From the beginning of Covid Hysteria, I’ve likened the use of face masks to that of stretching some chain-link fence over your window hoping to keep out mosquitos.
Not only do face masks make it hard to breathe, but the evidence that they even work to stop the spread of coronavirus is limited at best.
A popular brand of mask even carries a warning on its packaging that it “will not provide any protection against COVID-19”; as for preventing carriers from spreading the disease, a meta-analysis found, for example, that of eight randomized control trial studies, six found no difference in transmission rates between control and intervention groups (while one found that a combination of masks and hand washing is more effective than education alone, and the other found that N95 masks are more effective than standard surgical masks; bin-Reza et al., 2012).
Non-surgical masks, such as scarfs and cloths, are almost useless (Rengasamy et al., 2010). Masks may even be unhealthy, causing a build-up of bacteria around the face (Zhiqing et al., 2018).
The fact that masks likely don’t even work brings us to the final reason that wearing one inculcates stupidity and compliance: through a bombardment of lies, contradictions, and confusion, the state overwhelms your ability to reason clearly.
Source: Face masks make you stupid | Patrick Fagan | The Critic Magazine
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