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The big list of Scientific studies on how masks 
do not work. And can increase your chances of catching a virus. And they cause health problems...
Follow below. Prove me wrong.
do not work. And can increase your chances of catching a virus. And they cause health problems... Follow below. Prove me wrong.
1/x Aiello 2010 (RCT, N=1437, Community Setting) âNeither face mask use and hand hygiene nor face mask use alone was associated with a significant reduction in the rate of ILI (transmission).â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20088690/
2/x Alfelali 2019 (RCT, N=7,687, Community Setting) âFacemask use does not prevent clinical or laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory infections among Hajj pilgrims.â
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3349234
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3349234
3/x Barasheed 2011 (RCT, N=164, Community Setting) âLab results did not show any difference between the two groupsâ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25336079/
4/x Canini 2010 (RCT, N=306, Household Setting) âIn various sensitivity analyses, we did not identify any trend in the results suggesting effectiveness of facemasks.â https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984432/
5/x Cowling 2008 (RCT, N=198, Household Setting) âThe laboratory-based or clinical secondary attack ratios did not significantly differ across the intervention arms.â https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364646/
6/x Cowling 2009 (RCT, N=1201, Household Setting) âHand hygiene with or without facemasks seemed to reduce influenza transmission, but the differences compared with the control group were not significant.â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19652172/
7/x Larson 2010 (RCT, N=509, Household Setting) âThere were no significant differences in rates of infection by intervention group.â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20297744/
8/x Loeb 2009 (RCT, N=446, Healthcare Setting) âUse of a surgical mask compared with an N95 respirator resulted in noninferior rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19797474/
9/x MacIntyre 2009 (RCT, N=286, Household Setting) âIntent-to-treat analysis showed no significant difference in the relative risk of ILI in the mask use groups compared with the control group.â https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662657/
Duh...they told you for months....masks do not work. Dr Williams and Dr Tam below. https://twitter.com/stevelanebitch/status/1322584845449596928?s=19
10/x MacIntyre 2015 (RCT, N=1607, Healthcare Setting) âThis study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masksâŚwhich should not be recommended for HCWs.â https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/
11/x MacIntyre 2011 (RCT, N=1441, Healthcare Setting) "There wereâno significant outcomesâ related to lab-confirmed influenza/viral infection transmissions found when comparing N95s and surgical masks in a hospital setting." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21477136/
Even the dam WHO said do not wear masks. https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1243171683067777024?s=19
12/x MacIntyre 2016 (RCT, N=245, Healthcare Setting) âA post hoc comparison between the mask versus no-mask groups showed ⌠no protective effect against ILI and laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory infections.â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28039289/
13/x Radonovich 2019 (RCT, N=2862, Healthcare Setting) âN95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31479137/
14/x Simmerman 2011 (RCT, N=1592, Household Setting) âInfluenza transmission was not reduced by interventions to promote hand washing and face mask use.â https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00205.x
15/x Seuss 2012 (RCT, N=84, Household Setting) âThere was no statistically significant effect of the Mask and Mask/Handwashing interventions on secondary infections.â https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22280120/
16/x 1975: "The wearing of a surgical face mask had no effect upon the overall operating room environmental contamination" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1157412/
Dr Malthouse on masks. https://twitter.com/stevelanebitch/status/1325503012023005184?s=19
18/x 1989: "No infections were found in any patient, regardless of whether a cap or mask was used" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ccd.1810170306
19/x 1991: "It has never been shown that wearing surgical face masks decreases postoperative wound infections." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736
20/x 2001: "Surgical face masks worn by patients during regional anaesthesia, did not reduce the concentration of airborne bacteria over the operation field in our study. Thus they are dispensable."
https://europepmc.org/article/med/11760479
https://europepmc.org/article/med/11760479
Why we stopped wearing masks after the Spanish Flu. https://twitter.com/Thomas_Binder/status/1322887037461143553?s=19
21/x 2001: "The evidence for discontinuing the use of surgical face masks would appear to be stronger than the evidence available to support their continued use"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0310057X0102900402
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0310057X0102900402
22/x 2015: "overall there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that facemasks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0141076815583167
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0141076815583167
23/x 2020: "We do not recommend requiring the general public who do not have symptoms of COVID... to routinely wear cloth or surgical masks because there is no scientific evidence they are effective in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission" https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
24/x Haâeri and Wiley, in 1980, applied human albumin microspheres to the interior of surgical masks in 20 operations. At the end of each operation, wound washings were examined under the microscope. âParticle contamination of the wound was demonstrated in all experiments.â
31/x A review by Skinner and Sutton in 2001 concluded that âThe evidence for discontinuing the use of surgical face masks would appear to be stronger than the evidence available to support their continued use.â https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0310057X0102900402
Industrial hygienists on masks. https://thehighwire.com/videos/mask-whistleblowers-tell-all/
32/x Lahme et al., in 2001, wrote that âsurgical face masks worn by patients during regional anaesthesia, did not reduce the concentration of airborne bacteria over the operation field in our study. Thus they are dispensable.â https://europepmc.org/article/med/11760479
UFC fighter taking about masks. https://twitter.com/ChArM91269403/status/1337465634909786113?s=19
US Army Surgeon on masks. https://twitter.com/stevelanebitch/status/1312855912370053121?s=19
Ontario Nurses win right not to mask. https://www.ona.org/news-posts/ona-wins-vaccinate-or-mask-flu-policy/
BC's Public Health about masks on kids. https://twitter.com/Liannabelle88/status/1354093886147321857?s=19
