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Oh dear @Bruceps I expected better from you. Surgeons don't wear masks to protect against VIRUSES. It's mainly to protect themselves from blood spatter 😂

A paper released a few days ago by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons says masks have near zero efficiency in protecting you against

And here are 64 published studies all saying masks do not halt viruses

Kevin McKernan
@Kevin_McKernan

Masks Masquerading as ScienceTM.

I spent a good part of my career engineering emulsion PCR and Nebulization equipment for DNA and RNA shearing. I have a very different view on this topic and have mostly stayed out of the debate as it's now cultish.

My largest concern over mask studies is most of them fail to include live virus in the study and measure the infectivity of the particles on the inside and outside of the masks, the fomite formation, and the microbiome risks associated with non-sterile technique mask use.

The focus as been myopic ironically. It is focused on the reduction of large droplets while failing to consider if the larger droplets are getting nebulized into smaller ones.

If you study the field you will see viral nebulization is a technique used to get higher infectivity of viruses. This is used with ventilator patients suffering from pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Nebulize bacteriaphage to get deep into the lungs and kill bacteria.

In fact products exist on the marketplace to nebulize medicines because aerosols get deeper into the lungs than large droplets.

Denis Rancourt
@denisrancourt

Message from an expert: "In just one week, we’ve had 4 major peer-reviewed studies refuting masks, asymptomatic transmission, pre-symptomatic transmission and PCR tests . House of cards is falling."

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@trestrange

WHO Western Pacific, gives correct guidelines. Trump pulled out America's support from WHO because Tedros is owned by Bill Gates, and with US support out, the main funder for Tedros's WHO is Bill Gates. https://t.co/6oRmJyZyDT

If you do not have any respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, or runny nose, you do not need to wear a medical mask. When used alone, masks can give you a false feeling of protection and can even be a source of infection when not used correctly. \u27a1\ufe0f https://t.co/0nyHux1SgN pic.twitter.com/JDQhnowx3p
— World Health Organization Western Pacific (@WHOWPRO) March 26, 2020

White man bad.
@Qwerty24600115

An August 2020 review by a German professor in virology, epidemiology and hygiene found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of cloth face masks and that the improper daily use of masks by the public may in fact lead to an increase in infections.

Link, 👇

https://t.co/fTa5BJlHfC

May 2020 cross-country study by the University of East Anglia (preprint) found that a mask requirement was of no benefit and could even increase the risk of

May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.

Hey, for people interested in this stuff, here's a thread about a change we made to running our facebook account:

So, about 5 years ago, we got on facebook. Why? Well, facebook has a big audience and they like to consume on facebook. So, we started posting comics there, even though we got paid nothing and facebook made money off the free content.

Why? Because back then, once in a while, you would say "also hey, I sell books" or "hey, I'm going to be signing at this event" and your facebook followers would actually see it.

Effectively, the implicit old arrangement was "facebook lets me reach readers efficiently, and I supply facebook with free content they run ads on."

Over time, like a bad business partner, facebook basically made it impossible to reach your audience without *paying them*. Thus, you supply them free content on which they run ads, and you get nothing in exchange.

Anastasis
@OrdersofM

https://t.co/6cRR2B3jBE
Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.

https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d

Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.

...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.

Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.