BESIDES THE FACT THAT THEY'RE UNHEALTHY, MASKS SERVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE'S STILL A PANDEMIC

Thanks to Martie Whittekin for this video.

WHY TO AVOID WEARING A MASK 

·         Masks reduce the intake of oxygen to dangerous levels, leading to carbon dioxide toxicity. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has documented the risk. Watch Peggy Hall’s video on OSHA, masks, and oxygen. Low oxygen levels not only affect the brain, but they also interfere with immune function. The THA website has a much longer list of negative effects of low oxygen.

·         Masks accumulate moisture. Germs are trapped near your mouth and nose, increasing the risk of infection.

·         Wearing a mask causes you to touch your face more frequently.

·         There is (little to ) no scientific evidence that supports healthy people wearing masks. The THA site gives quotes from even the World Health Organization and CDC that agree about the lack of science. (They have now flip-flopped on that view. It does not seem to be because of new science but apparently that their earlier negativity was designed to keep consumers from hoarding scarce medical masks.)

·         Masks obscure your facial features and impede normal social interaction.

·         Masks make it hard for hearing-impaired people to understand you and they scare kids.

·         Face coverings give a false sense of security and cause people to forget to keep their distance.

·         They can interfere with your field of vision if not worn properly.

·         Taking them off can catch onto and remove hearing aids. (Found mine on the ground in a parking lot.)

·         Masks symbolize suppression of speech.

WHY WEAR A MASK?

·         Although the N95 respirators used in medical situations are more effective and better studied, there is at least some evidence (much of it circumstantial) that cloth face coverings may help a little. They help mainly to keep infected persons from spreading the virus in that “they may prevent larger expelled droplets from evaporating into smaller droplets that can travel farther.”

·         You may be “required” to. (Keep in mind that a governor’s or mayor’s Executive Order is not a law that can compel a citizen to do anything. Police should only enforce laws not Executive Orders.)

·         Makes people around you feel safer.

·         Serves to remind people that there is still a pandemic.

·         Keeps the peace.

My summary thoughts:

·         If it feels right, wear a face covering, especially when you cannot keep a good distance from strangers and when businesses make it a policy.

·         While wearing one, make it a point to breathe deeply through your nose.

·         Take the mask off the minute you can.

·         Wash the reusable ones frequently.

·         Don’t worry if your mask isn’t a color-coordinated designer model like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi always has around her neck. I may get one with a mustache on it. 

·         Smile—even though no one will know.

·         Whatever you decide about masks, make sure you keep your immune system strong with enough vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C, and selenium. Obviously, stay away from not only sick people but those young folks who may have been exposed and not know it.  

Those are the thoughts of Martie Whittekin.  

My thoughts?  Abandon the mask now.  Don't be a sheep.  Your own, innate immune system destroys most viruses and bacterial.  There is nothing unique about this COVID.  How in the world you can trust government medicine is beyond me.