Epidemiologists say Face Masks do not Prevent Spread of Disease

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When Danish health officials were criticized for not making face masks mandatory, they responded by saying there is little evidence they limit the spread of respiratory viruses. Holland also does not require face masks and says: “There is no evidence of a medical effect of wearing face masks.” In Sweden, where COVID-19 deaths have slowed to a crawl, public-health officials say there is “no point” in requiring individuals to wear masks. [Both the US Surgeon General and the CDC have flip-flopped on this issue but keep returning to the ‘wear-the-mask’ position, perhaps as a psychological measure to convince the sleeping public convinced that the pretended pandemic is real.] -GEG

Denmark boasts one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world. As of August 4, the Danes have suffered 616 COVID-19 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

That’s less than one-third of the number of Danes who die from pneumonia or influenza in a given year.

Despite this success, Danish leaders recently found themselves on the defensive. The reason is that Danes aren’t wearing face masks, and local authorities for the most part aren’t even recommending them.

This prompted Berlingske, the country’s oldest newspaper, to complain that Danes had positioned themselves “to the right of Trump.”

“The whole world is wearing face masks, even Donald Trump,” Berlingske pointed out.

This apparently did not sit well with Danish health officials. They responded by noting there is little conclusive evidence that face masks are an effective way to limit the spread of respiratory viruses.

“All these countries recommending face masks haven’t made their decisions based on new studies,” said Henning Bundgaard, chief physician at Denmark’s Rigshospitale, according to Bloomberg News. (Denmark has since updated its guidelines to encourage, but not require, the use of masks on public transit where social distancing may not be possible.)

Denmark is not alone.

Despite a global stampede of mask-wearing, data show that 80-90 percent of people in Finland and Holland say they “never” wear masks when they go out, a sharp contrast to the 80-90 percent of people in Spain and Italy who say they “always” wear masks when they go out.

Dutch public health officials recently explained why they’re not recommending masks.

“From a medical point of view, there is no evidence of a medical effect of wearing face masks, so we decided not to impose a national obligation,” said Medical Care Minister Tamara van Ark.

Others, echoing statements similar to the US Surgeon General from early March, said masks could make individuals sicker and exacerbate the spread of the virus.

“Face masks in public places are not necessary, based on all the current evidence,” said Coen Berends, spokesman for the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. “There is no benefit and there may even be negative impact.”

In Sweden, where COVID-19 deaths have slowed to a crawl, public health officials say they see “no point” in requiring individuals to wear masks.

“With numbers diminishing very quickly in Sweden, we see no point in wearing a face mask in Sweden, not even on public transport,” said Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s top infectious disease expert.

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Nate
Nate
3 years ago

The USA was placed in Bankruptcy in the 1930’s and has not exited from it. So every POTUS since then has been an executive under emergency. Look it up.

Dr LRD
Dr LRD
3 years ago

Thanks for the evidence based article. Glad to see some measure of sense in Denmark.

Now – if we could only get the Danes to be evidence based about another associated concerning health related mandate of theirs – that would be something!

jamesdevassy
jamesdevassy
3 years ago

Mask is the Tricks of
Tedrose+ Bill gates+ CCP/ Evil, Co; WHO••• only••

Occams
Occams
3 years ago

JFC! Is ANYONE paying attention?

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