Less than a month since we reported on the Cochrane Library’s Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses, the conflicts of interest which we wrote about have taken centre stage again. Public health is a diverse discipline encompassing a wide spectrum of sub-specialties such as clinical medicine, environmental health, program administration,…
Despite popular assumption, subject matter experts in personal protective equipment (PPE) including face masks, are not the health professionals who wear them. Rather, this expertise belongs within a speciality of public health and/or environmental science known as industrial hygiene. Health professionals rely on the expertise of trained industrial hygienists and other subject matter experts (SMEs)…
Where is the evidence for schools? We would like to thank Coronavirusplushie for the following video. It eviscerates the New Zealand government’s strong recommendation for compulsory mask use in schools. The so called ‘evidence’ they provide, does not even support their position when the papers are critically analysed. Ardern, Bloomfield and Baker embarrass themselves with…
More masking needed…? You will have noticed an increased emphasis on mask-wearing from government officials recently. This has been bolstered by mainstream media articles who quote local ‘experts’ to support the narrative. On the 1st of August 2022 Radio New Zealand published an article titled ‘Habitual mask-wearing is likely helping Japan, Singapore and South Korea…
Michael Baker’s endless repetition about normalising masks, does not make him right. Please watch this video and decide for yourself. Do you want “experts” telling us how to live every aspects of our lives? Are we concerned about our children? Are we sure that children’s mental and emotional development are not at risk? Thank you…
Face masks have been promoted as a mitigation measure in Covid-19 prevention by governments across the globe. This is despite previously known limitations and concerns about their use and more currently, despite up to date literature demonstrating that they are not associated with reduced transmission of the SARS-CoV-II virus, and that they are associated with…
“Just” wearing a mask now, will leave us in misery in the long term. Mask mandates are not a benign intervention that one obeys to avoid confrontation; nor is wearing masks something that is done to protect ourselves or others. Masks do not stop Covid. The only individuals benefiting are, those who can signal their acceptance into…
There is no winning in mandating or wearing masks. In fact, masking is probably the worst intervention after the vaccines. Do you want to be involved in social control?
Another video compilation by Coronavirus Plushie. Dr Gary Sidley speaks on the psychological harms of masks that do nothing to prevent the spread of any virus. Masks increase fear, cause psychological harm and are used to manifest compliance.
Dr Susan Pockett, MSc PhD, a supporter of NZDSOS has provided us her analysis on the science of masks. This short literature review provides information about the existing peer-reviewed science relating to the long-‐term wearing of surgical masks. It aims to answer two specific questions :(1) Do masks prevent the person-‐to-‐person transmission of viral disease?(2)…
