Hello and welcome. Well its the third day after my Oxford second jab and a harrowing tale; I got on the 384 bus route (really hoping for the 107 both go to the same destination, however the 107 is a shorter time). I got to Edgeware Bus Station and mall, where upon a policeman smiled and said 'thank you for wearing a mask exemption label'. I then got on a waiting 288 bus and arrived at the large chemist shop where my first appointment label was 'officially stamped' and the date and batch number with AstraZeneca were stamped thereupon.
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| From Advert Yosil's bakery Chemist two doors to right. On the journey from Edgeware to the chemist shop the 288 was involved in an accident and so we decamped and waited for another, a chance to sit in the sun for a half hour on a bench nearby until the next bus arrived. On arrival I was stamped, jabbed, toilet visit and as I did with the first jab four weeks back went into the Kosher Baker shop and treated myself to a Smoked Salmon and cream cheese bagel and an apple crumble cake, yum, yum. This is not my usual fare but I felt a little treat especially after my long journey and some trepidation about the second jab and the blood clotting I did feel a treat was on. |
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A new study on face masks highlight their inefficacy, lack of
safety and ability to cause physiological, psychological and long-term health
problems, which may culminate in immune suppression, worsened chronic disease,
accelerated aging and premature death
Baruch Vainshelboim, who works with
the cardiology division at Stanford's Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care
System in
It's not simply an issue of whether
or not they "work" -- though as he writes, "scientific evidence
supporting facemasks' efficacy is lacking" -- or that wearing something is
better than nothing because, as noted by Vainshelboim, "adverse
physiological, psychological and health effects are established."[i]
The paradox, he notes, has been
apparent from the beginning as SARS-CoV-2 affects
the respiratory system, potentially leading to respiratory failure and death
(though it should be noted that the case fatality rate is low -- considerably
less than 1% or, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci and colleagues in March 2020,
consequences may be "more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza"[ii]).
Facemasks, by their very nature,
restrict breathing, calling into question their clinical basis as a protective
strategy. Face masks can cause a low level of oxygen in the blood (hypoxemia)
along with excessive carbon dioxide in your bloodstream (hypercapnia), and may
"increase the risk for respiratory complications, self-contamination and
exacerbation of existing chronic conditions."[iii]
Four Hypotheses Against Face Masks --
With Strong Scientific Support
Vainshelboim made four hypotheses,
which were published in the journal Medical Hypotheses, along with scientific
support offering validation.[iv] The fact that this report is published in Medical
Hypotheses is important, as the journal exists to shine light on topics that
might otherwise be buried.
"This is not a conventional
journal and that is precisely why it exists," the American Institute for
Economic Research (AIER) noted. "It was founded out of a concern that
valid scientific observations that depart from current trends will not make it
through the conventional peer review process with a thesis that is radical or
breaks an emergent mold."[v]
Considering the ongoing efforts to censor free
speech and deplatform health websites that
delve into topics outside of the official narrative, journals like these are
more important now than ever before. Vainshelboim's hypotheses include:[vi]
1.
The practice of
wearing facemasks has compromised safety and efficacy profile
2.
Both medical and
non-medical facemasks are ineffective to reduce human-to-human transmission and
infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
3.
Wearing facemasks
has adverse physiological and psychological effects
4.
Long-term
consequences of wearing facemasks on health are detrimental
Safety and Efficacy Are Lacking
Mild to moderate hypoxemia and hypercapnia that may occur from
wearing a face mask interfere with your body's requirement for adequate oxygen and removal of
carbon dioxide, leading to a series of physiologic effects:[vii]
|
Higher
contribution of anaerobic energy metabolism |
Decrease
in pH levels |
|
Increase
in cells and blood acidity |
Toxicity |
|
Oxidative
stress |
Chronic inflammation |
|
Immunosuppression |
Health
deterioration |
These risks come with only an
illusion of safety. The thread diameter of medical and non-medical face masks
ranges from 55 micrometers (µm) to 440 µm, while SARS-CoV-2 has a
diameter of 60 nanometers (nm) to 140 nm, which is more than 1,000
times smaller. This means the virus can pass through most face masks, which
already have a low efficiency filtration rate of 0.7% to 26% for non-surgical,
cotton masks.[viii]
A number of clinical studies also
challenge their effectiveness, including one study showing no significant
difference in coronavirus droplet transmission of particles >5 µm among
symptomatic individuals wearing or not wearing a facemask.[ix]
Further, Vainshelboim noted,
"Among asymptomatic
individuals, there was no droplets or aerosols
coronavirus detected from any participant with or without the mask, suggesting
that asymptomatic individuals do not transmit or infect other people."[x]
Adverse Physiological and
Psychological Effects
Restricting breathing over long
periods of time while wearing a face mask is likely to make existing
cardiopulmonary, metabolic, vascular and neurological conditions worse, while
having significant adverse effects physically and psychologically.
A 2015 study of health care workers
found that those wearing cloth masks had the highest rate of influenza-like
illness, with the researchers cautioning against the use of cloth masks because
moisture retention, reuse of the masks and poor filtration could increase infection
risk.[xi] Vainshelboim's review of research further found the
following adverse effects of face masks.
As you can see in the table below,
the physiological and psychological effects may add up to long-term health
consequences, including detrimental effects on the immune system, worsening of
chronic diseases and accelerated aging and premature death:[xii]
|
Physiological Effects |
Psychological Effects |
Health Consequences |
|
Hypoxemia |
Activation
of "fight or flight" stress response |
Increased
predisposition for viral and infection illnesses |
|
Hypercapnia |
Chronic
stress condition |
Headaches |
|
Shortness
of breath |
Anxiety |
|
|
Increased
lactate concentration |
Mood
disturbances |
Depression |
|
Decline
in pH levels |
Insomnia |
Hypertension |
|
Acidosis |
Fatigue |
Cardiovascular
disease |
|
Toxicity |
Compromised
cognitive performance |
|
|
Inflammation |
|
Diabetes |
|
Self-contamination |
|
Alzheimer's
disease |
|
Increase
in stress hormone levels (adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol) |
|
Exacerbation
of existing conditions and diseases |
|
Increased
muscle tension |
|
Accelerated
aging process |
|
Immunosuppression |
|
Health
deterioration |
|
|
|
Premature
mortality |
Wearing face masks also dehumanizes
social connections, which are a basic human need. According to Vainshelboim:[xiii]
"Basic human-to-human
connectivity through face expression is compromised and self-identity is
somewhat eliminated. These dehumanizing movements partially delete the
uniqueness and individuality of the person who is wearing the facemask as well
as the connected person."
36 Studies Show Face Masks' Lack of
Safety and Effectiveness
Our GreenMedInfo.com face mask
database contains 36 studies on the lack of
safety and effectiveness of what has become, in many areas, a mandated form of
public health policy not to be questioned. One New York University professor,
Mark Crispin Miller, even came under fire for urging his students to think
critically about mask claims -- apropos for his course on Mass Persuasion and
Propaganda.[xiv] Miller wrote:[xv]
"I do believe
they should be thinking for themselves, and studying the evidence for any claim
or mandate, instead of merely bowing to authority. That's my intellectual and
civic obligation, as a teacher, whatever NYU's official policy, or
This is the same theme being parroted
in mainstream media, unfortunately, urging the public to accept the new mask
culture even as the World Health Organization and the CDC previously advised against
it. As AIER noted:[xvi]
"Given that masking of healthy
populations for long periods of time is a new policy, it is astounding that the
media and scientific journals decided within a matter of months that the
efficacy of the practice could not be questioned or studied, nor its adverse
effects discussed."
Likewise, Vainshelboim concluded that
given the many risks and challenges to their safety and efficacy, governments,
policy makers and health organizations should "utilize a proper and
scientific evidence-based approach with respect to wearing facemasks,"
before mandating them as a preventive public health approach.
References
[i] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[ii] N Engl J Med 2020;
382:1268-1269 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejme2002387
[iii] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[iv] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[v] American Institute for Economic Research
[vi] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[vii] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[viii] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[ix] Nature Medicine volume 26, pages676-680(2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2#Tab2
[x] Medical Hypotheses January 2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[xi] BMJ Open Volume
5, Issue 4 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577
[xii] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[xiii] Medical Hypotheses January
2021, Volume 146 110411 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720333028
[xiv] MSN
[xv] News From Underground September
2020 https://markcrispinmiller.com/2020/09/nyu-is-displeased-that-ive-questioned-masking-in-my-propaganda-class/
[xvi] American Institute for Economic Research
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