A fun little story here. When they had a mask mandate in my State, I never ever considered complying. In my State, there were three occasions, in which I was refused service for not wearing a mask. For each of these business, I replied I had a medical condition. Every governor's EO provides for a medical condition as an exemption to wearing a mask. This however, did not stop these businesses from violating my Rights. It was their mistake.

As a consequence, I immediately took names and management and corporate information. I then sent a complaint and a 25+ page Cease and Desist letter to the corporate office. I made it clear they were violating the law and depriving me of my Rights according to State and Federal law. Furthermore, I provided the OSHA regulations each of these businesses were in violation of. I offered to arbitrate with their lawyer to avoid legal action and gave them ten days for their response before "we" pursued further legal action.

The businesses all 'lawyered-up' and responded within the time frame provided. Each of their responses averaged 4 to 5 pages of meandering and tortuous attorney bullshit. Not a one responded to the Statutes, Codes, and Regulations in my letter their client was in violation of, some of which were criminal violations.

As a certified scuba diver, I know how valuable oxygen is for sustaining life. You see, when you are 2 atm under the water everything is not only hastened, but amplified. The human body inhales ( at sea level) 20.95% oxygen and includes 78% nitrogen, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. We breathe it all in and then we exhale. In that exhale it consists of 16% oxygen along with 78% nitrogen and 4% carbon dioxide. That means only 4.95% oxygen is utilized for use in our body for every breath we take. That's not very much oxygen to spare. I hope you noticed that none of the nitrogen is used in our body. 78% is inhaled and 78% is exhaled. Now, with carbon dioxide, only 0.04% is inhaled from the atmosphere, but 4% is exhaled. That is a hundred times more than the amount inhaled.

By this time, you're probably wondering how this relates to scuba diving and face masks. As I mentioned before, everything is hastened and amplified when scuba diving under water. Under water, nitrogen is 'forced' into the blood stream significantly enough below a 30 foot depth. This is not normal and can lead to some deadly problems. Each atm is 30 feet. Two atm's is 60 ft, etc. We know the deleterious effects of built up nitrogen in the blood stream under water when it isn't allowed to be remove by depressurizing.

Here's the kicker, excess carbon dioxide is more harmful in the bloodstream than nitrogen. If the regulator malfunctions or the scuba tank air is tainted with 'bad' air, this can cause permanent damage to one's heart, and other organs. It is also fatal. The effect on scuba divers can easily cause brain damage and death because everything is hastened and amplified underwater. Carbon dioxide inhalation causes hypercapnia, which damages the heart and other organs of the body. The deleterious effect of excess carbon dioxide inhalation is acidosis. It doesn't take much for this to occur. This is why OSHA regulations concerning 'respirators' (N95) for particulates is to use them for a very short time period. OSHA regulations for respirators state that when the air intake dropped below 19.5% (that's only a 1.45% drop in oxygen), the worker must be removed from the environment completely because of imminent danger. A recent study showed children wearing masks fell well below this threshold within after a couple of minutes. OSHA even talks about carbon dioxide inhalation causing acidosis, which alters the cellular PH level for their proper functioning. It is well known in medicine that acidosis causes cancer.

A fun little story here. When they had a mask mandate in my State, I never ever considered complying. In my State, there were three occasions, in which I was refused service for not wearing a mask. For each of these business, I replied I had a medical condition. Every governor's EO provides for a medical condition as an exemption to wearing a mask. This however, did not stop these businesses from violating my Rights. It was their mistake.

As a consequence, I immediately took names and management and corporate information. I then sent a complaint and a 25+ page Cease and Desist letter to the corporate office. I made it clear they were violating the law and depriving me of my Rights according to State and Federal law. Furthermore, I provided the OSHA regulations each of these businesses were in violation of. I offered to arbitrate with their lawyer to avoid legal action and gave them ten days for their response before "we" pursued further legal action.

The businesses all 'lawyered-up' and responded within the time frame provided. Each of their responses averaged 4 to 5 pages of meandering and tortuous attorney bullshit. Not a one responded to the Statutes, Codes, and Regulations in my letter their client was in violation of, some of which were criminal violations.

As a certified scuba diver, I know how valuable oxygen is for sustaining life. You see, when you are 2 atm under the water everything is not only hastened, but amplified. The human body inhales ( at sea level) 20.95% oxygen and includes 78% nitrogen, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. We breathe it all in and then we exhale. In that exhale it consists of 16% oxygen along with 78% nitrogen and 4% carbon dioxide. That means only 4.95% oxygen is utilized for use in our body for every breath we take. I hope you noticed that none of the nitrogen is used in our body. 78% is inhaled and 78% is exhaled. Now, with carbon dioxide, only 0.04% is inhaled from the atmosphere, but 4% is exhaled. That is a hundred times more than the amount inhaled.

By this time, you're probably wondering how this relates to scuba diving and face masks. As I mentioned before, everything is hastened and amplified when scuba diving under water. Under water, nitrogen is 'forced' into the blood stream significantly enough below a 30 foot depth. This is not normal and can lead to some deadly problems. Each atm is 30 feet. Two atm's is 60 ft, etc. We know the deleterious effects of built up nitrogen in the blood stream under water when it isn't allowed to be remove by depressurizing.

Here's the kicker, excess carbon dioxide is more harmful in the bloodstream than nitrogen. If the regulator malfunctions or the scuba tank air is tainted with 'bad' air, this can cause permanent damage to one's heart, and other organs. It is also fatal. The effect on scuba divers can easily cause brain damage and death because everything is hastened and amplified underwater. Carbon dioxide inhalation causes hypercapnia, which damages the heart and other organs of the body. The deleterious effect of excess carbon dioxide inhalation is acidosis. It doesn't take much for this to occur. This is why OSHA regulations concerning 'respirators' (N95) for particulates is to use them for a very short time period. OSHA regulations for respirators state that when the air intake dropped below 19.5% (that's only a 1.45% drop in oxygen), the worker must be removed from the environment completely because of imminent danger. A recent study showed children wearing masks fell well below this threshold within after a couple of minutes. OSHA even talks about carbon dioxide inhalation causing acidosis, which alters the cellular PH level for their proper functioning. It is well known in medicine that acidosis causes cancer.