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
Pregnant mothers need to take special care of their bodies, partly because of the burden their own activity places on the baby.
Once considered acceptable, we now know alcohol, cigarettes, and a wide array of drugs, medicines, and supplements can be very harmful to a developing fetus, with impact that can last a lifetime and which can even kill a baby before it reaches full term.
We know very well that what happens to a mother impacts a developing fetus. We also know that the human body can be marvelously robust and can handle many impositions nature throws at a mother.
The face mask is not one of nature’s impositions though. The fabric is not natural, nor is the strange reaction to cover the face for months or years at a time natural.
Furthermore, the wearing of a face mask by a pregnant woman, for any reason is simply foolhardy, for we have such an array of information on how it demonstrably harms the mother that it would be unreasonable to expect that it does not also harm a developing fetus.
Should we really need to wait for experiments on fetuses to be conducted before we acknowledge that this is an experiment a healthy mother in the general public should not be engaged in, especially not under the claim that this is safe and effective.
Unknown risk is not acceptable risk when it comes to pregnant mothers, fetuses, and children.
A two-phase controlled clinical study on healthy pregnant women between 27 to 32 weeks gestation in Singapore concluded that:1
“Breathing through N95 mask materials have been shown to impede gaseous exchange and impose an additional workload on the metabolic system of pregnant healthcare workers, and this needs to be taken into consideration in guidelines for respirator use. The benefits of using Nanomaterial to prevent serious emerging infectious diseases should be weighed against potential respiratory consequences associated with extended N95 respirator usage.”
The study authors also point out:
“Little is known about the effects of N95 masks on the respiratory function of pregnant healthcare workers, who can be subjected to prolonged usage of FFR (Filtering Facepiece Respirator) because of their vulnerability to complications from influenza, varicella, and other pathogens transmitted via the respiratory tract.2 It is also known that pregnant women have a significantly greater respiratory burden due to factors such as increased oxygen (O2) demand, increased nasal airway resistance, decreased functional residual capacity due to diaphragmatic splinting; all these contributing to the ‘physiologic’ dyspnea of pregnancy.3 There are also robust data linking respiratory compromise and adverse perinatal outcomes in women who have chronic respiratory conditions, from large scale studies on women with conditions such as asthma and obstructive sleep apnea. These outcomes include preterm labor, impaired fetal growth, and pre-eclampsia.”4,5
Preterm labor “occurs when regular contractions result in the opening of the cervix after week 20 and before week 37 of pregnancy.”6
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) “may affect up to 10% of pregnancies and results in substantially increased perinatal morbidity and mortality. Although many infants are small on a constitutional basis and not as a result of disease, many others suffer malnutrition from chronic progressive uteroplacental insufficiency. Genetic disease, embryonic infection, and various drug exposures may also result in IUGR.”7
Preeclampsia is “a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, most often the liver and kidneys. Preeclampsia usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy in women whose blood pressure had been normal.”8
Until proven otherwise, preterm labor, impaired fetal growth, and pre-eclampsia should be considered possible risks of a pregnant woman wearing a face mask.
Tong PS, Kale AS, Ng K, Loke AP, Choolani MA, Lim CL, Chan YH, Chong YS, Tambyah PA, Yong EL. Respiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers-a controlled clinical study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2015 Nov 16;4:48. doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0086-z. Erratum in: Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2016;5:26. PMID: 26579222; PMCID: PMC4647822.
Jamieson DJ, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA, Williams JL, Swerdlow DL, Biggerstaff MS, et al. H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection during pregnancy in the USA. Lancet. 2009;374:451–8
Bobrowski RA. Pulmonary physiology in pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2010;53:285–300
Murphy VE, Namazy JA, Powell H, Schatz M, Chambers C, Attia J, et al. A meta-analysis of adverse perinatal outcomes in women with asthma. BJOG. 2011;118:1314–23
Fung AM, Wilson DL, Barnes M, Walker SP. Obstructive sleep apnea and pregnancy: the effect on perinatal outcomes. J Perinatol. 2012;32:399–406.
MedicinePlus. Preterm Labor. Retrieved from: https://medlineplus.gov/pretermlabor.html.
Seeds JW. Impaired fetal growth: definition and clinical diagnosis. Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Sep;64(3):303-10. PMID: 6379528.
Mayo Clinic. Preeclampsia. Retrieved from: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745.
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.