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Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science
Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD
This article is at the center of the firestorm surrounding the mask "debate."
11 Jun 2020
Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD
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Masks and respirators do not work.
There have been extensive randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies, and meta-analysis reviews of RCT studies, which all show that masks and respirators do not work to prevent respiratory influenza-like illnesses, or respiratory illnesses believed to be transmitted by droplets and aerosol particles.
Furthermore, the relevant known physics and biology, which I review, are such that masks and respirators should not work. It would be a paradox if masks and respirators worked, given what we know about viral respiratory diseases: The main transmission path is long-residence-time aerosol particles (< 2.5 μm), which are too fine to be blocked, and the minimum-infective dose is smaller than one aerosol particle.
Dr. Rancourt has been repeatedly slandered, vilified, and censored for using, of all things, science to document the fact that masks DO NOT WORK to prevent or control the transmission of respiratory diseases -- including COVID-19.
As quoted from this article editor's notes:
This paper was originally published at Rancourt's account on ResearchGate.net. As of June 5, 2020, this paper was removed from his profile by its administrators at Researchgate.net/profile/D_Rancourt.
At Rancourt's blog ActivistTeacher.blogspot.com, he recounts the notification and responses he received from ResearchGate.net and states, “This is censorship of my scientific work like I have never experienced before.”
The original April 2020 white paper in .pdf format is available here, complete with charts that have not been reprinted in the Reader print or web versions.
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That's what happens when government officials, corporate heads and media don't want a discussion, they want obedience.
Anyone who dares to use real research, real scientific knowledge, to oppose the politically-correct horseshit being spewed by these entities is SILENCED.
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