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Wearing masks aims at slowing SARS-CoV-2 circulation, not protecting against a certain death
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If masks were effective and necessary, non-mask wearers should be dead by now
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If masks were effective and necessary, non-mask wearers should be dead by now
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Health authorities like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discourage people from wearing face masks
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New oral spray “deactivates 98% of the coronavirus” in the mouth
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Masks do nothing to prevent the spread of pathogens
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“Ever wonder why they have to stick a Q-tip through your nose to the back of your head to swab a sample of covid but a droplet of saliva will infect a whole village at one time”
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Deaths from COVID-19 are nearing zero in the U.S.
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There is no need to use nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing, mouth swabs can be used instead
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Nasal swabs used for COVID-19 tests reach the blood-brain barrier and may damage it.
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“There's a ‘spike’ in [COVID-19] cases because there's a spike in testing.”
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Gas sensors show that wearing a face mask leads to oxygen deficiency and carbon dioxide toxicity