The mask nerd does his own research.
Cloth or surgical masks just don’t cut it – respirators are far more effective, and they’re comfortable too
There’s not much point reading the whole article as the sub heading tells you what you need to know. We should all be walking around in respirators. Yes, seriously. That said, at least the bloke has put some effort into some actual research and come up with the same conclusion that all the other studies, real world experience and common sense was telling us two years ago.
The world has gone mad. All over a relatively mild coronavirus. Someone, somewhere, is hysterically laughing themselves to death.
Oh, and, no, I am no more going to wear a respirator than I am the equivalent of a dirty handkerchief over my face.
One of the comments inadvertently sums this all up.
Masks not only protect (though not 100%) due air flux.
They have a huge psicological impact as they are a continious reminder to be careful and avoid crowds and certain actions.
That would appear to be the point… What a sad, pathetic little person.
I find it interesting that the only places that are actually enforcing mask mandates are the Doctor’s surgery and the cottage hospital. Places inhabited by people who should know better.
I am exempt from mask wearing because of a serious lung condition. I have never had any problem In hospitals, surgeries, or dentists so maybe they do know better! Just think it’s ok to berate people who don’t know any better.
I was questioned last year when I went into hospital. I was wearing my lanyard and exemption card. Beyond that, though, there wasn’t a problem.
What a bizarre individual – it takes all sorts but any government taking this weirdo’s advice ought to be hung, drawn and quartered.
He is broadly correct. However, no one should be wearing masks at all as it is entirely unnecessary.
You mis-spelled incorrect.
https://en-gb.facebook.com/BenSwannRealityCheck/videos/705845830268772/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF7WPV3Bs6I
He’s clear about cloth and the disposable surgical masks not being effective. Hence, mostly correct.
I would argue that he is still incorrect since on the subject of effect he’s still positive, at the same time ignoring all other harmful aspects, such as hypoxia, bacterial pneumonia or eczema. By my logic that puts all masks on a minus, making them actually harmful.
For the cloth/disposable masks, hypoxia is an overstated risk, so best not to pursue it. My fellow motorcyclists wear masks during the winter months to keep their faces warm. I don’t for the same reason I’ve not worn masks through the covid idiocy. It’s like having a dirty handkerchief over your face. They rapidly get wet and as you say, will harbour spores, microbes or whatever. I have chronic rhinitis, so the restricted airflow does affect me – not hypoxia, so much as just drawing breath becomes uncomfortable.
Where this bloke is useful to us, is that he debunks the usefulness of what everyone is dutifully wearing. This is a good thing. His solution, however, is not. Again, see above.
There is this …
https://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/cms/index.php/636-how-to-talk-to-your-conspiracy-nut-friends-about-covid-masks
‘Expert’ on CNN explains ‘cloth’ masks are useless: https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2021/12/28/and-the-narrative-turns/
CDC announce “no need” for PCR test after 5 days quarantine because “PCR’s can stay positive for up to 12 weeks”. So, get covid, recover from covid, test positive for covid, isolate for 14 days (now reduced. Wash, rinse, repeat: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/12/29/cdc-director-rochelle-wolensky-attempts-to-retain-collapsing-covid-narrative-surrounding-changes-to-guidance/.
Clearly confirming what Kary Mullis (PCR inventor – RIP Car crash…..) stated: PCR tests are useless for detecting covid infection.
Readers might find my very short short,-story, BREATHERS, written in 1997, of intetest here:
https://michaeljmcfadden.quora.com/Breathers
Enjoy!
– MJM
Did once think about going shopping wearing full hazmat, just for a prank. Respirator, gloves and white NBC, the whole nine yards.
Of course I wouldn’t have put any filters in the respirator…..
On the subject of hypoxia. Yes, its an overstated risk and I see where you are coming from. Personally I’ve never worn any kind of mask on the bike, even back in the days of open face lids. With full face, a built-in breath deflector over the nose is as far as I will go, though nowadays even that has been replaced with a pinlock visor. Chin gloves get removed if it has one.
I know from personal experience that hypoxia is real even though it is overstated with cloth masks. As a welder, every day I wear an air fed visor with a face seal, the air coming from a filtered pack worn on a belt, that contains a small fan. The air coming through could be described as equivalent to an asthmatic mouse.
After around 4 hours one starts to feel sleepy, and I know of at least 2 welders that actually fell asleep whilst working, one was sacked for it, he burned a hole through 15mm thick steel plate. I started to test oxygen levels and found that it was down around 7% at the end of a 12 hour shift. Worrying but necessary, its either that or the fumes. This is not ordinary welding by the way, it is high deposition.
Pinlocks are a godsend. Like you, I started out with open faced helmets. I tried masks very briefly, but rejected them for all the reasons stated above.
On the hypoxia front, while it’s a risk, its such a small one in this context, we are better sticking to strong arguments rather than weak ones that can be easily challenged. It’s about picking your battles.
Respirators don’t work either. Even more of your breath goes in and out of the sides than with cloth masks, as can be seen on videos where people breathe out smoke. This is because the material of respirators are very hard to breathe through. (If you force the side gaps closed so you only breathe through the respirator itself you’ll find this out, you can barely blow out a candle right in front of you.)