Mask Data.

This article will provide many links, some long and some short, to assist you in doing your due diligence on whether wearing a mask is right for you or if it even makes sense.

CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

COMMENTARY: Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data

Data lacking to recommend broad mask use

We do not recommend requiring the general public who do not have symptoms of COVID-19-like illness to routinely wear cloth or surgical masks because:

Let us also remember that at the beginning of the year -

CDC says no need for face masks; Ozarks stores selling out amid coronavirus scares

Aerosols, not droplets, are the primary mechanism of spread among the public.

Aerosol transmission of influenza A virus: a review of new studies

As expected, SARS-CoV-2 was experimentally found to penetrate surgical masks via normal breathing...Mask-wearing Asian countries have no less influenza that non-wearing Western countries.

Ironically, anti-smoking laws may have helped viruses spread. Restaurants, hotels, and bars once used strong upward ventilation and electronic air cleaners or HEPA filters to remove smoke. HEPA sets N100 (99.97%) at 0.3 microns and may have some efficacy at removing viruses. Modern eateries and clubs have no need for filtering indoor smoke, so they have efficient HVAC systems that circulate the air around and use filters suitable only for dust bunnies.

And in case you wanted additional experts, medical and scientists to chime in on the matter, here is a link to the often-cited New England Journal of Medicine article regarding masks.

Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era

List of authors.Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H., Charles A. Morris, M.D., M.P.H., Julia Sinclair, M.B.A., Madelyn Pearson, D.N.P., R.N., and Erica S. Shenoy, M.D., Ph.D.

This reference of the New England Journal of Medicine is often cited, and in this case, it is the entire article and not just a snapshot.

There are also reports of jail time for those who are not wearing COVID19 masks.

Colorado town threatens a year in jail for residents who refuse to wear masks

District Attorney: Fines for not wearing a mask can be as high as $1,000 or jail time

Don’t forget just a few months ago -

Nowhere to go: Some inmates freed because of coronavirus are 'scared to leave'

Dozens of NYC Inmates Freed Because of Coronavirus Already Rearrested for New Alleged Crimes

The logic is that we had to free inmates due to the COVID19 and yet we’re threatening to fine and jail potentially healthy asymptomatic individuals for not wearing masks?

We need to push back against this creeping threat to our civil liberties, and individual freedoms. Are some sort of verified COVID19 free credentials or possibly an immunity passport going to be needed for us to move about our city, state, or country?

Please read the above links and use your critical thinking skills to make an informed decision apart from the statist media.

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