Dr. Joseph Mercola
STORY AT-A-GLANCE- Not a single randomized controlled trial with verified outcome has been able to detect a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask, when it comes to preventing infectious viral illness
If there were any significant advantage to wearing a mask to reduce infection risk to either the wearer or others in the vicinity, then it would have been detected in at least one of these trials, yet there’s no sign of such a benefit There is no evidence that masks are of any utility for preventing infection by either stopping the aerosol particles from coming out, or from going in.
You’re not helping the people around you by wearing a mask, and you’re not helping yourself avoid the disease by wearing a mask
Infectious viral respiratory diseases primarily spread via very fine aerosol particles that are in suspension in the air. Any mask that allows you to breathe therefore allows for transmission of aerosolized viruses
All-cause mortality data are not affected by reporting bias. A detailed study of the current data of all-cause mortality shows the all-cause mortality this past winter was no different, statistically, from previous decades. COVID-19 is not a killer disease, and this pandemic has not brought anything out of the ordinary in terms of death toll
Denis Rancourt, Ph.D., a former full professor of physics, is a researcher with the Ontario Civil Liberties Association in Canada. He’s held that volunteer position since 2014, which has given him the opportunity to dig into scientific issues that impact civil rights. He also did postdoctoral work in chemistry.
Here, we discuss the controversial topic of face masks. Should you wear one? When and where? Does it protect you or not? There’s a wide range of opinions on this even within the natural health community.
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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, I endorsed the use of face masks based on the experience of some of the Eastern European countries. The rationale of it seemed to make sense at the time. Since then, however, I’ve started to question their use.
Unfortunately, the mainstream propaganda and government orders in many states in recent weeks have reverted back toward mask wearing just about everywhere. You’re not allowed into stores; you cannot fly or take a cab, Uber or Lyft without one; you must wear one everywhere you go, even outdoors, and if you don’t you’re vilified, sometimes aggressively attacked.
NONE of these well-designed studies that are intended to remove observational bias found a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask.
There’s No Scientific Support for Mask-Wearing
Rancourt’s investigation into mask wearing was part of his research for the Ontario Civil Liberties Association. He did a thorough study of the scientific literature on masks, concentrating on evidence showing masks can reduce infection risk, especially viral respiratory diseases.
“What I found when I looked at all the randomized controlled trials with verified outcome, meaning you actually measure whether or not the person was infected … NONE of these well-designed studies that are intended to remove observational bias … found there was a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask.
Likewise, there was no detectable difference between respirators and surgical masks. That to me was a clear sign that the science was telling us they could not detect a positive utility of masks in this application.
We’re talking many really [high-]quality trials. What this means — and this is very important — is that if there was any significant advantage to wearing a mask to reduce this [infection] risk, then you would have detected that in at least one of these trials, [yet] there’s no sign of it.
That to me is a firm scientific conclusion: There is no evidence that masks are of any utility either preventing the aerosol particles from coming out or from going in. You’re not helping the people around you by wearing a mask, and you’re not helping yourself preventing the disease by wearing a mask.
Read more here:Â https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/07/19/are-face-masks-effective.aspx
Video notes: Denis Rancourt, Ph.D., a former full professor of physics, is a researcher with the Ontario Civil Liberties Association in Canada. He’s held that volunteer position since 2014, which has given him the opportunity to dig into scientific issues that impact civil rights. He also did postdoctoral work in chemistry.
Here, we discuss the controversial topic of face masks. Should you wear one? When and where? Does it protect you or not? There’s a wide range of opinions on this even within the natural health community.
• Not a single randomized controlled trial with verified outcome has been able to detect a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask, when it comes to preventing infectious viral illness•
• If there were any significant advantage to wearing a mask to reduce infection risk to either the wearer or others in the vicinity, then it would have been detected in at least one of these trials, yet there’s no sign of such a benefit
• There is no evidence that masks are of any utility for preventing infection by either stopping the aerosol particles from coming out, or from going in. You’re not helping the people around you by wearing a mask, and you’re not helping yourself avoid the disease by wearing a mask
• Infectious viral respiratory diseases primarily spread via very fine aerosol particles that are in suspension in the air. Any mask that allows you to breathe therefore allows for transmission of aerosolized viruses
• All-cause mortality data are not affected by reporting bias. A detailed study of the current data of all-cause mortality shows the all-cause mortality this past winter was no different, statistically, from previous decades. COVID-19 is not a killer disease, and this pandemic has not brought anything out of the ordinary in terms of death toll
Quite a daunting video from Catherine Austin Fitts, the essence of which is we are undoubtedly heading for a digital “currency” and totalitarian world order. This covid nonsense is an integral part of the reset. Her underlying attitude, although she does not actually express it, is that it’s unstoppable. She has no time line…could be tomorrow, next month, next year or not until ten years. We all know this. But have we considered the real consequences, not the least of which is total and complete control over our lives? HOW do we stop this? Have we heard Trump’s take on any of this? I have not. Anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdfYJHglBLo&feature=emb_logo
It certainly is. I mean they have been getting away with stuff for years, the moon landing etc. They should be hung for treason, but instead they lattack for not wearing a mask.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/victoria-police-reviewing-woman-mask-arrest-in-melbourne/12548866
Victoria Police is conducting an internal investigation after footage showing an officer holding a woman who wasn’t wearing a mask by the throat was posted online.
Key points:
Police say officers saw a 21-year-old St Kilda woman without a face covering in Collingwood about 5:00pm on Monday
Two videos posted online appear to show a male police officer holding her by the throat and forcing her to the ground
The woman has been charged with resisting and assaulting police, and police say she claimed she had an exemption for the mask rule
A video posted on Twitter shows a male police officer holding a woman around the neck while she yells “get off me … you’re choking me!”
One of the police officer’s thumbs can be seen pressing into the woman’s cheek as he holds her.
Another female police officer approaches, and the woman is seen kicking her in the chest.
The male officer then manoeuvrers the woman to the ground and holds her down.
A different video of the incident uploaded to YouTube shows the woman on her back yelling “get off me!” while the male police officer sits on her torso.
A Victoria Police officer wearing a blue surgical mask appears to be holding a woman without a face covering by the throat.
The woman was heard yelling “you’re choking me!” in the video posted to Twitter.(Twitter)
A man standing and filming the incident nearby is heard yelling “get off her!” and calling the police officers “hypocrites” for not social distancing.
The female police officer is also seen standing and watching.
Towards the end of the footage the woman on the ground is heard saying: “Why am I under arrest … assault? I did not assault you — you grabbed me!”
What happened in the lead-up to the police officer holding the woman around her neck was not captured in either video.
Victoria Police said the 21-year-old St Kilda woman was arrested in Collingwood on Monday evening after refusing to provide her identification to the officers for not wearing a face covering.
In a statement, police said the woman became “physically aggressive” and kicked the female officer in the upper body when they decided to arrest her.
The woman was charged with resisting police and assaulting police.
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BillAu….I could not agree more with all you have said…..but again, PLEASE use the reply button after the comment so we know to whom your comment applies.
This and several other articles like it show conclusively that the threat to our health world wide is not viruses but tyranny. Governments, dissolved or not, are making decrees that harm our livelihoods and health. These so-called “governments” do not have authority to make us wear masks that harm our immunity system and increase our CO2 levels and deprive us of oxygen. These groundless decrees of state whim are a direct attack upon our economical means of support and our health, both a direct attack on our lives and property which gives us, the people, a right to defend our property with force if necessary. This is America based upon the principles of property that regulate every aspect of lawful government including its lawful creation, limits of authority, means of support and defense and terms of its dissolution. Government does not get to implement anything it wants even in the disguise of health. Our government cannot harm my health or my lawful income under the pretense of community health.
The thought that these whimsical decrees of presidents, governors and mayors based upon billionaire “philanthropists” and their medical minions posing as professional public health servants will not be removed until we all submit to a vaccine rings all alarms. This proposed vaccine cannot work as the target virus mutates rapidly. Therefore, the “vaccine” is not really a one time deal, but rather a series of vaccines which they say will require a data chip to keep up with your vaccine regimen. This data chip must be programmable after implanting and will accept any type of data. This is the real object of the virus pandemic. The global bankarchy wants all people to be chipped and to use digital compliance currency. Good people will receive sufficient digital currency. Bad non-compliant people will have their digital currency reduced to the point of mandatory compliance or death. Such a Satanic plan would not be achievable based upon anything less than the survival of mankind via vaccines. But that’s all a lie! We are created in the image of God and put in the world God made for man to live perfectly. We do not need improvement to our DNA or vaccines to live in this world and we who wish to reject such tyrannical whims cannot be colored as a threat to society but a defense of lawful society against tyranny and slavery.
Militias throughout the land of the free and the brave should form and inform their local sheriffs of the threat to their communities and declare that they stand behind their sheriff in announcing that none of these face mask requirements will be enforced nor will any mandatory vaccine be administered or data chip be implanted in their jurisdiction.
This is the final line in the sand for America. It’s stand up now or go down into abject slavery and tyranny.
I think this this whole thing is bulldust. Whatever the cause USA or China or “aliens from outer sspace (some people claim that)”, there is some virus that seems to be like a bad flu, but not worth this carry on. It is a psyop and a “storm in a teacup”. I do not want to wear a mask, but I wear face covering. There is a reason, in Melbourne Australia, $200 fine for not wearing something that covers the nose and mouth. If I do not keep 1.5m away it is a $1600 (approx.) fine. There have been videos of a girl being strangled by a police officer in Melbourne, there is a current enquiry for that. I had to fill out a form to give myself the right to on engineering that required a vist to a site. If you give the wrong data on the form it says there is a fine over $99000 for my company. I must carry it with me and keep a log of where I go, because I go to different sites, most people only go to one site.
What has happened the previous two days, of abuse from people, one at Dominos pizza and one at a petrol station. I think they did not like my face covering, so I made it bigger. They are scared, so they are rude and nasty. I think they are paid by the hour and regret seeing customers come in.
A person who worked at a horse farm said, to help control a horse pull the reigns one way and make the horse go in a circle, this had no purpose, except to gain psychological control of the horse. This is what the “elite” are doing to us.
The mask would stop you accidently spitting on/ spraying your spit, I do believe that, and that is what the police said on the radio news. But I do not believe they have the right morally to do this even if they have “man made” laws passed. I think it could be llegally challenged, for instance a billionaire challended the WA stae and Aus fed governments and the federal backed down over border closing in West Aus.
BillAu…It’s highly unfortunate Australia has gone that far.
Check out tonights report from Fetzer, Bara and Blake….at this point…(it’s a world wide EXERCISE!
https://youtu.be/RJUWktk4OgM?t=1925)
If you see a person with a band-aid on their face or arm, then you should get a band-aid also. This might make you feel good and the other person will not feel so alone.
This is what the ”mask” is all about. Its a virtue signal combined with added brownie points.