"Our findings do not support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates decrease with greater public mask use," notes the U of L report. Researchers stated that "masks may promote social cohesion as rallying symbols during a pandemic, but risk compensation can also occur" before listing some observed risks that accompany mask wearing:
Prolonged mask use (>4 hours per day) promotes facial alkalinization and inadvertently encourages dehydration, which in turn can enhance barrier breakdown and bacterial infection risk. British clinicians have reported masks to increase headaches and sweating and decrease cognitive precision. Survey bias notwithstanding, these sequelae are associated with medical errors. By obscuring nonverbal communication, masks interfere with social learning in children. Likewise, masks can distort verbal speech and remove visual cues to the detriment of individuals with hearing loss; clear face-shields improve visual integration, but there is a corresponding loss of sound quality.The study also noted that the mandates put in place by many states in line with CDC guidance at the time were "poor predictors of COVID-19 spread," according to the research:
In summary, mask mandates and use were poor predictors of COVID-19 spread in US states. Case growth was independent of mandates at low and high rates of community spread, and mask use did not predict case growth during the Summer or Fall-Winter waves. Strengths of our study include using two mask metrics to evaluate association with COVID-19 growth rates; measuring normalized case growth in mandate and non-mandate states at comparable times to quantify the likely effect of mandates; and deconvolving the effect of mask use by examining case growth in states with variable mask use.Current guidance from the CDC โ last updated April 19, 2021 โ states that masks "are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others" and "studies show that masks reduce the spray of droplets when worn over the nose and mouth."
Recently, the CDC updated its guidance to allow for fully vaccinated individuals to ditch their masks, a revision that has led to several states and companies updating their mask mandates to allow the same.
They told us the truth in the beginning, then made it look like the end of the world. Hello people wake up. Corona virus is similar to the common cold virus, which mutates rapidly and when it does mutate it gets weaker, not stronger. They said they've been trying for 100 years to develop a cure for the common cold (sick days cost business) Voila a miracle, 4 or 5 Drug pushers were able to develop a 4 or 5 vaccines in 6 months, laughing all the way to the bank. SARS didn't kill a billion people in 2003, it just mutated into weaker variants. Oh yeah, that came from China too. I smell a rat (I mean bat), SARS presented an opportunity for some folks to capitalize on the future and it fit their depopulation plan.
Even after all this BS is done, people will still go to work sick as a dog. Think about that. WTF