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Yinon Weiss, a tech entrepreneur and U.S. military veteran who holds a
degree in bioengineering from the University of California at Berkeley,
pointed out in an analysis for The Federalist that after the initial panic over
predictions that millions of Americans would die, the Centers for Disease
Control currently estimates a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.99 percent for
people younger than 50.
"It is likely that some politicians eventually realized their mistake and
needed a way to back-pedal without admitting their lockdowns were a policyDo Not Sell My Info
disaster," he wrote. "Their solution was for people to put any old piece of
cloth across their face and magically believe that it’s okay to go out shopping
again."
Weiss said the "mask dogma had many cracks in it from the start, noting the
U.S. surgeon general and the Centers for Disease Control both said early in
the pandemic that "masks are NOT effective in preventing [the] general
public from catching coronavirus."
Other studies showing a lack of mask efficacy have been published, among
others, by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Cambridge
University Press, Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases and Influenza Journal.
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Weiss acknowledged that studies show masks can help in the case of
someone breathing, coughing or sneezing respiratory droplets directly in a
person's face.
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Weiss then turned to the 12 graphs that show no impact on the number of
cases after mask mandates were implemented.
Austria required masks about 10 days after its cases began to go down.
Currently cases are four times higher than when Austria mandated masks.
A similar trend can be seen in Germany and France, which has a 1,000%
higher rate of cases despite having one of the highest mask compliance levels
in the world.
Cases in Spain were near zero when its mask mandate began and now are
1,500% higher.
After three months of requiring masks, the United Kingdom's cases also are
more than 1,500% higher.
Belgium required masks shortly after the British did, and now may have the
highest rate of cases in the world.
Italy has implemented one of the strictest mask laws in the world, but cases
skyrocketed immediately after the mandate went into effect.
(The Federalist)
Weiss found similar results in Ireland, Portugal, Israel and many other
countries.
California required masks in June, but cases went up by more than 300%. In
Hawaii, cases rose by nearly 1,000%.
He also found that with or without mask mandates, Texas and Georgia
followed nearly identical case development.
Weiss noted that the fine print on most consumer masks says they are "not
intended for medical purposes and has not been tested to reduce the
transmission of disease."
"Masks can work well when they’re fully sealed, properly fitted, changed
often, and have a filter designed for virus-sized particles," he wrote. "This
represents none of the common masks available on the consumer market,
making universal masking much more of a confidence trick than a medical
solution."