@psalm9114 I started my medical training approximately 3 decades ago, so I don’t speak from a position of ignorance WRT medicine.

That being said, I would expect my surgeon to wear a mask and gloves when opening/cutting through my protective barrier (my skin). The mask was designed not to keep the germs out of the wearer, but to keep germs from being breathed out of the wearer (or coughed or sneezed) into the unprotected patient.

I’m sure that as a frontline health care worker, you know that our bodies are covered in germs (viruses, bacteria, etc...) and these same germs are in the air we breathe. Hence the need for the surgeon and all operating room techs to scrub up (to the elbows) and wear gloves and for the room where the operation takes place to be sanitized every time it is used.

As any military person can tell you, the masks designed to allow one to breath in a toxic environment must seal tightly around the face and have a non-porous surface, thereby forcing all air to enter through filters. The masks, scarfs, etc being used for this fear placebo have none of these qualities. Take a drag on a cigarette and then don your best N95 mask and seat it the best you can; now exhale. Watch all the smoke poor out of the mask (most will likely flow between your nose and cheeks into your eyes). Alternatively, just ask a person who wears glasses if their glasses fog up when they wear a mask. It is an unarguable fact that masks do not hold germs out.

As the air flows around your mask it is funneled through these areas of leakage. Since the air is filled with germs, many of these germs cling to the edges of the mask and the skin where it rushes in and out of the mask. Since our airways (and lungs) moisturize the air we breathe, this causes minor moisture in those areas through which the air is funneled. This moisture traps many of those germs from the air onto the skin and edges of the mask where they become concentrated until they can be dislodged by air rushing by. Then it is breathed in (and out).

Now I don’t say this to cause anybody to fear. There is no reason to fear; our immune system is designed to handle even this increased introduction of germs into our body. As a frontline healthcare worker, I’m sure you know all that I’ve just explained. None of this is even advanced medical science. It may be easy to just go along with lies to get along, even when those in charge are giving clearly foolish or dangerous directions.

When my daughter was working her first job as nurse after completing her BS RN a decade ago, she called me to ask my advice about complying with the doctor’s orders WRT a patient who was critically ill and dehydrated. The orders said to give the patient a medication (that was a diuretic) and also said to decrease the IV infusion. She wasn’t ok with euthanasia and wanted to know what I recommended. I told her to speak the truth to the doctor and ask if this was intended to end the patient’s life. She did so and after the doctor explained his motivation, he reconsidered the orders and took a different tack to reduce the water retention in the ankles. (A symptom that could point to impending congestive heart failure as I’m sure you know). The point is that we can blindly follow those in authority even when we know their reasoning is flawed or we can question the orders and potentially save lives.

We have never worn masks to protect us from the annual flu which has higher mortality rates than covid, why would we think it was a good idea to wear it now. We never wear a mask to prevent the common cold either and it is far more prevalent than the covid19 virus.

“MedicalNewsToday” online says about the common cold, “It is the most common infectious disease in humans and is mainly caused by CORONAviruses or rhinoviruses.” and “According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), adults get 2–3 colds per year, and children may have up to 12 per year.”

We are being duped. Those who know and speak out about the truth are being censored, shut down, reported for malpractice, and even sued for trying to help and educate the general public.

If you want to wear a mask and socially distance yourself, feel free. Just don’t try to coerce others to play this dangerous game.

@psalm9114 You’re absolutely right. They can’t be trusted. Their goal is no longer the health of people around the world. That being said, even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.