"A study published earlier this month in Frontiers in Public Health conducted a systematic review of more than 2,000 studies on the adverse effects of masking, finding “significant effects in both medical surgical and N95 masks.”
As one might expect, covering the breathing orifices of humans for long periods of time carries health consequences, among them decreased oxygen saturation and increases in heart rate, blood pressure, blood-CO2 levels, and skin temperature, as well as dizziness, speech impediments, headaches, and dyspnea (labored breathing)."
#Masks #Masking #RightToKnow #COVID19 #MaskMandates
https://fee.org/articles/two-new-medical-studies-show-how-mask-mandates-failed-and-may-have-harmed-countless-people/
As one might expect, covering the breathing orifices of humans for long periods of time carries health consequences, among them decreased oxygen saturation and increases in heart rate, blood pressure, blood-CO2 levels, and skin temperature, as well as dizziness, speech impediments, headaches, and dyspnea (labored breathing)."
#Masks #Masking #RightToKnow #COVID19 #MaskMandates
https://fee.org/articles/two-new-medical-studies-show-how-mask-mandates-failed-and-may-have-harmed-countless-people/
FEE
Two New Medical Studies Show How Mask Mandates Failed—and May Have Harmed Countless People
Massive study out of the UK. “Our study found no evidence that mandatory masking of staff impacts the rate of hospital SARS-CoV-2 infection with the Omicron variant,” said lead author Dr. Ben Patterson of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust…
#COVID19: Why Experts Say Universal #Masking isn't Necessary
#Masks #HowTheTidesHaveTurned
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/experts-say-universal-masking-for-covid-19-in-hospitals-is-not-necessary#People-with-chronic-disease-experess-concerns
#Masks #HowTheTidesHaveTurned
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/experts-say-universal-masking-for-covid-19-in-hospitals-is-not-necessary#People-with-chronic-disease-experess-concerns
Healthline
Experts Say Universal Masking for COVID-19 in Hospitals is Not Necessary
Universal masking in healthcare settings is no longer needed, a group of U.S. epidemiologists and infectious diseases experts proposed April 18 in a commentary published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.