Increases In Exhalation Resistance, Inhalation Resistance, And Temperature May Be Harmful To One Wearing A Face Mask
Reason #140 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
Face masks cause additional strain while breathing. This may seem trivial, but is not. Adding additional strain to breathing has been well studied and leads to increased arterial carbon dioxide levels over and above the heightened carbon dioxide levels caused by increasing the dead space of the respiratory system, a phenomenon described in previous chapters.
As L. A. Morris points out in the HSE Contract research report No. 27/1991 article, “Dead Space and inhaled carbon dioxide levels in respiratory protective equipment:”1
“The interactions between the effects of breathing resistance and respirator dead space are relatively well documented. Increases in both inhalation and exhalation resistance above normal airway levels can result in hypoventilation and carbon dioxide retention.2 This may be associated with a diminished ventilator response to increased arterial CO2 levels3,4 and hence may result in less effective compensation. The effects on strain are demonstrated by the following studies.”
Morris cites a study in which people became weaker when breathing resistance was increased in the presence of 3% carbon dioxide, which is close to the level experienced in a face mask:
“Craig et al.5 studied the combined effects of elevated breathing resistance (inhalation resistance 1.5-15.5 cm H2O/&/sec, exhalation resistance 2.0-3.9 cm H2O/&/sec) and carbon dioxide levels (1.1-4.5%) on subjects undertaking heavy physical work. It was found that for a given level of breathing resistance, work endurance time was reduced with the inhaled CO2 level exceeded 3%.”
Heavy physical work is long known to not be tolerable above 3% carbon dioxide, yet we mask kids at play and pretend everything is okay. Morris continues:
“Love et al.6 examined the effects of 2 to 5% inhaled CO2 on the ventilator responses of mineworkers breathing through an inspiratory resistance of 10cm H2O (at 100l min-1). Several subjects were unable to complete the treadmill workload (VO2 1.6l minute -1) when the inhaled CO2 level was 4% or more, this being associated with symptoms of headache and breathlessness. The authors concluded that inhaled CO2 levels in excess of 3% were unlikely to be tolerated by industrial workers. It was considered that above this level the combined effects of physical workload, breathing resistance and inhaled CO2 would cause severe discomfort due to high levels of pulmonary ventilation and/or carbon dioxide retention.”
The same study also shows cause for concern on how increased external temperatures may affect a person in a face mask, as well as how increased body temperature may negatively affect a person in a face mask.
If someone in your life works in the field of occupational safety, I encourage you to go through this book with that person chapter by chapter and ask him to address every single concern raised in this book.
If someone in your life insists that you, or any of your loved ones, be masked, I encourage you to do the same — chapter by chapter.
This book was made for that. This book was made for you to be able to do exactly that. This book is not intended to have all the answers. It is intended to ask the questions that have gone unanswered and to provoke further inquiry beyond these pages.
Face masks are unsafe and ineffective. The body of scientific evidence out there shows that to be the case. They should not be worn. They should be vigorously questioned. All people who assert a face mask policy should be vigorously questioned — whether they attempt to impose it on you or not.
The very existence of any face mask policy whether it be voluntary or not, indicates a lack of knowledge or a lack of willingness to seek the knowledge.
Morris LA. Dead Space and Inhaled Carbon Dioxide Levels in Respiratory Protective Equipment. HSE Health & Safety Executive. 1991. Retrieved from https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/1991/crr91027
LOUHEVAARA (1984). Physiological effects associated with the use of respiratory protective devices. A review. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health; 10: 275-281.
CHERNIAK and SNIDAL, 1956; The effect of obstruction to breathing on the ventilator response to CO2. Journal of Clinical Investigation; 35: 1286-12900.
BRODOWSKY et al, 1960. The respiratory response to carbon dioxide in health and in emphysema. Journal of Clinical Investigation; 39: 724-729
CRAIG et al (1970) Exhausting work limited by external resistance and inhalation of carbon dioxide. Journal of Applied Physiology; 29: 847-851
LOVE et al (1979) Tolerance and ventilator response to inhaled CO2 during exercise and with inspiratory resistive loading. Annals of Occupational Hygiene; 22: 43-53
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.