Potential Harms and Risks of Wearing Masks

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The WHO also lists a number of potential harms and risks of mask wearing, which "should be carefully taken into account when adopting this approach of targeted continuous medical mask use." These include:

* Self-contamination due to the manipulation of the mask by contaminated hands or not changing the mask when wet, soiled or damaged

* General discomfort, as well as facial skin lesions, irritant dermatitis or worsening acne

* False sense of security that may reduce adherence to other well recognized preventive measures such as hand hygiene

* Disadvantages for or difficulty wearing them by specific vulnerable populations such as those with mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, the deaf and hard of hearing community, and children

* Difficulty wearing them in hot and humid environments

Aside from these, several people have demonstrated that masks can rapidly result in the buildup of toxic carbon dioxide, which can have a markedly detrimental impact on health.

In one video, a science teacher tried to evade YouTube censorship by saying children should wear face masks to school — all while holding up handwritten signs informing viewers the tactic was for censorship evasion, and to pay attention to the carbon dioxide metering results, which show carbon dioxide levels behind the mask shoot up above 10,000 parts per million (ppm) after just 10 breaths.

After garnering several hundred thousand views, the video was removed for "violating YouTube community guidelines."

Del Bigtree of The Highwire has performed an identical demonstration¹⁵ (see bitchute video below). With an N95 mask on, the carbon dioxide level spikes above 8,480 ppm within seconds. Above 5,000 ppm, OSHA warns that "toxicity or oxygen deprivation could occur."

Carbon dioxide levels between 2,000 ppm and 5,000 ppm are associated with headaches, sleepiness, poor concentration, loss of attention, increased heart rate and slight nausea. The maximum permissible daily exposure limit is 5,000 ppm.

Wearing a standard surgical mask, carbon dioxide levels again reached above 8,000 ppm, although it took longer. Shockingly, wearing a cloth bandana resulted in carbon dioxide buildup near the nose and mouth exceeding 8,000 ppm.

Even wearing a clear plastic face shield (without a mask) resulted in carbon dioxide levels in the 1,500-ppm range, which is associated with drowsiness and poor air quality. The video at the top of this section also addresses many of the potential harms and risks of masks wearing.

Toxic ingredients that can worsen breathing problems are yet another potential hazard of certain masks. For example, surgical masks are made of plastics like polypropylene, a known asthma trigger.¹⁶

The 2018 study,^17,18 "Hypoxia Downregulates Protein S Expression," also describes how hypoxia (low oxygen concentration) increases your risk of blood clots by reducing protein S, which is a natural anticoagulant. Wearing a mask, especially for long periods of time, may reduce your oxygen concentration, and considering COVID-19 is already associated with abnormal blood clotting, inducing hypoxia may be ill advised.

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Benefits of Mask Wearing Do Not Include Infection Control

Despite the lack of scientific evidence showing masks do much of anything to prevent the spread of viral infections, the WHO still manages to make a case for universal mask wearing. The "potential benefits" listed, however, have little to do with health, and much more to do with learning submission. According to the WHO, potential benefits of mask wearing include:¹³

• "Reduced potential stigmatization of individuals wearing masks to prevent infecting others or of people caring for COVID-19 patients in nonclinical settings" — In other words, we should all wear masks to make people caring for COVID-19 patients feel more accepted, as if that's actually a significant problem.

• "Making people feel they can play a role in contributing to stopping spread of the virus" — I.e., masks, while providing a false sense of security, make people feel like they're "doing something" to help. Put another way, it makes people feel virtuous and "good."

• "Reminding people to be compliant with other measures" — In other words, mask wearing is a sign of overall compliance.

• "Potential social and economic benefits" — This is perhaps the most ludicrously strained reason of all. According to the WHO:

"Encouraging the public to create their own fabric masks may promote individual enterprise and community integration … The production of non-medical masks may offer a source of income for those able to manufacture masks within their communities. Fabric masks can also be a form of cultural expression, encouraging public acceptance of protection measures in general."

Behind the Mask

 Hey, anybody out there know what carbon dioxide is? No? It's CO². You know, that stuff little Greta got so upset about because it  supposedly is the cause of 'global warming' that she jumped in her trusty little boat, all alone, right, and sailed to the new world to chastise people to stop causing so much of it. Why? Because so much CO² mixed with the oxygen in the atmosphere is hurting the planet? And presumably, the people on the planet?

Guess what? Our lungs breathe in that atmosphere, and hard-working organs as they are, they send the CO² back out and keep the oxygen, which feeds all the cells in our bodies. Neat, huh? Wonder Who thought of that? Never mind.

Came this dread disease, which has claimed many lives, MANY unnecessarily because an effective treatment, long on the market and allowed to be used by doctors, was denied. First the 'expert' everyone listened to said, 'masks might make you feel better, but not effective as a preventative.' Then wait, for some reason, (numbers were falling fast) the 'expert' switched, 'all must wear masks to prevent the spread.' And leaders fell into line and some 'mandated' and some 'recommended,' but people were quick to obey and 'Karens' try to shame those who refuse to comply. But the refusers have good and sufficient reasons for doing so.

Remember, oxygen in, CO² out? Well, any object, anything that covers the mouth and nose interferes with the CO² escaping and oxygen entering, slow suffocation. With masks, as we breathe, some of the CO² is sucked right back into our lungs, which displaces the life-giving oxygen. Get the picture? Yes, there are masks, PPE, personal protective equipment, that allow a slower process, but those are not the ones most people are wearing. Medical personnel wear that type to prevent contamination by droplets or other exchange between themselves and patients. Presumably, too, so they can stay alert while treating said patients.

 So what happens when you rebreathe CO²? Answer-partial hypoxia, worse for some health conditions. The first definition for hypoxia in the The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved,  is:

1. Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues.

This deficiency can result in:

Signs and symptoms vary according to the cause. Generally they include dyspnea, rapid pulse, syncope, and mental disturbances such as delirium or euphoria. Cyanosis (blue tint to skin) is not always present and in some cases is not evident until the hypoxia is far advanced. The localized pain of angina pectoris occurs because of impaired oxygenation of the myocardium.

 (Hmmm, that's why individuals with this condition, as well as asthma, etc., are given a pass from wearing a mask? The rest of us must just deal with it?)

Discoloration of the skin and eventual ulceration that sometimes accompany varicose veins are a result of hypoxia of the involved tissues.

 dyspnea

breathlessness or shortness of breath; labored or difficult breathing. It is a sign of a variety of disorders and is primarily an indication of inadequate ventilation or of insufficient amounts of oxygen in the circulating blood.  Adj: dyspne´ic.

 syncope

fainting, passing out

A last observation. Odd that the most used supposed preventative (mask) for a disease, one of whose main symptoms is shortness of breath, can also cause the very same thing. If a person is in hospital they may be put on a ventilator, and patients on ventilators have brought millions of dollars to hospitals from the federal government.