Exercising In A Face Mask Induces An Artificial Version Of COPD
Reason #150 that Face Masks Hurt Kids
Dear Reader,
The wearing of a face mask to protect against a respiratory virus is an act of grand deceit. It is a behavior that defies research on the topic. Wearing a face mask, as this article (one of many) points to — is unsafe to do and is ineffective.
Until the narrative around mandatory masking has changed, each day by 6am Eastern, I will both post here and send out a science-based reason why no one should wear a face mask.
I ask that you help me circulate these pieces to those around you who you believe could most benefit from them. It is important not to remain silent on this topic. These are important discussions to be having with friends, family members, business owners, healthcare practitioners, public servants, and others in the community.
-Allan
As if self-induced sleep apnea is already not bad enough, Chandrasekaran and Fernandes take it further. A face mask also creates an impact on the body similar to artificially induced COPD.
In the Medical Hypotheses article, “Exercise with face mask; Are we handling a devil's sword?” Baskaran Chandrasekaran and Shifra Fernandes write:1
“The face mask forms a closed circuit for the inspired and expired air, though not completely airtight. Rebreathing of the expired air increases arterial CO2 concentrations and increases the intensity of acidity in the acidic environment.”2
Chandrasekaran and Fernandes specifically point to COPD-like symptoms being a problem when exercising in a face mask:
“Thus individuals exercising with a mask would have physiological effects similar to a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) person exercising such as discomfort, fatigue, dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, muscular weakness and drowsiness.”3
However, these same COPD-like symptoms take place with activity as light as walking. Chandrasekaran and Fernandes continue:
“Besides, light activity, like walking with a MET value of 2, could increase the amount of inhaled CO2 and decrease the amount of O2 via an N95 mask, increasing the work of breathing. Therefore, we could assume this effect to magnify when performing any aerobic or resistance exercise at a higher workload. The resistance offered to the inspiratory and expiratory flow, for prolonged periods (about 10 minutes), could result in respiratory alkalosis, increased lactate levels and early fatigue.4 The aforementioned symptoms affect the exercising individuals psychologically as well as bring about physiological alterations such as muscle damage, muscle fiber switch and fast-twitch fibers size.”
Again, to exercise in a face mask has psychological and physiological impact on the wearer.
COPD is an awful disease. Almost 15.7 million Americans suffer from it.5 Why would anyone seek to induce COPD-like symptoms in themselves? Why would they want to do it to another? Why would they want to do it to their own child?
No one should exercise in a face mask, not even if that exercise is light walking.
Chandrasekaran B, Fernandes S. "Exercise with facemask; Are we handling a devil's sword?" — A physiological hypothesis. Med Hypotheses. 2020;144:110002. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110002
Jacobson T.A., Kler J.S., Hernke M.T., Braun R.K., Meyer K.C., Funk W.E. Direct human health risks of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nat Sustain. 2019;2(8):691–701.
Smith C.L., Whitelaw J.L., Davies B. Carbon dioxide rebreathing in respiratory protective devices: influence of speech and work rate in full-face masks. Ergonomics. 2013;56(5):781–790.
Should Zh.u.W. and how can, exercise be done during a coronavirus outbreak? An interview with Dr. Jeffrey A. Woods. J Sport Health Sci. 2020 Mar;9(2):105–107.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Basics About COPD. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/copd/basics-about.html
The bestselling book "Face Masks In One Lesson" by Allan Stevo describes how to never wear a face mask again. The follow-up to the book, "Face Masks Hurt Kids," describes why to never wear a face mask again. We must defeat the awful, narrative around the mandates.
Examples of how face masks hurt kids will be posted to the Lockdown Land Substack each morning by 6am Eastern until the narrative around this ineffective and harmful medical intervention has shifted. Face masks are, in fact, not just harmful to children. Face masks are harmful to everyone. Thank you so much for helping me circulate this research.