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Hi everyone! I have been working on gathering sources to support me when I encounter the typical pro-lockdown, pro-mask, pro-vaccine mandate perspectives among my friends and family, so that I can provide data to support my claims since it’s usually not something they have ever heard, and they usually assume anyone disagreeing with them must be clueless and unaware of “the science.”

This is what I have so far. It’s a work in progress, and I’d love any contributions!

Subject: Masks

Study: “Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread”.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1

Study: “Wearing an N95 mask for 4 hours during HD significantly reduced PaO2 and increased respiratory adverse effects in ESRD patients.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15340662/

Study: “Distance was not modified by the mask (P=0.99). Dyspnea variation was significantly higher with surgical mask (+5.6 vs. +4.6; P<0.001) and the difference was clinically relevant. No difference was found for the variation of other parameters.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395560/

Study: “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 N95 mask to prevent serious emerging infectious diseases should be weighed against potential respiratory consequences associated with extended N95 respirator usage.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26579222/

Review: “The evidence is not sufficiently strong to support widespread use of facemasks as a protective measure against COVID-19. However, there is enough evidence to support the use of facemasks for short periods of time by particularly vulnerable individuals when in transient higher risk situations.”
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.01.20049528v1

Review: “Our analysis confirms the effectiveness of medical masks and respirators against SARS. Disposable, cotton, or paper masks are not recommended.”
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747

Review: “Cloth masks are ineffective as source control and PPE, surgical masks have some role to play in preventing emissions from infected patients, and respirators are the best choice for protecting healthcare and other frontline workers, but not recommended for source control. These recommendations apply to pandemic and non-pandemic situations.”
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data

Study: “Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97% and medical masks 44%. […] This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection. Further research is needed to inform the widespread use of cloth masks globally. However, as a precautionary measure, cloth masks should not be recommended for HCWs, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/

Review: “In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.51–1.20; I2 = 30%, p = 0.25)”.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article

Review: “The evidence from these laboratory filtration studies suggests that such fabric masks may reduce the transmission of larger respiratory droplets. There is little evidence regarding the transmission of small aerosolized particulates of the size potentially exhaled by asymptomatic or presymptomatic individuals with COVID-19.”
https://www.nap.edu/read/25776/chapter/1#7

Subject: Vaccines

Study: "When revising its mask guidance this week to urge even vaccinated people to wear masks indoors in much of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was criticized for not citing data in making that move.

Now it has — and the data is sobering.

The study details a COVID-19 outbreak that started July 3 in Provincetown, Mass., involving 469 cases. It found that three-quarters of cases occurred in fully vaccinated people.

Massachusetts has a high rate of vaccination: about 69% among eligible adults in the state at the time of the study.

It also found no significant difference in the viral load present in the breakthrough infections occurring in fully vaccinated people and the other cases, suggesting the viral load of vaccinated and unvaccinated persons infected with the coronavirus is similar."

This is a CDC study.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/30/1022867219/cdc-study-provincetown-delta-vaccinated-breakthrough-mask-guidance

News: Johnson & Johnson Vaccinations Paused After Rare Clotting Cases Emerge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/johnson-johnson-vaccine-blood-clots-fda-cdc.html

Study: “The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine committee reported on June 23, 2021, a possible association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis, primarily in younger male individuals, within a few days after the second vaccination, at an incidence of about 4.8 cases per 1 million.

This new study shows a similar pattern, although at higher incidence, suggesting mRNA COVID-19 vaccine adverse event underreporting.

Myocarditis developed rapidly in younger patients, mainly after the second vaccination. […] Note: A study published by JAMA on June 27, 2021, reported a case series of 23 male patients, including 22 previously healthy military members.“
https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/heart-inflammation-risk-following-mrna-covid-19-vaccination-could-be-common

(Remember, these risks were UNKNOWN until they happened, and they happened after we were already being told that all vaccines were perfectly safe. This is what happens when we push vaccines that have not undergone long-term trials.)

Opinion: “Vaccine hesitancy rightfully exists in communities that have historically been exploited by the US Government as part of unethical and sometimes abhorrent medical experiments. Specifically POC, the queer community and enlisted military members. Look into the Tuskegee Study, AZT treatment and the anthrax vaccine. To start. The US Government lost its credibility to tell us what is “safe, effective and free”, especially among groups it has injured in the past with the SAME EXACT LINE. So tying a person’s right to freedom of movement, to healthcare, to employment, to education - tying those things to this unprecedented vaccine is NOT a liberal policy. It belittles and dismisses the lived experiences of these groups. It creates a 2 class system that is inherently going to be harmful to the underprivileged and historically oppressed. HOW does the left support this???”
https://i.imgur.com/gD7fT7n.jpg

News: The coronavirus could be just a few mutations away from evading existing COVID-19 vaccines, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/cdc-the-coronavirus-could-be-just-a-few-mutations-away-from-evading-the-vaccines/articleshow/84809277.cms

Subject: Lockdowns

News: Sweden: Despite Variants, No Lockdowns, No Daily Covid Deaths.
https://www.aier.org/article/sweden-despite-variants-no-lockdowns-no-daily-covid-deaths/

News: (Translation: The proportion of false-positive results in corona rapid tests in Hamburg has increased significantly in recent weeks. While it was just over half in the first week of May, 80 percent of people with a positive corona rapid test result were not infected by the second week of June, as the Senate’s response to a small request from the CDU parliamentary group shows. In the weeks in between, the percentage of false-positive results determined by the PCR test climbed from 52 to 69 and 71 to 75 percent.).
https://www.hamburg.de/nachrichten-hamburg/15239202/80-prozent-der-positiven-corona-schnelltests-falsch-positiv/

Study: At Least 21,000 Cancer Patients Died In 2020 Due To Lockdowns Forcing Their Hospital Appointments To Be Cancelled.
https://www.thewashingtongazette.com/2021/05/cancer-screenings-plummeted-in-2020.html#.YJViEnR_cpA.reddit

News: Shelters ‘at capacity’ with unwanted lockdown pets.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-56546206

Opinion: Costs vs. Benefits of Lockdowns.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownCriticalLeft/comments/kwkwz3/costs_vs_benefits_of_lockdowns/

News: Mother-of-four, 27, dies of cervical cancer after check-ups were halted by Covid pandemic and she was misdiagnosed with an early menopause
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9435625/Mother-four-27-dies-cervical-cancer-check-ups-halted-Covid-pandemic.html

News: Over 4,000 children have been quarantined in Vietnam without their parents.
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/perspectives/children-in-quarantine-some-issues-for-authorities-to-consider-4294364.html

News: As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds in low-income neighborhoods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/covid-kindergarten-enrollment.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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