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
Some people play know-it-all and say “Surgical masks are only supposed to be used by surgeons in surgery, not by the general public.”
The evidence agrees, surgical masks should not be used by the general public, least of all children.
However, in speaking this truth, some people perpetuate a lie that surgical masks make sense even among surgeons.
It is likely they do not.
Surgical masks may not even work in a surgical setting. They may even make that setting more dangerous for a patient.
Consequently, a lesson we can take from this is that it is good to only say things that you know to be true. Something I know to be true is that face masks are unsafe for children and ineffective at preventing the spread of a respiratory virus.
A 2015 Cochrane Library review entitled “Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery”1 determined:
“That wearing a face mask during surgery neither increases nor decreases the number of wound infections occurring after surgery. We conclude that there is no clear evidence that wearing disposable face masks affects the likelihood of wound infections developing after surgery.”
Those authors write:
“Surgeons and nurses performing clean surgery wear disposable face masks. The purpose of face masks is thought to be two-fold: to prevent the passage of germs from the surgeon's nose and mouth into the patient's wound and to protect the surgeon's face from sprays and splashes from the patient. Face masks are thought to make wound infections after surgery less likely. However, incorrectly worn masks may increase the likelihood of the wound getting contaminated with germs. We wanted to discover whether wearing a face mask during surgery makes infections of the wound more likely after the operation.”
Far from the use of face masks being proven safe and effective, even in the surgical suite — their intended and traditional use — review authors conclude:
“More research in this field is needed before making further conclusions about the use of face masks in surgery.”
After decades of face mask wearing by surgeons, the practice is still unable to be shown to be anything but tradition and superstition. Face mask wearing, even among surgeons, is simply not based in data or evidence.
Far from relying on the scientific method to dispassionately prove or disprove a claim, the wearing of face masks is more scientism, an appeal to authority, the most popular logical fallacy of 2020.
Vincent M, Edwards P. Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;4(4):CD002929. Published 2016 Apr 26. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002929.pub3.
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.
I don't give a crap if anyone wears a mask or not. I reserve the right and the freedom to never wear any mask ever for any reason if I so choose.
Really appreciate these daily doses of truth - this is especially significant it seems - thanks, and sharing!