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Stanford Mask Study Published at NIH.GOV
2021-04-19
[ACM via Lucianne] Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19? No? It was posted on the the National Center for Biological Information government website. The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by the "science-loving" folks in Big Tech.

Instead, a DuckDuckGo search reveals it was picked up by ZERO mainstream media outlets and Big Tech tyrants will suspend people who post it, as political strategist Steve Cortes learned the hard way when he posted a Tweet that went against the face mask narrative. The Tweet itself featured a quote and a link that prompted Twitter to suspend his account, potentially indefinitely.
Spoiler Alert: They don't work
Posted by:Mercutio

#10  That institution has a credibility problem whether I agree or not.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-04-19 15:16  

#9  Israel drops outdoor mask mandate after almost a year as around 80 per cent of its population are now vaccinated
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-19 10:00  

#8  Fauci, pressed on why vaccinated people still need to wear masks, hints change is coming
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-19 09:56  

#7  Otters test positive for COVID-19, Georgia Aquarium says
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-19 09:47  

#6  More to #3: The Dallas Morning News reported on the front page this morning that 'health officials' credit the use of face masks and social distancing for the great reduction in influenza cases.

My wife posited that theory a month ago, to which I replied, "Then why don't those measures work on COVID?"

I guess I'll have to read the newspaper article to see how they explained it.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-04-19 08:43  

#5  Currently after vaccine reinfection rates far more lethal. Permanently impaired auto-immune host. In my area a late forty fellow got his vaccine late afternoon. He was in perfect health. Then at 2AM he experienced a heart attack. Then to hospital where he experienced three more heart attacks and was declared brain dead. Autopsy showed cause of death blood clots. He had received the J&J vaccine. His wife being a ICU or CCU nurse was able to get the vaccine early as with her husband. She suffered no ill effects.

89 year old woman who's son was in charge of care was bypassed by her physician and was given the vaccine. Son was quite perturbed. Physician wanted to prescribe highly addictive pain killer medicine but son declined the suggestion. Son requested medical marijuana route as that is his treatment for severe episodes of pain from a car accident years ago with necessary spinal fusion. So now she just requested that treatment course of action.
Posted by: Dale   2021-04-19 08:04  

#4  I should probably add that the masks may also have reduced flu deaths but increased suicides from depression and also probably increased fentanyl and other opioid overdose deaths.

Doing the arithmetic for this is pretty depressing.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-04-19 07:31  

#3  sort of a misdirection

face masks don't prevent the spread, they slow the spread

so instead of, say, 900,000 dying, 700,000 dying

because some people got vaccinated before they would have otherwise been infected and died
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-04-19 06:18  

#2  Stanford covered itself in undying glory on subject of Covid - and they keep digging.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-19 02:40  

#1  The childish ravings of science denying lunatics.

(who sees what I did there?)
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-04-19 00:12  

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