that to Biden and Fauxi. AS long as ehey’re in charge there won’t be progress in this matter.
Oh, they work.
But not as masks.
They’re muzzles.
It is the ultimate virtue signal for most women and beta males.
It’s not obvious to me that “mask mandates” as implemented do anything positive - but the literature on mask mandates comparing “mandate” with “non-mandate” almost never assesses the % of mask wearers in a mandate vs no-mandate area.
Anyone who has ever taken a course in virology (or worked in a virology lab) knows that cloth masks cannot do the job. They are pretty much worthless. You need a positive-pressure full face (or body) respirator system with its own contained air supply. Mask-wearing is silly. A sign of compliance. Not much else.
Looks like masks make things worse.
There is literally no proof they do that either.
Oh… so the last 100 years of science didn’t suddenly change in 2020… except for the fact that Dr. “I am the science” Fauci deemed it to be.
No - they don’t if the virus is aerosolized (like Covid is) and is smaller than the mask pores.
So yes - a gas mask will work. An N95 mask will work.
Your average face diaper will not.
Even Fauci knows (or used to know) that. When someone panics, and says “do something!”, this is what they get. You do it so they’ll stop screaming, even if it’s just a gesture. Governments are famous for meaningless gestures.
That can’t he true. I always wear the facemask when walking between the front door and the bar and I have never got covid
Fauci says masks are ineffective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBFs4o0VYk
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