The lack of benefits, lack of safety testing, and political disruption caused by mask mandates mean that mask mandates were and continue to be unethical
For crying out loud, there is little, if anything not known about masks. Safety regulations for respiratory protection stretch back to the Victorian era. Respirators and masks have been tested, studied and retested and restudied again and again and yet again in the hundred years between the Spanish Flu and Covid. There is a reason why surgical teams must change their surgical masks every 4 hours during operations that last longer than this length of time, self contamination.
Read the insert that comes with a N95 respirator and you’ll see that their use commercially requires the wearer to be certified in their use which includes a specialized medical exam to ensure that there are no underlying health issues that when paired with a respirator may lead to injury or death. While masks are not respirators, this certification provides education relevant also to the less capable surgical mask, neither of which offer protection against viruses and both share some health risks.
There is simply no need to study masks anymore than they have been. Just look at the results of countries with low mask usage vs. those with high compliance to masking recommendations and mandates. Without understanding the whys and hows, it should be clear that masks are not benign, that they have perverse effects.
on atmospheric CO2…I thought current levels were around .035-.04%, as you highlight. But I thought that was on the low end historically? I’ve also read that if CO2 levels go much lower plant life (and hence all life) begins to die. I’m talking atmospheric CO2 here, not the artificially high levels caused by external factors like masks or industry. I agree that masking may cause dangerously high levels of CO2. My point is that I’ve read that all life evolved during generally higher levels of CO2 than the current context (but not as high as conditions potentially caused by masking).
More detail in this video that has climate cultists in a frenzy. I’m not an expert, so may be wrong.
The problem is not just the CO2, it is the displaced oxygen. As the fibers of the mask moisten and gunk starts to accumulate and grow with in them, some of the wearers exhaled breath gets trapped there to be inhaled again reducing the amount of fresh air that is brought in. As anything in air increases, it reduces the percentage of other stuff in the air, including oxygen. Continued too long and we can have problems with too high a percentage of co2, too low a percentage of O2 or both.
For crying out loud, there is little, if anything not known about masks. Safety regulations for respiratory protection stretch back to the Victorian era. Respirators and masks have been tested, studied and retested and restudied again and again and yet again in the hundred years between the Spanish Flu and Covid. There is a reason why surgical teams must change their surgical masks every 4 hours during operations that last longer than this length of time, self contamination.
Read the insert that comes with a N95 respirator and you’ll see that their use commercially requires the wearer to be certified in their use which includes a specialized medical exam to ensure that there are no underlying health issues that when paired with a respirator may lead to injury or death. While masks are not respirators, this certification provides education relevant also to the less capable surgical mask, neither of which offer protection against viruses and both share some health risks.
There is simply no need to study masks anymore than they have been. Just look at the results of countries with low mask usage vs. those with high compliance to masking recommendations and mandates. Without understanding the whys and hows, it should be clear that masks are not benign, that they have perverse effects.
on atmospheric CO2…I thought current levels were around .035-.04%, as you highlight. But I thought that was on the low end historically? I’ve also read that if CO2 levels go much lower plant life (and hence all life) begins to die. I’m talking atmospheric CO2 here, not the artificially high levels caused by external factors like masks or industry. I agree that masking may cause dangerously high levels of CO2. My point is that I’ve read that all life evolved during generally higher levels of CO2 than the current context (but not as high as conditions potentially caused by masking).
More detail in this video that has climate cultists in a frenzy. I’m not an expert, so may be wrong.
https://rumble.com/v4kl0dn-climate-the-movie-the-cold-truth-martin-durkin.html
The problem is not just the CO2, it is the displaced oxygen. As the fibers of the mask moisten and gunk starts to accumulate and grow with in them, some of the wearers exhaled breath gets trapped there to be inhaled again reducing the amount of fresh air that is brought in. As anything in air increases, it reduces the percentage of other stuff in the air, including oxygen. Continued too long and we can have problems with too high a percentage of co2, too low a percentage of O2 or both.
Phenomenal article; very much looking forward to part 2! 🙏🌟