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Case Against Masks: Ten Reasons Why Mask Use Should be Limited
Do we really need to wear masks? From the New York Times Bestselling authors of Plague of Corruption comes the must-read guide on masks and re-opening following the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE CASE AGAINST MASKS is the book all America needs to be reading as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively, this book reviews the evidence for and against widespread public masking as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic, as well as top scientific publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. This debate needs to take place without fear and paranoia. Important questions raised in this book are the affect of masks on oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, how SARS-CoV-2 spreads, the effectiveness of various types of masks, those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19, and whether our children should go back to school in the fall, and if so, what measures they should take.
The authors' previous book, PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION, was the runaway science bestseller of 2020, and the authors bring that same passion and attention to detail to the mask question. As politicians and bureaucrats of all stripes are weighing in on this question, with some placing their cities and states under mandatory masking provisions, we need to understand the science behind their decisions. Are such measures a reasonable response to current circumstances, or is it a dramatic overreach, which in many cases might make the situation even worse? America desperately needs this public conversation to take place with the best science we have available. As Americans have always done during difficult times, we must summon the courage to have these challenging conversations.
THE CASE AGAINST MASKS is the book all America needs to be reading as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Judy Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively, this book reviews the evidence for and against widespread public masking as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic, as well as top scientific publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. This debate needs to take place without fear and paranoia. Important questions raised in this book are the affect of masks on oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, how SARS-CoV-2 spreads, the effectiveness of various types of masks, those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19, and whether our children should go back to school in the fall, and if so, what measures they should take.
The authors' previous book, PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION, was the runaway science bestseller of 2020, and the authors bring that same passion and attention to detail to the mask question. As politicians and bureaucrats of all stripes are weighing in on this question, with some placing their cities and states under mandatory masking provisions, we need to understand the science behind their decisions. Are such measures a reasonable response to current circumstances, or is it a dramatic overreach, which in many cases might make the situation even worse? America desperately needs this public conversation to take place with the best science we have available. As Americans have always done during difficult times, we must summon the courage to have these challenging conversations.
96 pages, Paperback
First published July 20, 2020
About the author
Judy A. Mikovits
8 books65 followersDr. Judy A. Mikovits spent twenty years at the National Cancer Institute, working with Dr. Francis W. Ruscetti, one of the founding fathers of human retrovirology, and has coauthored more than forty scientific papers. She co-founded and directed the first neuroimmune disease institute using a systems biology approach in 2006. Dr. Mikovits lives in Southern California with her husband, David.
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February 19, 2021
A SARS-CoV-2 virion (50–200 nm) can pass through the mask.
Carbox dioxide (0.33 nm) and oxygen (0.29 nm) cannot freely pass through the mask.
Choose one.
Carbox dioxide (0.33 nm) and oxygen (0.29 nm) cannot freely pass through the mask.
Choose one.
September 20, 2020
All true, but this was a political virus from the start.
January 24, 2022
8/10 for its length.
The media and its mockingbirds in real life have so inundated us with pro-mask sentiment that we cannot often think of the downsides or illogicalities of wearing masks. Thankfully, we have Dr. Mikovits who has. This short book brings up 10 arguments against mask worship, including:
SARS-CoV-2 is 1000x smaller than a cloth mask hole. Surely, it won't go through! But (alas!) one study showed that cloth and medical masks had no effect on SARS-CoV-2 particles spreading out in front of you.
But the masks do stop most of those darn "droplets", as Lord Fauci calls them. Unfortunately, the droplets remain on the mask. "But certainly breathing in more SARS-CoV-2 particles doesn't hurt you?", you may think. That is incorrect, as breathing in these particles will cause your immune system to fire up once again, bringing forth more and heightened symptoms.
Even then, masks aren't glued onto your face. The physics of a cough means that your infectious droplets will reflect from the front of the mask and go to your cheeks, chin, nose, and out the sides of your mask. If you touch such areas (touching your own face is obviously increased when wearing a mask due to its itchiness), and then wipe your eyes, you will get infected. Masks just carry your infection along with you, building up more and more particles which may infect you. One study found that peoples' masks had as much as 750 million bacteria on them!
But wait — we can make better masks! Bring in the K95s! Nigh, bring in superglue! Infection no more! But wait . . . then you can't breathe. This shall be our new motto: "I can't breathe". Let's hold signs up in the streets and protest. You cannot breathe because your exhale holds a 100x greater concentration of CO2 than your inhale (4% as opposed to .04%). You also cannot breathe because your exhale contains 16% oxygen, as opposed to the 20.9% in the atmosphere. The OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) says that negative effects (headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, vertigo) begin when you breathe in air that is 19.5% oxygen. If you have a mask, you will constantly be breathing in a greater concentration of CO2 and a lesser concentration of Oxygen. But who needs Oxygen?
Perhaps children do. A study found that 63% of them had at least one health complaint after wearing them in schools. Inability to focus, dreading going to school, and the above symptoms were prevalent in roughly 40-60% of children. Certainly we need to protect this greatly immunocompromised group! Their mild colds after getting SARS-CoV-2 are life-threatening to Lord Fauci! Even though two studies found that infected children who interacted with dozens of adults spread COVID-19 to zero (first study) or three (second study) of them, we must lock schools down.
But after we come back to school, we must be vigilant in our six foot social distancing — with masks. Put on eight to be safe. Even though this six foot standard is completely arbitrary, based off of no studies, and increased from WHO's three feet standard — despite that all, we must do the COVID distance tango. COVID cannot be spread just by talking to someone, but only through coughs or sneezes and perhaps their remnants on surfaces. We must be ultra careful of this potential spread by wearing masks in schools, because if we do not then our dirty, booger-filled masks will not do their job of keeping our children strong and healthy.
We must also keep the children inside, because moist places without sunlight — as is well known — are much less likely to carry diseases. When our children go and play out in the sunlight, the sun's UV rays destroy SARS-CoV-2 in two minutes. But we cannot risk their stubborn insubordination in relation to Social Distancing, for that would anger Lord Fauci. We must keep them inside, where the coronavirus can remain on surfaces for a week, thereby assuring maximum safety.
Our lockdowns will also do great wonders for the immune system. By constantly screaming at the masses about how the world is ending (triple mask! — watch out for mommy!), we will increase peoples' stress and thereby decrease their immune system. We will also close down exercise facilities, decrease social interaction, constrain peoples' ability to go outside, and make sure they minimize their Vitamin D gotten via sunlight. The All-Holy Science (incarnated as Lord Fauci) says that these are great measures for our health, and therefore we shall do them.
But the last revelation we received is truly the most Scientific. We shall put elders back in nursing homes, where everyone has an old (compromised) immune system. This is the opposite of what we did to schools, as you know, and for great reason. We (your Overlords) want as much chaos, fear, and death as possible out of this pandemic, which is why we did what we did. But we won't tell you that — down the memory hole!
Let's not forget and stay mentally vigilant. It's the only thing we can do for ourselves, for our children, and for future generations on this planet.
The media and its mockingbirds in real life have so inundated us with pro-mask sentiment that we cannot often think of the downsides or illogicalities of wearing masks. Thankfully, we have Dr. Mikovits who has. This short book brings up 10 arguments against mask worship, including:
SARS-CoV-2 is 1000x smaller than a cloth mask hole. Surely, it won't go through! But (alas!) one study showed that cloth and medical masks had no effect on SARS-CoV-2 particles spreading out in front of you.
But the masks do stop most of those darn "droplets", as Lord Fauci calls them. Unfortunately, the droplets remain on the mask. "But certainly breathing in more SARS-CoV-2 particles doesn't hurt you?", you may think. That is incorrect, as breathing in these particles will cause your immune system to fire up once again, bringing forth more and heightened symptoms.
Even then, masks aren't glued onto your face. The physics of a cough means that your infectious droplets will reflect from the front of the mask and go to your cheeks, chin, nose, and out the sides of your mask. If you touch such areas (touching your own face is obviously increased when wearing a mask due to its itchiness), and then wipe your eyes, you will get infected. Masks just carry your infection along with you, building up more and more particles which may infect you. One study found that peoples' masks had as much as 750 million bacteria on them!
But wait — we can make better masks! Bring in the K95s! Nigh, bring in superglue! Infection no more! But wait . . . then you can't breathe. This shall be our new motto: "I can't breathe". Let's hold signs up in the streets and protest. You cannot breathe because your exhale holds a 100x greater concentration of CO2 than your inhale (4% as opposed to .04%). You also cannot breathe because your exhale contains 16% oxygen, as opposed to the 20.9% in the atmosphere. The OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) says that negative effects (headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, vertigo) begin when you breathe in air that is 19.5% oxygen. If you have a mask, you will constantly be breathing in a greater concentration of CO2 and a lesser concentration of Oxygen. But who needs Oxygen?
Perhaps children do. A study found that 63% of them had at least one health complaint after wearing them in schools. Inability to focus, dreading going to school, and the above symptoms were prevalent in roughly 40-60% of children. Certainly we need to protect this greatly immunocompromised group! Their mild colds after getting SARS-CoV-2 are life-threatening to Lord Fauci! Even though two studies found that infected children who interacted with dozens of adults spread COVID-19 to zero (first study) or three (second study) of them, we must lock schools down.
But after we come back to school, we must be vigilant in our six foot social distancing — with masks. Put on eight to be safe. Even though this six foot standard is completely arbitrary, based off of no studies, and increased from WHO's three feet standard — despite that all, we must do the COVID distance tango. COVID cannot be spread just by talking to someone, but only through coughs or sneezes and perhaps their remnants on surfaces. We must be ultra careful of this potential spread by wearing masks in schools, because if we do not then our dirty, booger-filled masks will not do their job of keeping our children strong and healthy.
We must also keep the children inside, because moist places without sunlight — as is well known — are much less likely to carry diseases. When our children go and play out in the sunlight, the sun's UV rays destroy SARS-CoV-2 in two minutes. But we cannot risk their stubborn insubordination in relation to Social Distancing, for that would anger Lord Fauci. We must keep them inside, where the coronavirus can remain on surfaces for a week, thereby assuring maximum safety.
Our lockdowns will also do great wonders for the immune system. By constantly screaming at the masses about how the world is ending (triple mask! — watch out for mommy!), we will increase peoples' stress and thereby decrease their immune system. We will also close down exercise facilities, decrease social interaction, constrain peoples' ability to go outside, and make sure they minimize their Vitamin D gotten via sunlight. The All-Holy Science (incarnated as Lord Fauci) says that these are great measures for our health, and therefore we shall do them.
But the last revelation we received is truly the most Scientific. We shall put elders back in nursing homes, where everyone has an old (compromised) immune system. This is the opposite of what we did to schools, as you know, and for great reason. We (your Overlords) want as much chaos, fear, and death as possible out of this pandemic, which is why we did what we did. But we won't tell you that — down the memory hole!
Let's not forget and stay mentally vigilant. It's the only thing we can do for ourselves, for our children, and for future generations on this planet.
December 20, 2020
This is an excellent book - informative, full of information and balanced. But I note that Amazon appear to have now banned it - despite it being a bestseller. That probably should encourage you to read it....
September 1, 2020
I absolutely loved this.
It was completely random timing as well as I was in the beginning stages of drafting letters to my local government regarding a mask mandate in my region that hasn't had a case of Covid in 179 days! I hope the authors will not mind me using a lot of their references in my letter. I thank Judy and Ken for everything they do for the health of the population.
I have read all of your books and will continue to take inspiration from Judy everyday of this fight. I often wonder after hearing her interviewed on Indoctorine Plandemic 1 and 2 if I would have been as strong as her in the same situation. I pray I would have and will be instilling this courage in lessons I teach my kids about integrity and what's right over profit and pressure.
It was completely random timing as well as I was in the beginning stages of drafting letters to my local government regarding a mask mandate in my region that hasn't had a case of Covid in 179 days! I hope the authors will not mind me using a lot of their references in my letter. I thank Judy and Ken for everything they do for the health of the population.
I have read all of your books and will continue to take inspiration from Judy everyday of this fight. I often wonder after hearing her interviewed on Indoctorine Plandemic 1 and 2 if I would have been as strong as her in the same situation. I pray I would have and will be instilling this courage in lessons I teach my kids about integrity and what's right over profit and pressure.
January 7, 2021
Excellent. Well referenced truths. So dangerous that it is now banned from Amazon! People who dissent from the mainstream narrative are paying with their lives.
January 2, 2021
This was a good read, but it already feels slightly outdated after a late July release. Despite the cartoonish cover, this book scientifically highlights the pro’s and con’s (significantly more cons) of mask wearing. Every point is backed up by journals, case studies and thoughts from many in the profession. This book is not anti-covid, but simply questions the use of masks amid a pandemic.
In part, the mask protects against droplets but is unable to protect against the smallest of particles which are found in viruses. Masks that are fitted tightly, although offer more protection from droplets will deplete oxygen intake and recycle carbon dioxide flow causing many unwelcome symptoms. Any mask that sits loose (like the ones we nearly all wear) have little to no protection as the virus (like the N95) is small enough to seep through but will also reach through any open space.
I would have liked the author to delve into the psychological side of mask-wearing but unfortunately this wasn’t touched upon.
Strangely, Amazon have removed this book so you would have to purchase from Apple Books if you wish to read it.
In part, the mask protects against droplets but is unable to protect against the smallest of particles which are found in viruses. Masks that are fitted tightly, although offer more protection from droplets will deplete oxygen intake and recycle carbon dioxide flow causing many unwelcome symptoms. Any mask that sits loose (like the ones we nearly all wear) have little to no protection as the virus (like the N95) is small enough to seep through but will also reach through any open space.
I would have liked the author to delve into the psychological side of mask-wearing but unfortunately this wasn’t touched upon.
Strangely, Amazon have removed this book so you would have to purchase from Apple Books if you wish to read it.
September 17, 2020
My body my choice
This is a great book. I recommend for all to read....do not just go with the flow...the main media....educate yourself....STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS...CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
This is a great book. I recommend for all to read....do not just go with the flow...the main media....educate yourself....STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS...CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
August 2, 2020
Important Information for everyone! You do well to read this.
This book is well researched and well written, (considering it's size). You do not need to ever feel guilty again for not wearing a mask. This book helps cut through the misinformation; and there is alot of that out there! I might even suggest that the knowledge from this book can help placate fears?
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and self-control." (2Timothy 1:7).
I quote that not to be pious or 'spiritual ' but because America has been subject to too many fear tactics, and trust me, the truth will set you free from fear tactics! I think the book just might help.
This book is well researched and well written, (considering it's size). You do not need to ever feel guilty again for not wearing a mask. This book helps cut through the misinformation; and there is alot of that out there! I might even suggest that the knowledge from this book can help placate fears?
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and self-control." (2Timothy 1:7).
I quote that not to be pious or 'spiritual ' but because America has been subject to too many fear tactics, and trust me, the truth will set you free from fear tactics! I think the book just might help.
August 2, 2020
Are Masks Necessary
The book presents the other side of the now common scenario of mandatory masking. Anti- masking ideas are seen as political statements or ignorance. The authors review the scientific evidence and I must say they present a good case for non masking.
Remembering that all scientific data is only as good as the ability to distinguish “garbage in from garbage out” and even then the non-biased involvement of the actual testers, according to Quantum Theory,is for the most part not possible. Science is really therefore not truly factual. An example of such bias, now thought to wrong, the over 50 year ideas of saturated fat and cholesterol as a cause of heart disease.
Clearly, the first maxim of good healthcare is to do no harm. These authors show that masking in the general public space can and probably a worsening of infection to the potential patient because of low O2 and high CO2. They also point out the rarity of asymptotic spread of the coronavirus.
There needs to be much more research done regarding risk factors including role of ongoing chronic illness as well issues such as the role of so called Vitamin D3- it’s actually a hormone made by our bodies, through interaction of UV light and chemicals in the skin.
The book presents the other side of the now common scenario of mandatory masking. Anti- masking ideas are seen as political statements or ignorance. The authors review the scientific evidence and I must say they present a good case for non masking.
Remembering that all scientific data is only as good as the ability to distinguish “garbage in from garbage out” and even then the non-biased involvement of the actual testers, according to Quantum Theory,is for the most part not possible. Science is really therefore not truly factual. An example of such bias, now thought to wrong, the over 50 year ideas of saturated fat and cholesterol as a cause of heart disease.
Clearly, the first maxim of good healthcare is to do no harm. These authors show that masking in the general public space can and probably a worsening of infection to the potential patient because of low O2 and high CO2. They also point out the rarity of asymptotic spread of the coronavirus.
There needs to be much more research done regarding risk factors including role of ongoing chronic illness as well issues such as the role of so called Vitamin D3- it’s actually a hormone made by our bodies, through interaction of UV light and chemicals in the skin.
September 13, 2020
Necessary Information
To say that this book is “good” is not quite accurate, although I gave it a well-deserved 5 star rating. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to say that it hit the proverbial nail on the head. It was concise, informative and more than anything, necessary in the insanity in which we find ourselves, sequestered as the majority of us are with the Double Vs and the threat of our every action being sanctioned. There are also lots of corroborating comments from governmental and other authorities you’ll not want to miss.
The one thing I would like to point out is Dr. Judy’s very real credentials: she has a PhD in molecular biology (microbiology) and has intensely studied and has a degree in the ‘v’ word (no, not Voldemort; the other ‘v’ word), and has worked with the cause of the very subject this book addresses (the Double Vs). Note also her other two books, both written with Kent Heckenlively, JD as co-author, and both of which are eye opening. Don’t let anyone tell you what to think. Do the research. You’ll be glad you did.
To say that this book is “good” is not quite accurate, although I gave it a well-deserved 5 star rating. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to say that it hit the proverbial nail on the head. It was concise, informative and more than anything, necessary in the insanity in which we find ourselves, sequestered as the majority of us are with the Double Vs and the threat of our every action being sanctioned. There are also lots of corroborating comments from governmental and other authorities you’ll not want to miss.
The one thing I would like to point out is Dr. Judy’s very real credentials: she has a PhD in molecular biology (microbiology) and has intensely studied and has a degree in the ‘v’ word (no, not Voldemort; the other ‘v’ word), and has worked with the cause of the very subject this book addresses (the Double Vs). Note also her other two books, both written with Kent Heckenlively, JD as co-author, and both of which are eye opening. Don’t let anyone tell you what to think. Do the research. You’ll be glad you did.
September 6, 2020
Truth requires thoughtfulness, the opposite of fear and panic.
One must wonder how much fear and panic can be manufactured by the simple mandate of wearing a mask. So far it seems limitless.
One must wonder how much fear and panic can be manufactured by the simple mandate of wearing a mask. So far it seems limitless.
January 16, 2021
I like how many studies were cited and of course to date more have been done. It is in my opinion a crime against humanity to lie to people into believing that a mask somehow does some magical remedy within the air to prevent viral flow the truth is it’s never been proven to and does not circumvent nature. I also feel like it can be a form of child abuse in young children. It’s obviously more political and control based for the general population to abide by these arbitrary rules outside of a medical facility. I had a baby during the this whole debacle and I was not even thinking about wearing a mask it is pure insanity what they are having the most vulnerable population do ....all for the ability to control us.
February 22, 2021
Wake up! If you do not realize that free speech has disappeared from the United States, you should now! Because this book offers another viewpoint from the 'accepted', 'allowed', 'official' view - it is no longer available for sale on Amazon, and many other places. All those who think that supressing ideas that do not match what you believe need to realize that at some point, you will be one of the voices supressed. This is a wake-up call! Please realize that our country is at the brink of becoming a totalitarian, group-think state.
July 5, 2022
Judy uses unreliable and outdated sources about face masks. Use N95 masks to block respiratory droplets containing SARS-CoV-2, which never travel alone through the air. A 0.3 micron pore will block 5 micron respiratory droplets. Ignore this medical misinformation book as if your life depends on it.
August 8, 2021
Judy Mikovitsin ja Kent Heckenlivelyn yhdessä kirjoittamaa teos käy punnituin argumentein tarpeetonta ja haitallista kasvomaskien käyttämistä vastaan. Parivaljakko tunnetaan mm. retroviruksia (rokotteista aiheutuvia sairauksia) käsittelevästä tietokirjasta Plague of corruption.
Tämä opus on jaettu kymmeneen eri lukuun, ja alkuun lähdetään ihan simppelistä perusasiasta, että happi on elimistölle hyväksi ja hiilidioksidi pahasta. Normaalistihan sisään vedetyssä ilmassa on 21% happea ja vain 0,04 prosenttia hiilidioksidia. Uloshengityksessä puolestaan on 16% happea ja 4% hiilidioksidia. Kun käytämme tiiviitä kasvonaamioita, ei ole mikään ihme, jos huimaa ja pyörryttää ja jos olisi kuin aivosumussa. Lisäksi hapenpuute voi vahingoittaa immuunipuolustusta ihan niin kuin stressikin. Mitä tiiviimmästä maskista on kyse, sitä enemmän hengitämme sisään samaa ilmaa kuin ulos keuhkoista, ja hiilidioksidin määrä hengitysilmassa voi kohota satakertaiseksi eli 0,04%:sta neljään prosenttiin. OSHA:n (Occupational Safety and Health Administrationin) määrittelyn mukaan alle 19,5 prosentin ilman happitaso voi olla hengenvaarallista.
Yhä edelleen [kesällä 2021] tiedeyhteisössä vallitsee suuri erimielisyys, miten SARS-CoV-2 (eli jäljempänä koronavirus) oikein leviää ihmisestä toiseen ja aiheuttaa Covid-19:n eli koronan. Ne, jotka ovat seurailleet WHO:n, CDC:n (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ja Suomessa THL:n ulostuloja, ovat saaneet hämmästellä jatkuvasti muuttuvia suosituksia ja monenkirjavia määräyksiä, jotka ovat olleet aikaisempiin ristiriitaisia ja ihan päinvastaisiakin. Siksi moni on jo menettänyt luottonsa näihin instituutioihin ja varsinkin niiden puolueettomuuteen. On uskottu, että lähikontakti (alle kaksi metriä) ja yskökset eli pisara-altistus voivat sairastuttaa. Sitten on keksitty laittaa nämä koronapositiivisille (positiivisen PCR-testituloksen saaneet eli) altistuneet karanteeniin määrätyksi ajaksi, vaikka ei tunnu olevan selvää näyttöä ns. oireettomien sairastuttavuudesta (viittaus The New England Journal of Medicinen tutkimukseen).
Mikovits viittaa myös CDC:n raporttiin, ettei ole mitään näyttöä, että korona leviäisi kuntosalilaitteilta tai ovenkahvoista tai vastaavilta pinnoilta. Siksi on hyvä muistaa, että viruksen geneettinen materiaali, kuten genomin palaset, eivät ole infektiota aiheuttavia, eivätkä ne voi monistaa itseään ilman isäntää ja tartuttaa muita ihmisiä. PCR-testeilläkään ei mitata nielunäytteestä muuta kuin koronaviruksen osasia, eikä diagnoosissa tehdä eroa siihen, onko löydetty kuolleita vai eläviä koronaviruksen partikkeleita. Vaikka lehdissä väitetään virusten pysyvän elossa jopa viikkoja kuivilla pinnoilla vaikkapa baaritiskillä, sen tartuttavuus on kirjoittajan mukaan jo muutamassa minuutissa ihan nolla. Tuskin pitäisi olla pelkoa sellaistenkaan ihmisen seurassa, joilla ei nokka tuhise ja jotka eivät niistä nenäänsä ja yski päin, vaikkei maskia tai rokotusta koronaa vastaan olisikaan.
Kolmannessa luvussa pohdiskellaan maskien tehottomuutta, ja ykköslähteeksi on otettu Mayo Clinic. Pahimmasta päästä mokia naamion käytössä on nimenomaan N95-maski, jossa on venttiili: sehän päästää uloshengitysilman läpi ilman suodatusta. Jos sen käyttäjä on sairastunut, koronavirus muhii maskin sisällä ja levittyy tehokkaasti eteenpäin joka henkäisyllä. Suojaamisen sijasta pitkään käytetyt kasvomaskit voivat olla käyttäjälleen vaarallisia, sillä tarjoaahan kostea naamavaippa erinomaisen kasvualusta viruksille ja muille mikrobeille. Löysästi kasvoille sopivat naamiot eivät tarjoa kummoistakaan suojaa, mutta toisaalta tehokkaammat maskit vähentävät käyttäjänsä hapensaantia ja lisäävät hiilidioksidin määrää. Lisäksi tiiviit N95-maskit voivat jopa aiheuttaa kohtalokkaan sytokiinimyrskyn, sillä sairastunut ihminen vetää joka hengenvedollaan lisää viruksia maskista keuhkoihinsa. Viitataan myös CDC:n raporttiin, jonka mukaan enemmän kuin 99,8% uloshengitetyistä mikrobeista jää kuin loukkuun tiiviiseen maskiin, ja niitä mikrobeja ja viruksia vedetään uudelleen sisuksiin monen monta kertaa joka minuutti. Viimeisimpien tutkimusten mukaan koronavirus voi löytää tiensä aivoihin, ja siksi maku- ja hajuaisti ovat saattaneet mennä jopa pitkäksikin aikaa.
Kasvomaskien yleiskäytön hyödyistä ei juurikaan ole sen kummoisempaa tieteellistä tutkimusta tekijän mukaan, ja sama pätee ns. turvaetäisyyksiin, jollaisia näkee lähes joka marketin kassalinjojen liepeillä. Sairaalaolosuhteissa toki maskien käytöstä on lukematon määrä tutkimuksia, mutta ei ole riittävästi tieteellistä näyttöä kasvomaskien arkikäytön hyödyllisyydestä. Mikovits myös kritisoi muutamia flunssatutkimuksia, joiden tuloksista on vedetty johtopäätökset myös koronaepidemian torjuntaan maskein ja jollaisia tekijä pitää lähinnä huonona tieteen soveltamisena ja humpuukina. Näissä tutkimuksissa on saatettu verrata johonkin influenssaan sairastumista, vaikka koronaviruksen koko on ihan eri luokkaa, ja siten myös maskin suodatusteho. Saman voi sanoa kahden metrin turvaväleistä: onko tästä riittävästi kliinisiä kokeita, kun on kerran määrätty ravintolatkin toimimaan vain puoliteholla? Koronapotilaathan eivät hengitä keuhkoistaan aerosoleina ulos tarttuvaa virusta toisiin ihmisiin, eli lähikaupan kassajonossa ihan normaalisti hengittävä maskiton ihminen ei tartuta ketään.
Seuraavaksi jatketaan ilmateitse tapahtuvan altistumisen todellisesta riskistä sairastua koronaan. Iltapäivälehdistä on saanut lukea anekdootteja köhisevästä bussimatkustajasta ja muista myyttisistä supertartuttajista, vaikka todelliset näytöt uupuvat. Toisinaan otsikoihin nousee urheilujoukkueiden pelaajia ja kuoroharrastajia, jotka saavat positiivisen testituloksen. Kuitenkin vain murto-osa (noin yksi prosentti) saa koronataudin oireita, ja nämä sitten eristetään määräajaksi, vaikka näyttöä ei juuri ole, että he levittäisivät koronavirusta. Tässä yhteydessä viitataan Berkeleyn yliopiston professori Lloyd-Smithin tutkimukseen, jossa todettiin, että useimmat ihmiset eivät levitä koronavirusta eteenpäin lainkaan. Siksi tuntuukin omituiselta, että terveitä ihmisiä pidetään sairaina ja eristetään määräajaksi, ja tämän lisäksi heitä usein pidetään oireettomina koronapotilaina?!
Onkin hyvä pohtia kokonaisuutta, lisäävätkö maskit infektion levittämistä sen vähentämisen sijaan. Maskien tahaton sormeilukin siirtää niissä olevat mikrobit varmasti eteenpäin. Omaa sairastumisriskiä jonkinlaiseen vakavampaan tautimuotoon voi pohtia, sillä perusterveellä ilman rokotuksia oma immuunipuolustusjärjestelmä suojaa koronavirukselta ja sen muunnoksilta erittäin hyvin. Viitataan myös CDC:n raporttiin, jossa todettiin, että neljä viidestä koronapotilaasta kärsii jostain kroonisesta sairaudesta kuten sydänsairauksista, diabeteksesta tai kroonisesta keuhkosairaudesta.
Ei ole olemassa oireettomia (ts. terveitä) koronapotilaita, eikä ole kuin heiveröistä (tai tuskin edes sitäkään) näyttöä maskin yleiskäytön hyödyistä koronavirusta vastaan. Voidaankin todeta, että pelko propagandan apurina ohjaa enemmistön käyttäytymistä ja maskien kuviteltua suojaa kohtaan. Maskeista on tullut ikään kuin jonkinlainen yleinen hyveen signalointi, yhteisöllinen toteemi, koronavastaisen taistelun näkyvä tunnusmerkki ja maaginen talismaani. Mikovits vielä hämmästelee suuresti, miksi lapsetkin pakotetaan maskien käyttöön kouluissa, vaikka on lukuisia tutkimustuloksia, joiden mukaan lapset eivät juuri koronaan sairastu saati levitä tautia eteenpäin. Hän pitää yksinkertaisesti hölmöilynä ja tieteeseen perustumattomana yleisiä maskipakkoja.
Tämä opus on jaettu kymmeneen eri lukuun, ja alkuun lähdetään ihan simppelistä perusasiasta, että happi on elimistölle hyväksi ja hiilidioksidi pahasta. Normaalistihan sisään vedetyssä ilmassa on 21% happea ja vain 0,04 prosenttia hiilidioksidia. Uloshengityksessä puolestaan on 16% happea ja 4% hiilidioksidia. Kun käytämme tiiviitä kasvonaamioita, ei ole mikään ihme, jos huimaa ja pyörryttää ja jos olisi kuin aivosumussa. Lisäksi hapenpuute voi vahingoittaa immuunipuolustusta ihan niin kuin stressikin. Mitä tiiviimmästä maskista on kyse, sitä enemmän hengitämme sisään samaa ilmaa kuin ulos keuhkoista, ja hiilidioksidin määrä hengitysilmassa voi kohota satakertaiseksi eli 0,04%:sta neljään prosenttiin. OSHA:n (Occupational Safety and Health Administrationin) määrittelyn mukaan alle 19,5 prosentin ilman happitaso voi olla hengenvaarallista.
Yhä edelleen [kesällä 2021] tiedeyhteisössä vallitsee suuri erimielisyys, miten SARS-CoV-2 (eli jäljempänä koronavirus) oikein leviää ihmisestä toiseen ja aiheuttaa Covid-19:n eli koronan. Ne, jotka ovat seurailleet WHO:n, CDC:n (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ja Suomessa THL:n ulostuloja, ovat saaneet hämmästellä jatkuvasti muuttuvia suosituksia ja monenkirjavia määräyksiä, jotka ovat olleet aikaisempiin ristiriitaisia ja ihan päinvastaisiakin. Siksi moni on jo menettänyt luottonsa näihin instituutioihin ja varsinkin niiden puolueettomuuteen. On uskottu, että lähikontakti (alle kaksi metriä) ja yskökset eli pisara-altistus voivat sairastuttaa. Sitten on keksitty laittaa nämä koronapositiivisille (positiivisen PCR-testituloksen saaneet eli) altistuneet karanteeniin määrätyksi ajaksi, vaikka ei tunnu olevan selvää näyttöä ns. oireettomien sairastuttavuudesta (viittaus The New England Journal of Medicinen tutkimukseen).
Mikovits viittaa myös CDC:n raporttiin, ettei ole mitään näyttöä, että korona leviäisi kuntosalilaitteilta tai ovenkahvoista tai vastaavilta pinnoilta. Siksi on hyvä muistaa, että viruksen geneettinen materiaali, kuten genomin palaset, eivät ole infektiota aiheuttavia, eivätkä ne voi monistaa itseään ilman isäntää ja tartuttaa muita ihmisiä. PCR-testeilläkään ei mitata nielunäytteestä muuta kuin koronaviruksen osasia, eikä diagnoosissa tehdä eroa siihen, onko löydetty kuolleita vai eläviä koronaviruksen partikkeleita. Vaikka lehdissä väitetään virusten pysyvän elossa jopa viikkoja kuivilla pinnoilla vaikkapa baaritiskillä, sen tartuttavuus on kirjoittajan mukaan jo muutamassa minuutissa ihan nolla. Tuskin pitäisi olla pelkoa sellaistenkaan ihmisen seurassa, joilla ei nokka tuhise ja jotka eivät niistä nenäänsä ja yski päin, vaikkei maskia tai rokotusta koronaa vastaan olisikaan.
Kolmannessa luvussa pohdiskellaan maskien tehottomuutta, ja ykköslähteeksi on otettu Mayo Clinic. Pahimmasta päästä mokia naamion käytössä on nimenomaan N95-maski, jossa on venttiili: sehän päästää uloshengitysilman läpi ilman suodatusta. Jos sen käyttäjä on sairastunut, koronavirus muhii maskin sisällä ja levittyy tehokkaasti eteenpäin joka henkäisyllä. Suojaamisen sijasta pitkään käytetyt kasvomaskit voivat olla käyttäjälleen vaarallisia, sillä tarjoaahan kostea naamavaippa erinomaisen kasvualusta viruksille ja muille mikrobeille. Löysästi kasvoille sopivat naamiot eivät tarjoa kummoistakaan suojaa, mutta toisaalta tehokkaammat maskit vähentävät käyttäjänsä hapensaantia ja lisäävät hiilidioksidin määrää. Lisäksi tiiviit N95-maskit voivat jopa aiheuttaa kohtalokkaan sytokiinimyrskyn, sillä sairastunut ihminen vetää joka hengenvedollaan lisää viruksia maskista keuhkoihinsa. Viitataan myös CDC:n raporttiin, jonka mukaan enemmän kuin 99,8% uloshengitetyistä mikrobeista jää kuin loukkuun tiiviiseen maskiin, ja niitä mikrobeja ja viruksia vedetään uudelleen sisuksiin monen monta kertaa joka minuutti. Viimeisimpien tutkimusten mukaan koronavirus voi löytää tiensä aivoihin, ja siksi maku- ja hajuaisti ovat saattaneet mennä jopa pitkäksikin aikaa.
Kasvomaskien yleiskäytön hyödyistä ei juurikaan ole sen kummoisempaa tieteellistä tutkimusta tekijän mukaan, ja sama pätee ns. turvaetäisyyksiin, jollaisia näkee lähes joka marketin kassalinjojen liepeillä. Sairaalaolosuhteissa toki maskien käytöstä on lukematon määrä tutkimuksia, mutta ei ole riittävästi tieteellistä näyttöä kasvomaskien arkikäytön hyödyllisyydestä. Mikovits myös kritisoi muutamia flunssatutkimuksia, joiden tuloksista on vedetty johtopäätökset myös koronaepidemian torjuntaan maskein ja jollaisia tekijä pitää lähinnä huonona tieteen soveltamisena ja humpuukina. Näissä tutkimuksissa on saatettu verrata johonkin influenssaan sairastumista, vaikka koronaviruksen koko on ihan eri luokkaa, ja siten myös maskin suodatusteho. Saman voi sanoa kahden metrin turvaväleistä: onko tästä riittävästi kliinisiä kokeita, kun on kerran määrätty ravintolatkin toimimaan vain puoliteholla? Koronapotilaathan eivät hengitä keuhkoistaan aerosoleina ulos tarttuvaa virusta toisiin ihmisiin, eli lähikaupan kassajonossa ihan normaalisti hengittävä maskiton ihminen ei tartuta ketään.
Seuraavaksi jatketaan ilmateitse tapahtuvan altistumisen todellisesta riskistä sairastua koronaan. Iltapäivälehdistä on saanut lukea anekdootteja köhisevästä bussimatkustajasta ja muista myyttisistä supertartuttajista, vaikka todelliset näytöt uupuvat. Toisinaan otsikoihin nousee urheilujoukkueiden pelaajia ja kuoroharrastajia, jotka saavat positiivisen testituloksen. Kuitenkin vain murto-osa (noin yksi prosentti) saa koronataudin oireita, ja nämä sitten eristetään määräajaksi, vaikka näyttöä ei juuri ole, että he levittäisivät koronavirusta. Tässä yhteydessä viitataan Berkeleyn yliopiston professori Lloyd-Smithin tutkimukseen, jossa todettiin, että useimmat ihmiset eivät levitä koronavirusta eteenpäin lainkaan. Siksi tuntuukin omituiselta, että terveitä ihmisiä pidetään sairaina ja eristetään määräajaksi, ja tämän lisäksi heitä usein pidetään oireettomina koronapotilaina?!
Onkin hyvä pohtia kokonaisuutta, lisäävätkö maskit infektion levittämistä sen vähentämisen sijaan. Maskien tahaton sormeilukin siirtää niissä olevat mikrobit varmasti eteenpäin. Omaa sairastumisriskiä jonkinlaiseen vakavampaan tautimuotoon voi pohtia, sillä perusterveellä ilman rokotuksia oma immuunipuolustusjärjestelmä suojaa koronavirukselta ja sen muunnoksilta erittäin hyvin. Viitataan myös CDC:n raporttiin, jossa todettiin, että neljä viidestä koronapotilaasta kärsii jostain kroonisesta sairaudesta kuten sydänsairauksista, diabeteksesta tai kroonisesta keuhkosairaudesta.
Ei ole olemassa oireettomia (ts. terveitä) koronapotilaita, eikä ole kuin heiveröistä (tai tuskin edes sitäkään) näyttöä maskin yleiskäytön hyödyistä koronavirusta vastaan. Voidaankin todeta, että pelko propagandan apurina ohjaa enemmistön käyttäytymistä ja maskien kuviteltua suojaa kohtaan. Maskeista on tullut ikään kuin jonkinlainen yleinen hyveen signalointi, yhteisöllinen toteemi, koronavastaisen taistelun näkyvä tunnusmerkki ja maaginen talismaani. Mikovits vielä hämmästelee suuresti, miksi lapsetkin pakotetaan maskien käyttöön kouluissa, vaikka on lukuisia tutkimustuloksia, joiden mukaan lapset eivät juuri koronaan sairastu saati levitä tautia eteenpäin. Hän pitää yksinkertaisesti hölmöilynä ja tieteeseen perustumattomana yleisiä maskipakkoja.
April 27, 2021
No matter what your views are on masks, this should be a book to consider reading. I would say more but there isn’t much point if one is already angry reading my review.
September 20, 2020
It's a good book. But I felt depressed while reading it. I'm so tired of analyzing this "dangerous illness." Dr. Judy approaches this whole mask thing like a biologist. So the writing was very sciencey. And it reminded me of some of the biology text books I had to read in college during my BA tract in Biology. It is so hard to pin down biological findings because physiology is so complex. I liked Chemistry better because you could say, you do this and then this is the result. Dr. Judy shows there are so many factors that have not been explored or tested properly regarding the Rona; therefore, there are no definitive conclusions about the transmissiblity or infectiousness of this Rona. And look at what we've done to our civilization based on untested data that is inconclusive!
It would be a good book for the fearful, if they could temper their fear and open themselves up to this scientific discussion without calling out"FRAUD!" right away and dismissing it all without giving it a chance. I pray for humanity.
It would be a good book for the fearful, if they could temper their fear and open themselves up to this scientific discussion without calling out"FRAUD!" right away and dismissing it all without giving it a chance. I pray for humanity.
July 30, 2020
Absolute Must Read
This book is short and has the most bang for the buck that I’ve seen in any publication recently. You will get more out of this short pamphlet then hours of YouTube video or similar sources. It will also clear up many confusing aspects of the mask debate and the pandemic in general. Super super read!
This book is short and has the most bang for the buck that I’ve seen in any publication recently. You will get more out of this short pamphlet then hours of YouTube video or similar sources. It will also clear up many confusing aspects of the mask debate and the pandemic in general. Super super read!
September 27, 2020
I think this book written by a doctor points out good reasons not to wear a mask as often as we are being mandated to wear one. She bases her reasons on studies that have been done and scientific evidence rather than just guessing, as so many institutes who are mandating mask wearing are doing with COVID-19.
February 6, 2021
For all you mask wearers....a must read. There is NO scientific evidence to show that mask wearing is working It is all speculation brought on by anxiety and fear. If a person is healthy or has already had the virus there is no need for a mask. Maintaining a 6' distance in any situation works perfectly fine.
August 5, 2020
AAAWWWEEESSSOOOMMMEEE!!!
This was a truly wonderful and astounding read. Short but highly informative. Truly recommended reading. Thanks for the willingness to share these important truths that we don't often hear on the news.
This was a truly wonderful and astounding read. Short but highly informative. Truly recommended reading. Thanks for the willingness to share these important truths that we don't often hear on the news.
October 17, 2020
Concise and factual. My favorite point? Children do NOT need to wear a mask to return to school. “Kids will run around school and exhaust themselves, and they need prodigious amounts of oxygen to keep up with their activity levels.”
January 28, 2021
Judy Mikovits present clear evidence for not wearing masks continuously to stop the spread of Covid-19 or better known as the Wuhan Flu.She shows that continually wearing a mask can do your respiratory system harm as well as your immune system. Proof that the experts are not telling you the truth.
November 5, 2020
Valuable But It Could Better
This is obviously a hastily put together book. Nevertheless it does provide solid information referring often to relevant scientific studies.
This is obviously a hastily put together book. Nevertheless it does provide solid information referring often to relevant scientific studies.
November 16, 2020
Most of this stuff is not new to me, but I like that it is compiled and explained by an expert.
November 23, 2020
Timely and informative. Highly recommended!
February 16, 2021
A concise look at the actual science and data surrounding mask usage. This topic has become so politicized most people have forgotten common sense. Dr Mikovitz analyses the available data, points out the complexity of individual physiology, and concludes that there is so much unknown about mask usage and the current situation regarding coronavirus; therefore, creating definitive mandates doesn’t make sense. This is written from a more scientific viewpoint and might be hard for some to follow. Overall, excellent book.
July 8, 2021
Good! It’s been over 6 months since I read this. I’ve worked in healthcare and seen enough on the streets to be able to say people are not, have not been wearing masks correctly! Personally I find them to be suffocating for long periods of time! And they were never designed to be worn for longer than an hour. This is a very charged subject for me. And I cannot talk about it, but I found this book to be easy to read and very validating down what I was thinking and feeling.
December 22, 2021
An excellent short book written by an expert with a conscience.
As Dr John Ioaninidis, another expert with a conscience, said recently, "There was a clash between two schools of thought, authoritarian public health versus science - and science lost."
As the narrative continues to mutate, with the continual shifting of the goal posts, and the never-ending fear-mongering, it's amazing to see so many people still believe that this pandemic psyop is actually to keep us safe and healthy.
As Dr John Ioaninidis, another expert with a conscience, said recently, "There was a clash between two schools of thought, authoritarian public health versus science - and science lost."
As the narrative continues to mutate, with the continual shifting of the goal posts, and the never-ending fear-mongering, it's amazing to see so many people still believe that this pandemic psyop is actually to keep us safe and healthy.
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