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
“Why do I have to wear it?” is an inevitable question from a child about a face mask.
A parent can lie and say “Because, it is good for you,” “Because I love you,” or “Because it is safer.”
The first and last are total lies. The second option is pure manipulation. A child will eventually see through all three. Just because an adult is so comfortable lying to oneself does not mean that adult’s child will be.
Lie: Because It Is Good For You
A face mask is not good for a child. A face mask does not prevent the spread of a respiratory virus even when used in ideal conditions by trained professionals. A face mask does even less when worn by average people in the ways common in 2020 and beyond. A face mask may even help to spread disease, per the World Health Organization’s 2009 guidance on that topic.1-3 This only takes into consideration the idea of spreading a respiratory virus to others or protecting themselves from respiratory virus. It says nothing of the other hundreds of things that could go wrong in a child’s body as a result of wearing a face mask and make him unwell.
Lie: Because It Is Safer
No one is safer from respiratory viruses in a face mask. Anyone who says this to a child is lying.
Lie: Because I Love You
I feel bad for the child who asks for reasonable evidence and gets maternal or paternal manipulation in response. Please never respond to any question with this answer.
If you want to express love, do it after answering the question. Do not silence a budding brain, a budding conscience with such nonsense. If you can avoid doing that, you will spend a lot less time alone in your golden years.
If you cannot, well, that is a bed you make and will almost certainly lie in, as a result of your manipulation.
The real answer to the child’s question is “Because I am a coward,” “Because I will not stand up to evil, even if it means you may be injuried by that evil,” or “Because we are told to.”
These answers are at least honest.
Honesty gives a child the chance to understand rather than live longer in darkness.
To have a cowardly parent and one who lies about his cowardliness are two giant strikes against a child that will almost assure him that he starts life behind his peers.
Lies from a parent can be very hard for a child to get past. The child will spend time behind the dark veil of dishonesty and will have the additional burden of the parent-child bond devalued by the dishonesty.
If you are going to be a coward, at least do your child a favor and be an honest coward.
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.