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The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection. Hand hygiene is likely to modestly reduce the burden of respiratory illness, and although this effect was also present when ILI and laboratory‐confirmed influenza were analysed separately, it was not found to be a significant difference for the latter two outcomes. Harms associated with physical interventions were under‐investigated.

Grizzly » 05 Feb 2023 19:11 wrote: https://www.projectveritas.com/news/new ... d-vaccine/
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Now watch the usual crowd here justify and neggate and minimize this shit...

KBirb
@birb_k

Twenty major countries sitting at a current average of 20% all-cause EXCESS deaths. This is alarming and should be properly investigated. Has anyone seen a mainstream journalist/outlet cover this?

Source: Our World in Data, Campbell video.



Presumably the combination of early dry-tinder effect and an efficacious intervention would cause a clear reduction in all-cause death over time. However, the central trend reveals the exact opposite - it is climbing, and has been for many months.

Suzanne Lugthart
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9h • 9 hours ago

Graphic showing how #excessdeaths continue to run at horrifying levels, but are now spreading into even more age groups

You’d expect to see seasonal peaks and troughs which would average out the year. You’d also expect to see lower all cause mortality after periods of higher than average death rates

But, for men aged 50-64, excess deaths have been in double digit percentage points for 8 months in a row and at over 20% in January 2023, the highest so far

Women in the same age group for 6 months in a row

People dying in their 50s or 60s are dying a generation sooner than they should

We spent £300 billion, crashed the economy, drove up inflation and forced people into unscientific, dehumanising and pointless rituals to protect people in their 80s.

And yet so far complete silence from the government, Health Secretary, MSM or NHS on the unexcepted deaths of tens of thousands of working age people

Because to acknowledge it would be an acknowledgment of the horrendous damage politicians did to our health, well-being and way of life.

I’m not expecting an apology, although to want one is not unreasonable. But we do need them to accept what they did has caused the long term harms to the economy and mortality we “lockdown sceptics” got abuse for raising. It was never lives versus the economy: it was always lives versus lives and our assertions have been sadly vindicated

Without that acknowledgement from politicians of all persuasions - because they all supported this outcome - we can’t move on. And we need to move on. For many it’s too late but for others we may have time to fix things.

Analysis done by the excellent Stuart Allan @OutsideAllan on Twitter. Worth a follow

How to read this chart: anything in light red is bad. Anything in dark red is horrendous.

[Just realised I shared the non COVID excess deaths numbers. Better to look at all cause numbers, below, given the flaky definition of a covid death. They’re arguably even worse - the colour coding is slightly different with bright red being over 10%, dark red over 20% excess]

Muriel Blaive, PhD
@MurielBlaivePhD

Dear colleagues, the time to question ourselves has come:

"Many in America’s academic class betrayed the public trust during the pandemic. To sway the American people to accept lockdowns, professors with prestigious titles and affiliations denied scientific data about risks, effective mitigation and biological protection. They spouted politicized opinion as if it were objective truth and demonized views counter to their preferred narrative.

Public apologies from the failed expert class would partly restore trust and help prevent future abuses.

Fifteen American research universities got over half a billion dollars from the National Institutes of Health in 2022. The dependence of the research enterprise, including the careers of virtually every academic scientist, on NIH money realistically limits their will to question let alone criticize, the powerful agency and its leadership."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-will- ... 1672346923

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