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
Each of the chapters in this book constitute a reason not to put a face mask on a child.
This is one of many chapters in this book that should not need to be written. It should be enough to say about this or many other chapters “Because masks quite obviously cause harm X, they should never be worn by children, nor worn by anyone around children.”
Masks hinder human communication, even down to the most basic level and should therefore not be worn.
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
“Experts point out that masks disrupt the basics of human communication (verbal and nonverbal). The limited facial recognition caused by masks leads to a suppression of emotional signals. Masks, therefore, disrupt social interaction, erasing the positive effect of smiles and laughter but at the same time greatly increasing the likelihood of misunderstandings because negative emotions are also less evident under masks.”2
This same decrease in empathy harms the doctor patient relationship, as Kisielinski demonstrates:
“A decrease in empathy perception through mask use with disruption of the doctor-patient relationship has already been scientifically proven on the basis of a randomized study (statistically significant, with p = 0.04).3 In this study, the Consultation Empathy Care Measury, the Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI) Score and a Satisfaction Rating Scale were assessed in 1030 patients. The 516 doctors, who wore masks throughout, conveyed reduced empathy towards the patients and, thus, nullified the positive health promoting effects of a dynamic relationship. These results demonstrate a disruption of interpersonal interaction and relationship dynamics caused by masks.”
The WHO even recognizes how fundamentally important communication is, especially for children and how it must be weighed when anyone considers placing a mask on a child. This question had hardly been weighed prior to the masking mandates of April 3, 2020:
“The WHO guidance on the use of masks in children in the community, published in August 2020, points out that the benefits of mask use in children must be weighed up against the potential harms, including social and communicational concerns.”4
Quite naturally, other experts are concerned. Kisielinski adds:
“Fears that widespread pandemic measures will lead to dysfunctional social life with degraded social, cultural and psychological interactions have also been expressed by other experts.”2,5,6,7
Face masks being so disruptive to basic human communication, provides yet another reason for face masks never to be worn by children and never to be worn around children.
Do your child a favor and insist that anyone he speaks to have no mask on when that person interacts with your child. Such drastic refusal of anyone in a mask may not be exactly what the world wants of you, but it is exactly what your child needs of you.
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.
Spitzer M. Masked education? The benefits and burdens of wearing face masks in schools during the current Corona pandemic. Trends in Neuroscience and Education. 2020;20:100138. doi:10.1016/j.tine.2020.100138 [CrossRef]
Wong, C.K.M.; Yip, B.H.K.; Mercer, S.; Griffiths, S.; Kung, K.; Wong, M.C.; Chor, J.; Wong, S.Y. Effect of Facemasks on Empathy and Relational Continuity: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Primary Care. BMC Fam. Pract. 2013, 14, 200.
World Health Organization; United Nations Children’s Fund. WHO-Advice on the Use of Masks for Children in the Community in the Context of COVID-19: Annex to the Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19, 21 August 2020; World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2020.
De Brouwer, C. Wearing a Mask, a Universal Solution against COVID-19 or an Additional Health Risk? 2020. Available online: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676885 (accessed on 12 November 2020).
Ewig, S.; Gatermann, S.; Lemmen, S. Die Maskierte Gesellschaft. Pneumologie 2020, 74, 405–408.
Great Barrington Declaration Great Barrington Declaration and Petition. Available online: https://gbdeclaration.org/ (accessed on 9 November 2020).
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.