Monday, July 6, 2020

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. 
·         Smileeven 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.  

Saturday, July 4, 2020

"a face mask is basically a giant Petri dish you have strapped to your face"




From NoMask.info:

We've all seen people tug, pull, grab and smear the outside of their facemasks, including mask proponents Trump, Fauci, Newsom, etc.

Following is an interesting 2019 medical study which points out the common contamination problems associated with face masks.
Respiratory pathogens on the outer surface of the used medical masks may result in self- contamination. The risk is higher with longer duration of mask use... Respiratory pathogens may be present on used masks layers and lead to infection of the wearer... While using masks, or during long periods of time of re-using them, these pathogens may cause infection through hand or skin contamination, ingestion, or mucus membrane contact.
Following are more excerpts. The most interesting parts I highlighted in bold text. You can read the full study here.


Contamination by respiratory viruses on the outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers Page 7 We also aimed to identify the area on the mask surface with maximum respiratory virus concentration. A laboratory-based pilot study showed maximum fluorescent contamination on upper sections of the masks, which is also the likely area to be touched on removal. Of the three positive tests in the hospital-based pilot study, two samples were positive from the outer sections of the mask, while one sample was positive from the middle section. In the main study, we were able to check the location of contamination on a quarter of mask samples. Of the 38 mask samples, one or more viruses were isolated from four (10.5%) samples–two from the middle section of masks and two from the right section of the masks. This presents a large area of potential contamination which place HCW at risk when removing a mask. These data may assist in developing policies on for doffing of masks after an encounter with infective cases. As a general rule, HCWs should not reuse masks, should restrict use to less than 6 h and avoid touching the outer surface of the mask during doffing, and practice hand hygiene after removal.



Page 6 Theoretically, there may be a risk of infection [to the] wearer if contaminated masks are used for a prolonged time. Currently, there are no data around risk associated with reuse and extended use of masks and other PPE. One study showed that the influenza virus may survive on mask surface and maintained infectivity for at least 8 h [25]. Our study showed very low infection among HCWs who used masks for ≤6 h. High virus positivity on masks samples worn by HCWs who examined > 25 patients, may be due to more frequent clinical contact with infective cases and transfer of more pathogens from patients to mask surface.



Page 7 Conclusion: To maintain the functionality and capacity of the health care workforce during outbreaks or pandemics of emerging infections, HCWs need to be protected. This study provides new data, which will help developing policies for a safe workplace environment. The study shows that the prolonged use of medical masks (> 6 h) and frequent clinical contact in healthcare settings increase the risk to health workers through contaminated PPE. Protocols on the duration of mask use should specify a maximum time of continuous use.



Page 1 Abstract
Background: Medical masks are commonly used in health care settings to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from respiratory and other infections. Airborne respiratory pathogens may settle on the surface of used masks layers, resulting in contamination. The main aim of this study was to study the presence of viruses on the surface of medical masks.

Methods: Two pilot studies in laboratory and clinical settings were carried out to determine the areas of masks likely to contain maximum viral particles. A laboratory study using a mannequin and fluorescent spray showed maximum particles concentrated on the upper right, middle, and left sections of the medical masks. These findings were confirmed through a small clinical study. The main study was then conducted in high-risk wards of three selected hospitals in Beijing China. Participants (n = 148) were asked to wear medical masks for a shift (6–8 h) or as long as they could tolerate. Used samples of medical masks were tested for the presence of respiratory viruses in upper sections of the medical masks, in line with the pilot studies.

Results: Overall virus positivity rate was 10.1% (15/148). Commonly isolated viruses from masks samples were adenovirus (n = 7), bocavirus (n = 2), respiratory syncytial virus (n = 2) and influenza virus (n = 2). Virus positivity was significantly higher in masks samples worn for > 6 h (14.1%, 14/99 versus 1.2%, 1/49, OR 7.9, 95% CI 1.01–61.99) and in samples used by participants who examined > 25 patients per day (16.9%, 12/71 versus 3.9%, 3/77, OR 5.02, 95% CI 1.35–18.60).

Most of the participants (83.8%, 124/148) reported at least one problem associated with mask use. Commonly reported problems were pressure on the face (16.9%, 25/148), breathing difficulty (12.2%, 18/148), discomfort (9.5% 14/148), trouble communicating with the patient (7.4%, 11/148) and headache (6.1%, 9/148).

Conclusion: Respiratory pathogens on the outer surface of the used medical masks may result in self- contamination. The risk is higher with longer duration of mask use (> 6 h) and with higher rates of clinical contact.

Protocols on the duration of mask use should specify a maximum time of continuous use, and should consider guidance in high contact settings. Viruses were isolated from the upper sections of around 10% samples, but other sections of masks may also be contaminated. HCWs should be aware of these risks in order to protect themselves and the people around them.

Keywords: Mask, Health care workers, Viruses, Infection control


Virus positivity was significantly higher in masks samples worn for > 6 hours. Most of the participants (83.8%, 124/148) reported at least one problem associated with mask use. Commonly reported problems were pressure on the face (16.9%, 25/148), breathing difficulty (12.2%, 18/148), discomfort (9.5% 14/148), trouble communicating with the patient (7.4%, 11/148), and headache (6.1%, 9/148).



Page 2 Reuse and extended use of masks are also common in many parts of the world, particularly during outbreaks and pandemics [8, 9]. Respiratory pathogens may be present on used masks layers and lead to infection of the wearer [10]. In hospital settings, these pathogens may be generated from breathing, coughing or sneezing patients or during aerosol-generating medical procedures [11]. Studies have shown that influenza virus can remain airborne for 3 h after a patient has passed through an emergency department [12]. While using masks, or during long periods of time of re-using them, these pathogens may cause infection through hand or skin contamination, ingestion, or mucus membrane contact [10]



Previous studies show that influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may survive on the outer surface of PPE [11–14]. A study showed that influenza viruses may survive on hard surfaces for 24–48 h, on cloth up to 8–12, hand on hands for up to 5 min.



Page 2 If health departments do not provide clear guidance on the use of masks in these situations, HCWs may continue using contaminated masks and may get infection [15]. The risk of self-contamination of HCWs is influenced by the mask itself, its shape and properties, and the virus concentration on its surface. To our knowledge, only one study examined the presence of contamination on masks and various bacteria were isolated from the outer surface of medical masks [16].

The main aim of this study was to study the level of contamination on the surface of medical masks.


Page 2 The aim of this pilot study was to identify areas of maximum virus concentration on the surface of masks...In all three experiments, most particles were concentrated on upper right, middle and left sections of the masks (Figs. 1 and 2).



Currently, there is very limited data on the testing of mask surfaces for the presence of pathogens. In previous studies, influenza virus was detected on over 50% of the fomites tested in community settings during the influenza season [17].

"Federal and state health regulatory agencies are notoriously anti-Trump."

Thanks to Robert Wenzel for this video and report.  I could be wrong, but of all the people who've tracked the tricks surrounding COVID-19, Robert Wenzel has targeted the malfeasance the best.  Him along with Jon Rappoport.  

The below video (one minute long) shows you the new instructions out of the Texas health department on how to count COVID-19 infections.  Federal and state health regulatory agencies are notoriously anti-Trump.
It appears the hysteria being generated by these agencies is designed to make Trump look bad before the upcoming election.
Never forget that it was Rod Rosenstein's sister that launched the hysteria back in February. 
This is pretty important to understand the relentlessness of the attacks against Trump.  When it comes to any politician, for me I base my bias on merit.  What has he done to improve freedom in people's lives?  For this reason, I am going to have mixed opinions on every politician, since their main audience serves those who financed their campaign; not someone who liked a slogan or speech in their campaign.  

What this means is that the cities, counties, states, companies that have mandated masks, both outdoors and indoors, including the 6-foot rule (how arbitrary, why not 4 feet or 9 feet?), have done so as activist determined to remove a duly elected president.  The next time you put on your mask or are asked to wash your hands or to keep your distance, remember that it is done by folks who have it out for Trump.  What the heck did Trump do these folks?  What have they lost with his presidency?  


Thursday, July 2, 2020

'CASE & DEATH NUMBERS ARE BEING PROPPED UP ALL OVER THE WORLD TO YIELD THE IMPRESSION OF A VIRUS ON THE LOOSE"

The reference here is a stunning May 23 article by John Pospichal, "Questions for lockdown apologists," posted at medium.com.
(This is part-4 in the series, “Killing Old People”. For part-3, click here.)
Pospichal examined overall mortality numbers for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England and Wales, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ecuador, and New York City.
Supported by charts, here are excerpts from his article:
“We now have mortality data for the first few months of 2020 for many countries, and, as you might expect, there were steep increases associated with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in each one.”
“Surprisingly, however, these increases did not begin before the lockdowns were imposed, but after. Moreover, in almost every case, they began immediately after. Often, mortality numbers were on a downward trend before suddenly reversing course after lockdowns were decreed.”
“This is an astonishing finding…”
“You will notice that only after each country (or city) was locked down did the increases begin. Moreover, they began immediately, and in nearly every case, precipitously.”
“All this leads us to the following questions, which we pose to all those who continue to defend the use of lockdowns as an effective means to prevent excess deaths.”
“Q: Why was there no significant increase in overall mortality, in any country we have good data for, before the start of lockdowns?”
“Q: Why does a precise and exact correlation exist between the start of lockdowns and significant rises in overall mortality?”
“Q: How is it that governments in every country imposed lockdowns at precisely the same time relative to the future precipitous rise in their populations’ overall mortality rate?”
“Q: How is it, moreover, that this moment in time [i.e., the imposition of lockdowns] happened to fall immediately before that precipitous rise?”
“Q: If health authorities vastly underestimated the prevalence of the virus at the beginning of the pandemic, why did the virus nevertheless wait until lockdowns were imposed to suddenly start killing at levels which exceeded normal deaths?”
—To that last question, I would respond: No virus would wait. We’re not talking about a virus at all. We’re talking about the sudden effects of the lockdowns.
And those sudden death-effects would come crashing down, first, and immediately, on the most vulnerable people in these countries:
The elderly, who were already ill for years.
THE LOCKDOWNS FORCED THE PREMATURE DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR YEARS, WHO HAD BEEN TREATED WITH TOXIC MEDICAL DRUGS, WHOSE IMMUNE SYSTEMS WERE ALREADY SEVERELY COMPROMISED…
AND WHO ARE SUDDENLY TERRIFIED BY TWO MORE FACTORS—THE POSSIBILITY OF A COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS, AND ISOLATION FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THESE TWO FACTORS PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE AND THEY DIE.
Especially in nursing homes; but also in hospitals, and in their homes.
This is the true face of “COVID.”
This is how the case numbers and the death numbers are being propped up all over the world, to yield the impression of a virus on the loose.
Without those huge numbers, the whole vicious charade of a pandemic would be exposed and rejected at once.
The lockdowns are a method of killing.
The governors and mayors and presidents and prime ministers who imposed the lockdowns—and behind them, the planners of “COVID”— have been killing old people.


MASKS DECREASE OXYGEN AND INCREASE TOXIN INHALATION.

I am not on Facebook, but someone I know tried to post this on Facebook and Facebook flagged it because it had “partly false information.” It was checked by independent fact checkers: USA Today and the AP. Wow, since when are these two outlets independent fact checkers? 
If you need more proof, measured proof that masks reduce the amount of oxygen available to you, then give this a few minutes of your valuable time.  


To increase oxygen uptake in your blood, fat-soluble B1, Allithiamine and Lipothiamine are excellent sources for that function.  Remember that the virus by itself is equal to any other flu or cold.  Though it's labeled a novel virus, it is not so new at all.  Dr. Kelly Victory eloquently explains this aspect of any virus.  



One commenter in the video comments wrote

If you are questioning her credentials—she went to Chapel Hill and Duke. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-victory-02464610 If you are afraid—have you talked to your own doctors? All of mine said the same as what she is saying in the vid. The media is politicizing this and mongering fear . . . pitting us against each other for their own monetary gain. I am not right wing . . . I am a left-leaning moderate with a background in chemistry and biology and what she is saying makes sense to me.
A couple of things.  One, if the Coronavirus worries you or if others' health worries you, good.  Then take the necessary precautions that enhance your survivability.  Do it.  Do it today.  But also consider the facts surrounding the virus.  Here is nutritional researcher, Bill Sardi's assessment on its gravity
According to university researchers [http://dailym.ai/2BeafNT], your odds of acquiring COVID-19 coronavirus infection from contact with an infected person is 1 in 3868 (ranges from in 626 to 1 in 31,800) and the odds of dying from COVID-19 is 1 in 19.1 million (ranges from 1 in 3.1 million to 1 in 159 million). These estimates are without citizens taking precautions such as face-masks and social distancing. So says a study conducted by Stanford University and UCLA researchers [https://bit.ly/2Vn36S2] who analyzed data from the top 100 populous counties in the U.S. (study awaits peer review and publication). 
And two, I think it's better to rely on scientific and proven therapies for your health that do not cause you harm.  The first principle in caring for yourself is to do no harm; not an easy feat for most.  And don't transfer that responsibility of avoiding harm to a doctor, to your doctor, for they're not always knowledgeable about your own well-being and health.  Given the governors' and mayors' plans for your health, you should be taking a daily supplement of D3, vitamin C, and zinc.  Fortify yourself with vitamins.  Foods just don't have the amounts we need to manage daily stressors.  To your health!