Does wearing masks really prevent coronavirus outbreaks?

[shunyadragon]

For Shuny, the NHS study of coronavirus on surfaces



showing temperature and humidity impact the virus.

more info:
https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/us-sa...-70f-12602532/

1 hour is long enough, particularly in the rainy season.

[JimL]

This, if the testing meant anything useful, would at best show that the quarantine was useless or harmful.

This is one study, and one that makes no sense to me. You can't get infected just sitting home alone. Someone is infecting them. So they are either exposed by going out, or by someone who is coming in.

[Sparko]

1 hour is long enough, particularly in the rainy season.

But you said

There is absolutely no evidence at present that coronavirus is temperature nor humidity sensitive.

[Sparko]

This is one study, and one that makes no sense to me. You can't get infected just sitting home alone. Someone is infecting them. So they are either exposed by going out, or by someone who is coming in.

nobody is totally isolated. still have to get groceries for example. Even having them delivered carries a danger. The virus could live on the groceries for up to 48 hours. I basically have to put on a mask and wash down all of my groceries and leave them alone in the garage for 3 days before using them. Except for the refrigerated items, which I will wash and put in the freezer/fridge and not touch as long as possible. Still a risk though.

same with mail or packages.

[shunyadragon]

But you said

OK! but yes I referred to the rainy season in the tropic, often no sun, and in the tropis the temperature hovers around 90 and rainy every day.

[mikewhitney]

No, I was referring to your posts, and no coherent references..

Then you are back to having no worthwhile points.

[JimL]

nobody is totally isolated. still have to get groceries for example. Even having them delivered carries a danger. The virus could live on the groceries for up to 48 hours. I basically have to put on a mask and wash down all of my groceries and leave them alone in the garage for 3 days before using them. Except for the refrigerated items, which I will wash and put in the freezer/fridge and not touch as long as possible. Still a risk though.

same with mail or packages.

Agreed, and after thinking it over I came to the conclusion that the reason that the 65% of new infections are of those who stay at home is probably because most everyone at this time probably describes themselves that way, even though most have to go shopping ect.

[Catholicity]

No.

This is what I remember about the masks.

The virus is so small that the masks won't stop viruses you breathe out.

If viruses are on droplets of water, they will fall to the ground within several feet.

Plus, you have to be in close proximity to a person (like sitting next to them in a conference room) for I think 20 minutes before another person could have a chance of being infected.

If masks didn’t do something then why do drs wear them in surgery. Do you think it is for fun?

[shunyadragon]

Then you are back to having no worthwhile points.

You have not made any coherent points yet nor references.

Still waiting . . .

[QuantaFille]

For Shuny, the NHS study of coronavirus on surfaces



showing temperature and humidity impact the virus.

more info:
https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/us-sa...-70f-12602532/

I don't buy it. If temperatures that far below normal (non-fever) human body temperature killed the virus so easily, then entering a human body would be instantly fatal for it. Nobody would be getting sick at all.

[Sparko]

Agreed, and after thinking it over I came to the conclusion that the reason that the 65% of new infections are of those who stay at home is probably because most everyone at this time probably describes themselves that way, even though most have to go shopping ect.

And watching news reports, most people are not really very good at protecting themselves. What if your mailman is infected? Do most people think about that when they bring their mail into the house? Do they disinfect their mail? And people go around wearing gloves, then touching their faces. Or wear masks with their noses hanging out. Also even a N95 mask won't do any good if you touch something infected then rub your eyes, or even not wear glasses or goggles. The droplets in the air could land on your eye and infect you. Any exposed mucous membranes are targets for the virus.

[JimL]

And watching news reports, most people are not really very good at protecting themselves. What if your mailman is infected? Do most people think about that when they bring their mail into the house? Do they disinfect their mail? And people go around wearing gloves, then touching their faces. Or wear masks with their noses hanging out. Also even a N95 mask won't do any good if you touch something infected then rub your eyes, or even not wear glasses or goggles. The droplets in the air could land on your eye and infect you. Any exposed mucous membranes are targets for the virus.

True, everyone is probably guilty of some of those things at times, but in general the precautions they take are better than no precautions.

[mikewhitney]

Science Says Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks

Here is a partial copy of the details about wearing masks

Source: https://www.thehealthyamerican.org/masks-dont-work

Science Says Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks


“How can a person be forced by any business or government entity to wear a mask
(which affects the respiratory system) without having a physical exam by a licensed doctor who approves such an action?”

~ Peggy Hall
Science Says Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks

Masks reduce intake of oxygen, leading to carbon dioxide toxicity
Germs are trapped near your mouth and nose, increasing risk of infection
Wearing a mask causes you to touch your face more frequently
There is no scientific evidence that supports healthy people wearing masks
Masks obscure your facial features and impede normal social interaction
Masks make it hard for hearing-impaired people to understand you
Masks symbolize suppression of speech

MASKS DO NOT PREVENT SPREAD OF VIRUS

KEY FINDINGS:
(1) New England Journal of Medicine: <br>
"We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection."
LINK HERE
(2) CAL-OSHA Regulations: <br>
”Cloth face coverings do not protect against COVD -19”
LINK HERE
(3) California Department of Health: <br>
"Face coverings may increase risk if users reduce their use of strong defenses." <br>
"There is limited evidence to suggest that use of cloth face coverings by the public during a pandemic could help reduce disease transmission.”
LINK HERE
(4) FDA - “Even a properly fitted N95 mask does not prevent illness or death”
LINK HERE
(5) CDC — There is no scientific evidence for healthy people wearing masks. :
Watch “CDC Mask Deception”
(6) Neurosurgeon Dr. Russell Blaylock :<br>
”There is no scientific evidence that masks are effective. If you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.”
LINK HERE
(7) Columbia University: Psychological Harms of Face Masks: <br>
"Many young children burst into tears or recoil when someone wearing a mask approaches. By putting on masks, we take away information that makes it especially difficult for children to recognize others and read emotional signals, which is unsettling and disconcerting."
LINK HERE
(8) US Surgeon General Jerome Adams:<br>
”Masks are not effective in preventing the general public from catching coronavirus.”<br>
LINK HERE
(9) Dr. Anthony Fauci:<br>
“People should not be walking around wearing masks. Masks do not provide the protection people think they do.”
LINK HERE
(10) WHO, Dr. Mike Ryan:<br>
”There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there’s some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly.
LINK HERE
(11) US Department of Labor — OSHA: <br>
”Oxygen deficient is any atmosphere that contains less than19.5%.” This happens when the oxygen is displaced by inert gas such as CARBON DIOXIDE and is the leading cause of FATALITIES.”
LINK HERE

Additional Studies and Data
(Prepared by Leigh Dundas of citizens-rights.org)
After reviewing ALL of the studies worldwide, the CDC found “no reduction in viral transmission with the use of face masks.” [18]
Similarly, in recent weeks, the World Health Organization also has found that there “is no evidence wear”

Similarly, in recent weeks, the World Health Organization also has found that there “is no evidence wearing a mask by a healthy person in a
community setting can prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.” And thus, the World Health Organization concluded
“universal community masking” is ineffective at preventing “infection from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.”[19] Indeed,
the WHO went so far as to recommend against wearing medical masks as they “may create a false sense of security” against COVID-19,
while it took pains to reiterate that there is “no evidence available on a [mask’s] usefulness to protect non-sick persons.” [19]
Even the N95 respirator, recommended for medical workers, requires training to use properly and “without training, the masks could not
only expose workers to the virus but also lull them into thinking they are protected,” according to doctors at the Harvard School of
Public Health. Yet worse, in practice, the N95 mask has been found to be ineffective in preventing the transmission of viruses: a review
of six clinical studies, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that medical workers caught viruses from their
patients just as often when they used N95 respirators as when they used ordinary medical masks.
As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies
were analyzed, concluded:
None of the 17 studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.[5]

MASKS CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS OF OXYGEN –
WHICH CAN LEAD TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CARDIAC EVENTS &amp; STROKES –
AND INCREASE THE RISK OF CONTRACTING THE VIRUS
Masks are harmful to the wearer. COVID-19 kills by causing severe hypoxia (low levels of oxygen in the blood). Ironically, mask-wearing
also causes low levels of oxygen and hypoxia – because people wearing masks re-breathe some of their exhaled air, lowering the amount of
oxygen they are breathing, and putting them at greater risk for the disease should they contract it:
Wearing respirators come[s] with a host of physiological and psychological burdens. These can interfere with task performances and
reduce work efficiency. These burdens can even be severe enough to cause life-threatening conditions if not ameliorated.[6]
Indeed, when the N95 respirator was tested in use in 2010, the “dead-space oxygen and carbon dioxide levels did not meet the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration’s ambient workplace standards.”
In a study conducted by the National Taiwan University Hospital fifteen years ago – which date of conclusion means we can safely ignore
the idea that the study was trying to bias public opinion against mask wearing for the COVID 2020 crisis since it concluded a decade and
a half prior to the COVID situation – it was found that the use of N-95 masks in healthcare workers caused them to experience hypoxemia,
a low level of oxygen in the blood, and hypercapnia, an elevation in the blood's carbon dioxide levels.[7] Not only did the mask create
dangerously low levels of oxygen and an equally dangerous spike in carbon dioxide in the human body, the study found:
Medical staff are at increased risk of getting 'Severe acute respiratory syndrome' (SARS) [from] wearing N95 masks….
Lastly, the study’s authors further found that “dizziness, headache, and short[ness] of breath are commonly experienced by the medical
staff wearing N95 masks” and that the “ability to make correct decisions” was also likely impaired. [7]
Studies show that headaches in medical professionals are commonly found as a result of mask-wearing, which is a sign of hypoxia: Just
under 10% of the healthcare workers in one study experienced such severe symptoms that they were forced to take, on average, two full
days of sick leave from their healthcare jobs, while 60% of these healthcare professionals “required use of abortive analgesics because
of headache.”[8]
A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face
mask – which is a sign of dangerously low levels of oxygenation – and ALL healthcare workers felt like the headaches affected their work
performance.[9] Pregnant women wearing N-95 masks were found to have breathing difficulties associated with the use of the mask.[10]
According to a noted neurosurgeon:
“It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%” which in turn "can lead to a loss of
consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to
crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function
passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death.”[11]<br>
While all studies reviewed show that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia (too little oxygen) and hypercapnia (dangerous amounts
of carbon dioxide), another study – not of N95 masks – but of simple surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as
well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as
well as at the end of surgeries. The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels significantly. The longer the
duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels.[12]
Yet worse, the immunity of the mask wearer – and his or her subsequent ability to fight off COVID-19 or any other harmful infection –
is actually harmed by wearing a mask. To wit: the drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) noted in the myriad studies above is directly
associated with an impairment in immunity. In terms of the biological effects, what the studies have shown is that the lowered rate of
oxygen (hypoxia) in turn inhibits the production of the type of primary immune cells that our bodies use to fight viral infections
(known as the CD4+ T-lymphocyte). Functionally speaking, what happens inside our bodies is that the decrease in oxygen causes a spike
in the level of a compound called hypoxia-inducible-factor-1 (HIF-1). Once that compound spikes, it in turn inhibits the production of
T-lymphocytes we need for our bodies to fight off invaders and infections. Yet worse, the lack of oxygen stimulates a powerful inhibitor
of the immune system (a cell called the Tregs), which in turn makes one’s body ripe for contracting a COVID-19 infection and experiencing
said illness more severely: This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19, and making the consequences of that
infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse
outcome.[13]
Moreover, people with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from hypoxia – as cancer cells grow best
in a bodily environment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes systemic inflammation which, in turn, promotes “the growth,
invasion and spread of cancers.”[14]
Repeated episodes of low oxygen – known as intermittent hypoxia – also “causes atherosclerosis” and hence increases “all cardiovascular
events” such as heart attacks – as well as adverse cerebral events like stroke.[15]
Perhaps even worse than all of the foregoing is the fact that recent findings show that, in some cases, the virus can enter the brain.[16]
According to those who practice neurosurgery, in most instances where the virus enters the brain, it does so by way of the olfactory
nerves (smell nerves) – and accordingly – by wearing a mask “the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape, and will concentrate in
the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.’’[17]
Simply put: wearing a mask actually increases your susceptibility to infection – particularly an infection that targets the lungs –
and puts you on track for much worse outcomes should the re-breathing of the viral load cause the virus to invade the brain through
the olfactory pathways.
The fact that mask wearing presents a severe risk of harm to the wearer should – standing alone – mandate in favor of not ordering
American citizens to wear them, particularly given that these citizens are not ill and have done nothing wrong that would warrant an
infringement of their constitutional rights and bodily autonomy. A conclusion that is underscored by recent studies from the the CDC
and the World Health Organization that prove mask-wearing is completely ineffective in controlling the spread of the virus: To wit,
and quite strikingly, the CDC just last week on its website published a review of all studies – worldwide – that looked at the efficacy
of face-mask wearing as a preventive measure to control the spread of highly infectious respiratory illnesses such as COVID. The CDC’s
methodology involved searching four different databases – Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, and CENTRAL – and reviewing every single randomized
controlled trial regarding mask-wearing, from every single country in the world.

COVID DEATHS- COUNTS
NOT COMPLETELY BASED ON SCIENCE
When discussing COVID deaths, we also need to understand that the CDC explicitly states that “COVID-19 deaths are identified using a new
ICD–10 code. When COVID-19 is reported as a cause of death – or when it is listed as a “probable” or “presumed” cause — the death is
coded as U07.1. This can include cases with or without laboratory confirmation.” In other words, any death can be counted as a COVID
death if “presumed,” and without testing. This is hardly scientific, and definitely makes the death counts higher.
In short, this is NOT an epidemic, and under Government Code 8629, Newsom should have already terminated his Declaration of Emergency
“at the earliest possible moment” and is acting outside his lawful limits by not having done so. Moreover, the Constitutional right to
travel and speak – without infringement and without being muzzled by a mask – is well settled law: to infringe on First Amendment rights,
the governmental entity must have a “compelling governmental interest” it is asserting, and the proposed solution it puts forth must
be “narrowly tailored” to achieving that end. As there is no epidemic in California based on the math, the State has no ability to
infringe on First Amendment rights – nor does a local municipality like Orange County. Further, even if our local government could make
the case that it had a compelling interest in controlling the spread of a non-existent epidemic, the proposed solution of mandatory
mask-wearing while outside of our homes must be shown to be narrowly tailored to achieving that end – which simply cannot be shown
based on the available scientific literature discussed below.
Indeed, and as reviewed in thorough detail below, the only conclusion to be had from the available medical literature is that the Health
Officer’s mask-wearing recommendation will not only be entirely ineffective in preventing viral spread, it will actually increase the
spread of the disease based on available medical studies, and further, will put the wearers of such masks at grave risk of suffering
severe if not fatal consequences.
BACKGROUND
Turning now to the context underlying the current events: On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency in California,
and on March 19, 2020, issued a Stay at Home order (“SAH order”) which he initially intimated would run a series of weeks, and which
originally had an end date in mid-April, but was subsequently adjusted to reflect no definite termination date. The order was issued
pursuant to Government Code Sections 8567, 8627, 8665, and was predicated on modeling which predicted great loss of life absent the
quarantine of healthy people. All of the municipalities in the state immediately complied, as did the vast majority of the more than
40 million Americans who choose to make their home in California.
THERE IS NO EMERGENCY
Fortunately, the loss of life predicted did not come to pass. Indeed, not only did California not experience a pandemic or even an
epidemic, to date its mortality rate has not even approached the normal loss of life seen in our state during a typical flu season.
To wit: two years ago, in 2017-18, just under 7,000 Californians died from the flu, and as of now, approximately 5,000 Californians
have died from COVID. Specifically, in our county, we’ve had 221 deaths from COVID (Includes 102 SNF residents), most of – whereas two
years ago we had nearly 600 deaths from the flu. Seasonal flu kills 291,000 to 646,000 people worldwide each year, according to new
figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups that were published Dec. 13 in The Lancet medical
journal. We do no mandate face coverings during flu season.
CONCLUSION
Given that the CDC and the World Health Organization have concluded this month that mask-wearing is completely ineffective at preventing
the spread of viral infections including COVID-19, and further given the absolute wealth of medical studies concluding that mask-wearing
creates dangerously low levels of oxygen combined with high rates of carbon dioxide which can, in turn, lead to headache and loss of
consciousness as well as precipitate respiratory and cardiac events which can prove fatal – and indeed, in recent weeks, have led to
drivers losing consciousness and T-boning trees and two children suffering fatal heart attacks while trying to exercise while
mask-wearing in China – the suggestion by the County Health Officer that all county residents wear masks while outside their homes will
not only fail abysmally in achieving any purported health goal, it will further serve to put millions of Orange County residents at
risk of severe injury and/or death.[20] To put a very fine point on it: mandatory face covering orders puts directly into harm’s way
the 40% of our county residents who have chronic, underlying health conditions. More than most, this half of the population needs its
normal oxygen intake just to survive.
Surgical masks worn in hospitals are not be be confused with, nor compared to, masks worn by the general population. Hospitals are
sanitized environments, temperature controlled to 70 degrees with positive airflow, and surgical masks are changed frequently. However,
this is not what is happening in society with mandatory mask orders. Researchers have found that masks (cloth and N95) are dangerous to
human health, do not work to prevent the spread of COVID, and can cause more harm than benefit.
The Board of Supervisors has a duty to the individuals who elected them to keep the face covering recommendation just that- a
recommendation, and not mandatory, so as to not jeopardize the physical safety of its residents, as well as report its Health Officers
for acts constituting moral turpitude to the State Medical Board.

. . .
[1] [MSW:Article above does not refer any longer to this note ]
[2] [MSW: study retracted. Article above does not refer any longer to this note ]
[3] A Cluster Randomized Trial Of Cloth Masks Compared With Medical Masks In Healthcare Workers, C. Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale, Quanyi Wang, British Medical Journal (2015).
[4] Chughtai A.A., MacIntyre C.R., Zheng Y., Wang Q., Toor Z.I., Dung T.C. Examining the policies and guidelines around the use of masks and respirators by healthcare workers in China, Pakistan and Vietnam. J Infect Prev. 2015;16(2):68–74.
[5] Bin-Reza F et al. The use of mask and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: A systematic review of the scientific evidence. Resp Viruses 2012;6(4):257-67.
[6] Arthur Johnson, Journal of Biological Engineering (2016).
[7] The Physiological Impact of N95 Masks on Medical Staff, National Taiwan University Hospital (June 2005).
[8] Headaches and the N95 Face-Mask Amongst Healthcare Providers. Lim EC1, Seet RC, Lee KH, Wilder-Smith EP, Chuah BY, Ong BK, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 28 Feb 2006, 113(3):199-202.
[9] Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877.
[10] Are Face Masks Effective Against Covid-19? The Science Times (May 25, 2020).
[11] Could Wearing a Mask for Long Periods Be Detrimental to Health? The Jerusalem Post, Donna Rachel Edmunds (May 18, 2020) (quoting neurosurgeon Blaylock).
[12] Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.
[13] Russell Blaylock, Id. (quoting Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376. See also: Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84. See further: Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355.
[14] Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208, and Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15.
[15] Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297.
[16] Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998. Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity.
[17] Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.<br>
[18] Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures, Jingyi Xiao1, Eunice Y. C. Shiu1, Huizhi Gao, Jessica Y. Wong, Min W. Fong, Sukhyun Ryu, and Benjamin J. Cowling (Volume 26, Number 5, May of 2020).
[19]Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19 – Guidance, World Health Organization (April 6, 2020)
Link
[20] Two Boys Drop Dead in China While Wearing Masks During Gym Class, NY Post (May 6, 2020); Driver Crashes Car after Passing Out from
Wearing N-95 Mask Too Long Police Said, ABC News (April 25, 2020).

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[mikewhitney]

https://www.meehanmd.com/blog/2020-0...ar-face-masks/

This is a partial quote from what is on this website

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only getting started.
SARS CoV-2 becomes more dangerous when blood oxygen levels decline

Low blood levels of oxygen is a critical issue in the pathogenicity of CoVID-19. The virus' ability to infect cells is markedly enhanced by oxygen desaturation, which we know occurs when wearing a surgical mask.[R]

One of the features that make SARS CoV-2 uniquely infectious is the "furin cleavage" sequence in the virus that activates increased ACE2 receptor attack and cellular invasion in low oxygen environments.[R]
The furin cleavage site of SARS CoV-2 increases cellular invasion, especially during hypoxia (low blood oxygen levels)[R]

The furin cleavage site found in SARS CoV-2 is the likely result of the bio-engineering “gain of function” (increasing the virulence of a pathogen) research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This unethical, dangerous, and illegal-in-most-countries research is alleged to have been funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci (with $7.4 million taxpayer dollars) and Bill Gates.

Furin cleavage sites are found in some of the most pathogenic forms of influenza. The furin cleavage domain in SARS CoV-2 is cleaved by furin on the target cell.

Furin is an ubiquitous protease in humans. It is found in a wide variety of tissues in the human body: heart, brain, kidney, etc. It is expressed in significant concentrations in human lung cells, the common target of SARS CoV-2. When the virus encounters a lung cell expressing (both an ACE2 receptor and furin), the furin cleaves the furin cleavage site on SARS CoV-2, activates the virus' surface S (spike) protein, and enables the virus to more effectively bind the ACE2 receptors and more efficiently invade the cell.[R]

Remember how medical face masks decrease blood oxygen levels? Well, now you need to know that SARS CoV-2's ability to invade and infect our cells is greatly enhanced under conditions of low oxygen.[R]

Therefore, wearing a medical mask may increase the severity of CoVID-19. If that does not motivate you to ditch your mask, there are more reasons to come.

Some of the most pathogenic forms of influenza and HIV are armed with similar furin cleavage sites. However, furin cleavage sites are not present in other beta coronaviruses. The furin cleavage site is NOT present in SARS CoV-1, MERS, or the other "bat coronaviruses" postulated to be the progenitors of SARS CoV-2.

It is worth repeating: SARS-CoV, which is closely related to the newest SARS-CoV-2 strain, does not bear the furin cleavage site. So how did SARS CoV-2 gain the furin cleavage function?

Dr. Fauci built his career on HIV research, HIV vaccine failures, and unethical "gain of function" research. He undoubtedly knows a lot about furin cleavage sites and the suspicious origins of SARS CoV-2. Perhaps Congress should ask him...under oath...preferably with an indictment.

The question we should all be asking is how did the genetic sequence that codes for this serious gain of function that increases the potential for the virus to successfully infiltrate the host find its way into SARS-CoV-2? That’s the trillion dollar question; it demands a real answer.
Medical masks trap exhaled viral particles in the mouth/mask interspace, increase viral load, and increase the severity of disease.

Face masks trap exhaled viral particles in the mouth/mask inter-space.[R] The trapped viral particles are prevented from removal from the airways. The mask wearer is thus forced to re-breathe the viral particles, increasing infectious viral particles in the airways and lungs. In this way, medical masks cause self-inoculation, increase viral load, and increase the severity of disease.

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[JimL]

https://www.meehanmd.com/blog/2020-0...ar-face-masks/

This is a partial quote from what is on this website

Source: https://www.meehanmd.com/blog/2020-06-12-healthy-people-should-not-wear-face-masks

only getting started.
SARS CoV-2 becomes more dangerous when blood oxygen levels decline

Low blood levels of oxygen is a critical issue in the pathogenicity of CoVID-19. The virus' ability to infect cells is markedly enhanced by oxygen desaturation, which we know occurs when wearing a surgical mask.[R]

One of the features that make SARS CoV-2 uniquely infectious is the "furin cleavage" sequence in the virus that activates increased ACE2 receptor attack and cellular invasion in low oxygen environments.[R]
The furin cleavage site of SARS CoV-2 increases cellular invasion, especially during hypoxia (low blood oxygen levels)[R]

The furin cleavage site found in SARS CoV-2 is the likely result of the bio-engineering “gain of function” (increasing the virulence of a pathogen) research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This unethical, dangerous, and illegal-in-most-countries research is alleged to have been funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci (with $7.4 million taxpayer dollars) and Bill Gates.

Furin cleavage sites are found in some of the most pathogenic forms of influenza. The furin cleavage domain in SARS CoV-2 is cleaved by furin on the target cell.

Furin is an ubiquitous protease in humans. It is found in a wide variety of tissues in the human body: heart, brain, kidney, etc. It is expressed in significant concentrations in human lung cells, the common target of SARS CoV-2. When the virus encounters a lung cell expressing (both an ACE2 receptor and furin), the furin cleaves the furin cleavage site on SARS CoV-2, activates the virus' surface S (spike) protein, and enables the virus to more effectively bind the ACE2 receptors and more efficiently invade the cell.[R]

Remember how medical face masks decrease blood oxygen levels? Well, now you need to know that SARS CoV-2's ability to invade and infect our cells is greatly enhanced under conditions of low oxygen.[R]

Therefore, wearing a medical mask may increase the severity of CoVID-19. If that does not motivate you to ditch your mask, there are more reasons to come.

Some of the most pathogenic forms of influenza and HIV are armed with similar furin cleavage sites. However, furin cleavage sites are not present in other beta coronaviruses. The furin cleavage site is NOT present in SARS CoV-1, MERS, or the other "bat coronaviruses" postulated to be the progenitors of SARS CoV-2.

It is worth repeating: SARS-CoV, which is closely related to the newest SARS-CoV-2 strain, does not bear the furin cleavage site. So how did SARS CoV-2 gain the furin cleavage function?

Dr. Fauci built his career on HIV research, HIV vaccine failures, and unethical "gain of function" research. He undoubtedly knows a lot about furin cleavage sites and the suspicious origins of SARS CoV-2. Perhaps Congress should ask him...under oath...preferably with an indictment.

The question we should all be asking is how did the genetic sequence that codes for this serious gain of function that increases the potential for the virus to successfully infiltrate the host find its way into SARS-CoV-2? That’s the trillion dollar question; it demands a real answer.
Medical masks trap exhaled viral particles in the mouth/mask interspace, increase viral load, and increase the severity of disease.

Face masks trap exhaled viral particles in the mouth/mask inter-space.[R] The trapped viral particles are prevented from removal from the airways. The mask wearer is thus forced to re-breathe the viral particles, increasing infectious viral particles in the airways and lungs. In this way, medical masks cause self-inoculation, increase viral load, and increase the severity of disease.

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It's basically a matter of common sense. If the virus infects by entering the nose and mouth, and transmits when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even talks, then common sense should tell you the mask is a defense against being infected by the virus and of transmiting the virus.