I found out tonight that our super non-transparent school board is going to require masks in the fall for non-vaccinated kids. The board meeting is Monday and there is no avenue for public participation. Please provide any references you may have to show that masks are ineffective. I plan of fighting this one.
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I think it's time for a public interest lawyer to file for an injunction against the school board to stop the mask requirement until such time as they can produce sufficient A) evidence that masks work and B) that in doing so they are discriminating against the unvaccinated. When the board starts seeing their names appearing on lawsuits they might think about their reputation and the cost to the school district.
And (C) that the masks do not actually do more harm by creating an ‘as defined by OSHA’ hazardous environment under 19.1% oxygen content.
None of it makes sense. My son played basketball and they all touched the same damn ball and breathed on each other for an hour but after the game was over they weren’t allowed to shake hands and had to mask up because “COVID”.
I was on an airplane and they wouldn't serve me a soft drink "because of covid" but they were slinging cans of beer left and right. Didn't make any sense at all.
Soft drinks = complimentary (no profit)
Alcoholic beverages = sales.
Alcohol was included on the ticket. There was no charge for it on the flight.
Jet Blue, however, did it the other way around by keeping the complimentary soft drinks and taking away the alcohol.
The author of this hasn't updated in some time, but there are a lot of good links here:
https://pastebin.com/5xEMa5P7
pdmj.org has a lot too.
I lifted this next thing from...somewhere. I don't recall where. Maybe here.
CDC Study Finds Overwhelming Majority Of People Getting Coronavirus Wore Masks https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6936a5-H.pdf Analysis https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/cdc-study-finds-overwhelming-majority-of-people-getting-coronavirus-wore-masks/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "To our knowledge, only 1 randomized controlled trial has been conducted to examine the efficacy of cloth masks in healthcare settings, and the results do not favor use of cloth masks." https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-0948_article?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app Here is the study A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers (2015) http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25903751 Conclusions: This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection. Further research is needed to inform the widespread use of cloth masks globally. However, as a precautionary measure, cloth masks should not be recommended for HCWs, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated. Norwegian Institute of Public Health. https://www.fhi.no/globalassets/dokumenterfiler/rapporter/2020/should-individuals-in-the-community-without-respiratory-symptoms-wear-facemasks-to-reduce-the-spread-of-covid-19-report-2020.pdf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "There is no reliable evidence of the effectiveness of non-medical facemasks in community settings" Dr. Brosseau, US expert on respiratory protection and infectious diseases: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "Cloth masks are ineffective as source control and PPE" Jenny Harries, UK deputy chief medical officer. http://archive.vn/7z5B1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app “For the average member of the public walking down a street, it is not a good idea” to wear a face mask in the hope of preventing infection Dr Jake Dunning, head of emerging infections and zoonoses. https://archive.vn/Vex3H?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app#selection-6161.12-6171.101 There is “very little evidence of a widespread benefit” in members of the public wearing masks. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's chief epidemiologist: https://nypost.com/2020/08/19/swedens-tegnell-wearing-face-masks-may-be-very-dangerous/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app Evidence about the effectiveness of face mask use is “astonishingly weak.” Henning Bundgaard, chief physician at Denmark’s Rigshospitale. https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/face-mask-photo-op-adds-to-bewilderment-over-non-use-in-denmark?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app “All these countries recommending face masks haven’t made their decisions based on new studies,” Tamara van Ark, Dutch Medical Care Minister. https://www.newsweek.com/netherlands-mask-policy-1522917?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "From a medical point of view, there is no evidence of a medical effect of wearing face masks, so we decided not to impose a national obligation," Coen Berends, spokesman for the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. https://theliberal.ie/hollands-top-scientists-start-debate-by-claiming-theres-no-evidence-face-masks-work-in-fighting-the-pandemic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "Face masks in public places are not necessary, based on all the current evidence" [...] "There is no benefit and there may even be negative impact." Professor Carl Heneghan, Oxford Epidemiologist. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QNI2ocgosgA&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app "Cloth masks [...] may actually increase your risk of infection". "Not clear they work" Harvard Study published May 21, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine "We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic." https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app CDC study on the use of personal protective face masks against viral influenza transmission found no significant protection against or reduction of viral transmission of influenza among infected and uninfected individuals. We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article Review of scientific data on facemasks and Covid-19 https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app Masks are to protect other people from the wearer, not the other way around. Virus particles are smaller than masks pores, meaning that they penetrate the mask and the virus is not airborne, so all measures are pointless and only a false sense of security... But its cool to see how many people fell for that “protect the others” narrative... you can be told whatever by the so “called” experts and would believe it. "Masks don't work, a review of science relevant to Covid-19 Social Policy" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340570735_Masks_Don%27t_Work_A_review_of_science_relevant_to_COVID-19_social_policy?enrichId=rgreq-2e4b5f13cf77fb1a6cf858f1e46cd498-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzM0MDU3MDczNTtBUzo4NzkxNzY5Nzg1NTQ4ODBAMTU4NjYyMzUzNDUxNQ%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf Backup http://ocla.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rancourt-Masks-dont-work-review-science-re-COVID19-policy.pdf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app This contradicts the above https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893920302301?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health concludes that densely populated spaces aren’t actually linked to higher infection rates. Even more confounding, the study’s analysis indicates that crowded, dense locations are associated with lower coronavirus death rates. https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2020/urban-density-not-linked-to-higher-coronavirus-infection-rates-and-is-linked-to-lower-covid-19-death-rates.html The below information discusses cloth / face masks for generalized use in public as a proposed means of preventing viral infection. Please don't conflate this with filtration masks like N95 respirators and higher intended for use by medical professional in hospital or similar environment. Cloth/surgical face masks overview: Cloth masks designed to protect wounds, blood splatter etc. Not designed as respiratory protectors - no viral filtration - for context one requires an electron microscope to view viruses. A cloth mask trying to filter viral particles is the equivalent of a soccer net trying to filter sand. No fit or seal on the face Prevents regular filtration through the nose due to imposed new breathing habits when wearing a mask. https://omft.info/en/news-posts/nasal-breathing-as-a-defense-against-the-corona-virus/
Resource https://archive.is/H1uei
Gonna home school thanks. Give our kids a real education void of your bullshit.
https://www.aier.org/article/masking-children-tragic-unscientific-and-damaging/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210702173638/https://news.yahoo.com/kids-apos-mask-apos-not-155942572.html
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-124394/v1
https://thenewamerican.com/study-rising-co2-is-a-deadly-problem-in-kids-bodies-because-of-face-masks/
Thank you!
Use Fauxci’s own emails that were released basically stating they are ineffective.
I think Abeka makes a great online/video series for homeschool learning as well so there is no excuse to subject your child to ‘OSHA HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT’ for 8-10 hours. You do realize that anything under 19.3% oxygen is considered hazardous environment in industrial in confined space entries..? When I wear an N95 mask and put the calibrated O2 sniffer under the corner of the mask the O2 levels can fall lower than 17%...! I could be fired/sued/incarcerated if I knowingly sent one of my employees into an area of 17% O2 levels without SCUBA (self contained oxygen system/tank) which maintains the O2 at 19.3%.
That being said anyone requiring a child to wear these masks is creating/sending them into a hazardous environment for 8-10 hours. Wife and I have removed all children from school and let them know masks are a non-starter and that vaccines would be met with both philosophical and religious waivers as per the state of TX. Protect your fucking children! You have (1) job!
About 5 minutes of research and you'll find why masks are NOT effective.
Right. I know. I was just thinking if anyone had any links handy.
I don't have links to point you to. But my favorite situation is to bring a masked person to a place that has food.
Don't order food or anything. Just stand there and enjoy the smells.
Other thing to have people think about: "if jeans and underwear can't stop the smell of a fart, what makes people think that a flimsy mask will?"
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This aggravates me so bad. I have no kids. My siblings need to get involved with this. We have a very blended family, white, black, Mexican, Navaho Indian, are the white cousins suppose to be humiliated because they are white? Angers me beyond words.