MASK DOIT HELP? for virus?

THE MESSAGE FROM A SURGEON..

Surgeon destroys myth: "If masks do not work, why do surgeons use them?

An answer to people who use the classic erroneous argument: "Well, if masks don't work, why do surgeons use them?"

I am a surgeon who has performed over 10,000 surgical procedures with a surgical mask. However, that fact does not really qualify me as an expert on the matter. More importantly, I am a former editor of a medical journal.

I know how to read medical literature, distinguish good science from bad and facts from fiction. Believe me, the medical literature is filled with bad fiction disguised as medical science. It is very easy to be fooled by bad science.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have read hundreds of studies on the science of medical masks. Based on extensive review and analysis, there is no question in my mind that healthy people should not wear surgical or cloth masks. Nor should we recommend universal masking of all members of the population. This recommendation is not supported by the highest level of scientific evidence.

First, let's be ready. The premise that surgeons who use masks serve as proof that "masks must work to prevent viral transmission" is a logical fallacy that I would classify as an argument for false equivalence, or compare "apples to oranges."

Although surgeons use masks to prevent respiratory droplets from contaminating surgical fields and the exposed internal tissue of surgical patients, this is about as far as the analogy goes. Obviously, surgeons can not "social distance" from their surgical patients (unless we use robotic surgical devices, in which case I will definitely not use a mask).

The CoVID-19 pandemic is about viral transmission. Surgical masks and textile masks do nothing to prevent virus transmission. We should all realize now that face masks have never been shown to prevent or protect against viral transmission. Precisely for this reason, they have never been recommended for use during seasonal flu outbreaks, epidemics or previous pandemics.

The lack of evidence in the scientific literature to support the medical mask for influenza and all other viruses is also the reason why Fauci, the US Surgeon General, the CDC, WHO, and virtually all infectious disease experts stated that the use of masks would not prevent the transmission of SARS CoV-2. Although the public health authorities flipped, flopped and later changed their recommendations, science did not change, nor did new science emerge that supported the use of masks in public. The latest systemic analysis confirms once again that masks are ineffective in preventing the transmission of viruses such as CoVID-19: LINK 

If a surgeon was ill, especially with a viral infection, they would not perform surgery, as they know that the virus would NOT be stopped by their surgical mask.

Another area of ​​"false equivalence" has to do with the environment in which masks are used. The environments in which surgeons use masks minimize the harmful effects of surgical masks on users.

Unlike the public who wear masks in society, surgeons work in sterile surgical suits equipped with powerful air exchange systems that maintain positive pressure, exchange and filter the room air at a very high level, and increase the oxygen content of the room air. These conditions limit the negative effects of masks on the surgeon and the staff in the operating room. And despite these extreme climate control conditions, clinical trials show the negative effects (lowering of arterial oxygen and breathable carbon dioxide) of surgical masks on the surgeon's physiology and performance.

Surgeons and personnel in the operating room are well trained, experienced and meticulous in maintaining sterility. We only use fresh sterile masks. We put on the mask in a sterile way. We use the mask for short periods and replace it at the first signs of excessive moisture which we know reduces the effectiveness of the mask and increases the negative effects. Surgeons NEVER use surgical masks, nor do we use cloth masks.

The public is asked to wear masks for which they have not been trained in the correct technique. As a result, they mistreat, often touch and constantly wear masks in a way that increases pollution and is more likely than to increase the transmission of diseases.

Just go and look at people in grocery store or Walmart and tell me what you think about the effectiveness of masks in society.

If you can not help but believe and trust the weak retrospective observational studies and confused public health authorities who lie to you about the benefits and completely ignore the risks of medical masks, you should at least reject the illogical antidisciplinary recommendation to block only 2 of the 3 gateways for viral diseases. Masks cover only the mouth and nose. They do not protect the eyes.

Jim Meehan MD is a physician, skilled leader and entrepreneur who provides innovative science and solutions that follow open, honest, transparent and uncompromising patient-centered principles. He transforms raw data and scientific research into easy-to-understand information that educates, informs and motivates changes in behavior to lead to improved health and well-being. Dr. Meehan believes in educating patients to be researchers with their own health. "

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