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
Not only do masks prevent lip reading, they act as an acoustic filter, effectively causing everyone to sound as if they are mumbling.
Kai Kisielinski, in an April 20, 2021 article entitled “Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose Free from Undesirable Side Effects in Everyday Use and Free of Potential Hazards?” writes:1
“The results of a Chilean study with healthcare workers show that masks act like an acoustic filter and provoke excessively loud speech. This causes a voice disorder.2 The increased volume of speech also contributes to increased aerosol production by the mask wearer.”3
All well raised children in the United States learn to look a person in the eyes while shaking hands, to smile, to speak up, and to speak clearly.
Masking undoes this upbringing on how to be friendly, approachable, and generally successful in how you present yourself to another.
In these ways, and so many other ways, mask wearing helps set a truly low cultural standard.
Kisielinski K, Giboni P, Prescher A, et al. Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose Free from Undesirable Side Effects in Everyday Use and Free of Potential Hazards? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021;18(8):4344. doi:10.3390/ijerph18084344.
Heider, C.A.; Álvarez, M.L.; Fuentes-López, E.; González, C.A.; León, N.I.; Verástegui, D.C.; Badía, P.I.; Napolitano,C.A. Prevalence of Voice Disorders in Healthcare Workers in the Universal Masking COVID-19 Era. Laryngoscope 2020.
Asadi, S.; Cappa, C.D.; Barreda, S.; Wexler, A.S.; Bouvier, N.M.; Ristenpart, W.D. Efficacy of Masks and Face Coverings in Controlling Outward Aerosol Particle Emission from Expiratory Activities. Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 15665
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.
The whole mask thing is just so stupid it boggles the mind. I'm hard of hearing and leaving the lip reading thing out, the muffling thing was a huge issue. Any hard of hearing person will tell you that normal-hearing people absolutely hate to repeat themselves. They blame the listener first and foremost.
But Ok, before the mask fallacy was forced upon us, plenty of people already do not speak clearly and many people seem to speak at the absolute minimum volume where normal-hearing people would be able to hear.
After you ask a person to repeat themselves four or five times, they get visibly irritated. I'm a good sport about it, even my wife will yell after a couple/few repeats and punctuate it with "DEAFO!" 🤣
I just laugh, I'm a good sport about it. But the other side. Oh my god do people get indignant! Holy shit!
OK, then add stupid masks. Muffling everyone. Hiding the face and lips.
I've had people get so frustrated with me that they then take off their face diaper to speak at me. Usually after their eyes get REAL BIG and I then say "Hey! I'm deaf! Sorry!" Fucken masks are not my idea and are just pretend talisman shit anyway. Blame the politicians for putting this absolute mockery upon us.
So tired of the circus that won't go away. Why are people so freaking dumb??