There is no evidence that wearing facemasks during surgery, or indeed at any other time, does anything to protect against infection. Indeed, they seem to increase infections in patients
As you explain Simon, the original studies which demonstrate no effects of facemasks are over a decade old now, yet the truth remains ignored and even hidden. This raises my mind the question of how many other pieces of government advice are also misleading and based on false information. One that comes to mind is the idea that meat and fat are bad for you, and possibly dairy products too. This has been a standard government view for 40 years now. Yet you and I grew up at a time when bacon and eggs were served by our mothers for breakfast daily. No croissants and coffee for us! Yet in our lifetime that diet of meat ,eggs and dairy has become an object of fear. Such food is going to make us ill and reduce our life expectancy we are told. This is similar to facemask propaganda. There is more and more evidence that for a healthy life, the basic need is for protein and fat, with the latter enabling our bodies to absorb the protein. Yet Governments continue to tell us the opposite and are now attempting to close down farms that provide these products, so that we will be unable to eat them even if we would choose to do so.
I have watched the advise on what constitutes a healthy diet change a dozen times in my lifetime; as have you. These days I tend to think that a balanced diet of the kind I enjoyed as a child in the 1950s is probably best for me, but all of the components in moderation. I no longer even listen to the advice, because it changes almost weekly!
You've covered this subject before and I'm glad to see you redistributing the information. It has made me wonder how some people really just will not, and virtually refuse to, think for themselves. Which in turn makes me wonder, is it because they are too lazy or just so cowed with fear? It's certainly easier to be a finger pointer than have the finger pointed at you. But it strikes me as cowardly. Anyway I'm rambling a bit and might get on my soapbox if I'm not careful so I'll stop right there.
P S. It's amazing how many people have no idea where the soap box reference comes from. Keep up.the good work, old bean.
>The absolute mania for wearing facemasks in public during the COVID-19 pandemic was an extraordinary instance of irrational behaviour; a superstitious ritual designed to ward off evil.
But many people believed because they had been told by the government and some government-appointed “experts” that it was efficient and informed. So, it seems mistaken to accuse those people of being “superstitious”. And it seems incoherent to accuse anyone involved of being “irrational”: https://jclester.substack.com/p/rationality-a-libertarian-viewpoint
The information which I give in this article is freely available on the internet. if people are told that they are compelled by law to do something which will benefit them and the community, then it surely makes sense to check that this is true?
You and I will surely check. But the vast majority of people, including quite intelligent professionals, will simply accept the advice of both government and opposition plus alleged “experts”. As Bertrand Russell observed, “Most people would sooner die than think; in fact they do so”.
Yes indeed, but so entrenched is the use of masks in clinical settings that they may have been no appetite to explore the matter further. This study does not seem to have led anywhere.
As you explain Simon, the original studies which demonstrate no effects of facemasks are over a decade old now, yet the truth remains ignored and even hidden. This raises my mind the question of how many other pieces of government advice are also misleading and based on false information. One that comes to mind is the idea that meat and fat are bad for you, and possibly dairy products too. This has been a standard government view for 40 years now. Yet you and I grew up at a time when bacon and eggs were served by our mothers for breakfast daily. No croissants and coffee for us! Yet in our lifetime that diet of meat ,eggs and dairy has become an object of fear. Such food is going to make us ill and reduce our life expectancy we are told. This is similar to facemask propaganda. There is more and more evidence that for a healthy life, the basic need is for protein and fat, with the latter enabling our bodies to absorb the protein. Yet Governments continue to tell us the opposite and are now attempting to close down farms that provide these products, so that we will be unable to eat them even if we would choose to do so.
I have watched the advise on what constitutes a healthy diet change a dozen times in my lifetime; as have you. These days I tend to think that a balanced diet of the kind I enjoyed as a child in the 1950s is probably best for me, but all of the components in moderation. I no longer even listen to the advice, because it changes almost weekly!
Hello again,
Very interesting experiment indeed.
It makes me think though: is a respiratory infection (covid) comparable to a wound infection (the experiment) ?
People (Animals) lick their (and other's) wound, can covid transmit this way ?
It seems to me, that the the whole covid episode was sped up 'climate change apocalypse'.
* predictions acqiured from computer models
* trying to fight it with 'feeling good' measures (masks/EV cars)
...your parallels
You've covered this subject before and I'm glad to see you redistributing the information. It has made me wonder how some people really just will not, and virtually refuse to, think for themselves. Which in turn makes me wonder, is it because they are too lazy or just so cowed with fear? It's certainly easier to be a finger pointer than have the finger pointed at you. But it strikes me as cowardly. Anyway I'm rambling a bit and might get on my soapbox if I'm not careful so I'll stop right there.
P S. It's amazing how many people have no idea where the soap box reference comes from. Keep up.the good work, old bean.
Yes, the last time I talked about this was on YouTube and I was promptly suspended for a week for 'medical misinformation'!
>The absolute mania for wearing facemasks in public during the COVID-19 pandemic was an extraordinary instance of irrational behaviour; a superstitious ritual designed to ward off evil.
It was inefficient and misinformed behaviour: https://jclester.substack.com/p/covid-19-pandemic-a-libertarian-viewpoint?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fcovid&utm_medium=reader2
But many people believed because they had been told by the government and some government-appointed “experts” that it was efficient and informed. So, it seems mistaken to accuse those people of being “superstitious”. And it seems incoherent to accuse anyone involved of being “irrational”: https://jclester.substack.com/p/rationality-a-libertarian-viewpoint
The information which I give in this article is freely available on the internet. if people are told that they are compelled by law to do something which will benefit them and the community, then it surely makes sense to check that this is true?
You and I will surely check. But the vast majority of people, including quite intelligent professionals, will simply accept the advice of both government and opposition plus alleged “experts”. As Bertrand Russell observed, “Most people would sooner die than think; in fact they do so”.
That's a good quotation! I shall have to to remember that.
The study should have continued to find out why the wearing of masks increased infection rates
Yes indeed, but so entrenched is the use of masks in clinical settings that they may have been no appetite to explore the matter further. This study does not seem to have led anywhere.
Is it possible the masks produce micro fibres into the air thus assisting wounding?
This may be so, but I not a doctor and cannot really express an opinion on the subject.