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Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.

As businesses reopen, many are requiring shoppers and employees to wear a face mask. With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection. One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks.

There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate.

"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain."

Russell Blaylock, MD

No studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.

It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.

Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia (shortage of oxygen), all the way to serious life-threatening complications.

It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out and hitting their head.

Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases of these dangers when wearing a face mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function.

The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with lessened immunity. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections.

There is another danger to wearing these masks every day, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.

One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, because these studies suggest that is the wise choice.
 

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Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.

As businesses reopen, many are requiring shoppers and employees to wear a face mask. With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection. One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks.

There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate.

"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain."

Russell Blaylock, MD

No studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.

It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.

Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia (shortage of oxygen), all the way to serious life-threatening complications.

It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out and hitting their head.

Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases of these dangers when wearing a face mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function.

The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with lessened immunity. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections.

There is another danger to wearing these masks every day, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.

One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, because these studies suggest that is the wise choice.

Perhaps a different way to look at the masks, is maybe the reason past pandemics were so bad is that people did not wear masks. The problem with covid-19 is that you don't know if you have it or not. By the time you determine you have it, it is too late for all the others you have been around. Agree that the masks don't help the infected person to get better. Agree that wearing a mask when not around others is needless, and maybe detrimental. Regardless, I will still wear a mask when around others and I can't social distance.

Note: There are also those that think all the germs concentrate in your feed, so you should keep them especially clean.
 

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Russell Blaylock’s perspective? Interesting? It’s always wise to verify the medical professional’s background and politics making statements regarding infectious diseases and pandemics before “You be the judge”. It seems the majority of infectious disease specialists agree and recommend wearing a mask to protect your family, friends, and the community. Why is the simple common sense practice of masks and social distancing such a divisive issue? Many of the people not wearing masks, mask shame those that do.
 
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Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.

As businesses reopen, many are requiring shoppers and employees to wear a face mask. With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection. One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks.

There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate.

"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain."

Russell Blaylock, MD

No studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.

It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.

Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia (shortage of oxygen), all the way to serious life-threatening complications.

It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out and hitting their head.

Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases of these dangers when wearing a face mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function.

The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with lessened immunity. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections.

There is another danger to wearing these masks every day, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.

One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, because these studies suggest that is the wise choice.
"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain."
Ok, let me understand this: so this Dr. Russell Blaylock is basically saying don't wear mask and let the exhaled virus ESCAPE into the air and infect whoever is around him! Wow, that's smart, really smart! (sarcasm).
"When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses..."
That's why those persons infected with a respiratory virus are placed in ISOLATION!
To wear or not to wear, that is the question! I don't wear mask when I'm alone, I don't wear mask when with my wife, we don't wear mask when it's just the two of us running, walking, bicycling etc. We wear mask when we're in close proximity to people! And of course, if you feel like going down with a virus, any virus, either see a doctor or stay home! This pandemic is not going away any time soon and cost more lives, more restrictions for freedom loving people like us until they respect the seriousness of this virus!
P.S. I don't attack or insult those who have chosen NOT to wear mask but I sure heck smart enough to keep my distance from them! ;)
 
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Blood oxygen testers are pretty inexpensive. It would be quite cheap and easy to find out just how much your oxygen levels drop when wearing a mask.
From the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.com): "We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."
Also: "It is also clear that masks serve symbolic roles. Masks are not only tools, they are also talismans that may help increase health care workers’ perceived sense of safety, well-being, and trust in their hospitals. Although such reactions may not be strictly logical, we are all subject to fear and anxiety, especially during times of crisis. One might argue that fear and anxiety are better countered with data and education than with a marginally beneficial mask, particularly in light of the worldwide mask shortage, but it is difficult to get clinicians to hear this message in the heat of the current crisis. Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety, over and above whatever role they may play in reducing transmission of Covid-19. The potential value of universal masking in giving health care workers the confidence to absorb and implement the more foundational infection-prevention practices described above may be its greatest contribution."
Dr. Fauci, for one, has reversed himself multiple times on masks. Don't. Do. It's a symbol.

I've known a number of people who have had to go to the hospital to get their oxygen levels up. IMHO, it's counter-intuitive to think you're going to be healthier by forcing your oxygen level lower. Go ahead. Knock yourselves out. (Intentional irony)
 

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Just went on about a 15 mile bike ride along a normally busy thoroughfare, but now with quite a few other pedestrians and cyclists. Maybe 20 percent of the cyclists are masked and probably about 85 percent of the pedestrians: judging by experience, I think the upright, ‘clunky’ sort of short ride cyclists don masks whereas the more serious, hard cranking, ones do not. Regardless of mask hysteria, the amount of contact when passing is measured in seconds and the distance seldom less than 6 feet. I must have seen two dozen people jump into the road. Half of these with the traffic at their backs, sight unseen!!

It is remarkable that they can be so concerned with one vague and dubious and intangible fear that they literally leap into situations where common sense, obvious peril, and incontrovertible physics will absolutely kill you. Funny enough that, now I reflect that this route, not surprisingly, took my immediately past the NIH and three of our local broadcast TV stations.
 

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Regarding the misleading reply on Fauci’s stand on wearing masks. Why do people promote out of context, false, and misleading information without fact checking.......or do they Fact Check and knowingly promote the out of context information to help fuel the chaos? Fauci follows his own recommendation that wearing a mask is medically proven to effectively prevent the spread of the virus and yes, it’s a SYMBOL of what others should be doing.

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Blood oxygen testers are pretty inexpensive. It would be quite cheap and easy to find out just how much your oxygen levels drop when wearing a mask.
From the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.com): "We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."
Also: "It is also clear that masks serve symbolic roles. Masks are not only tools, they are also talismans that may help increase health care workers’ perceived sense of safety, well-being, and trust in their hospitals. Although such reactions may not be strictly logical, we are all subject to fear and anxiety, especially during times of crisis. One might argue that fear and anxiety are better countered with data and education than with a marginally beneficial mask, particularly in light of the worldwide mask shortage, but it is difficult to get clinicians to hear this message in the heat of the current crisis. Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety, over and above whatever role they may play in reducing transmission of Covid-19. The potential value of universal masking in giving health care workers the confidence to absorb and implement the more foundational infection-prevention practices described above may be its greatest contribution."
Dr. Fauci, for one, has reversed himself multiple times on masks. Don't. Do. It's a symbol.

I've known a number of people who have had to go to the hospital to get their oxygen levels up. IMHO, it's counter-intuitive to think you're going to be healthier by forcing your oxygen level lower. Go ahead. Knock yourselves out. (Intentional irony)

For the umpteenth time, masks are there to protect others...not yourself. I know you're looking for any justification for your non-mask wearing stance...but the continued argument that masks don't protect the mask wearer aint the one you're looking for.

Follow CDC guidelines, or just accept that you're putting others at risk. Continuing to argue beside the point will do nothing to change the opinion of others...or reality.
 

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Regarding the misleading reply on Fauci’s stand on wearing masks. Why do people promote out of context, false, and misleading information without fact checking.......or do they Fact Check and knowingly promote the out of context information to help fuel the chaos? Fauci follows his own recommendation that wearing a mask is medically proven to effectively prevent the spread of the virus and yes, it’s a SYMBOL of what others should be doing.

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Rick, did you even read the article you posted? The spin is "out of context", but Fauci was quite clear, in context, when he stated that masks were unnecessary and even contra-indicated. The interviewer made sure that he clarified the point. Look in the mirror when you quote Mark Twain.

You are virtue-signalling, but you are not protecting yourself nor anyone else. You are lowering your oxygen levels, which reduces your immune system's capabilities. But you cannot, apparently, be convinced of your error.
 
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