Horowitz: Why masks do not work in the real world

There is not a single place on earth where masks appear to have slowed down the spread of the virus, which appears to be hacked by the population until the threshold for herd immunity is reached. None of this should have surprised us.

How many people do you know who always wear their masks like a respirator? There are very few people who can afford it after hours of oxygen deprivation. This is, in a nutshell, the reason why mask mandates are useless against a virus, even before we investigate the fact that the pores in the mask fibers are much larger than the virus itself.

Stephen Petty, one of the most experienced certified industrial hygiene and exposure experts in the country, sent me the following table, based on new research on mask filtering (Drewnick, et al.). This shows that if only 3.2% of the mask space is open, the effectiveness of the mask decreases to zero!

As you can see, 80% of the particles will escape below 2.5 microns, leaving only 2% of the mask area open. Based on the study, Petty extrapolates that masks will be 100% ineffective at blocking the particles that are small when the open area reaches 3.2%.

What people forget is that very few people, except for the size of the pores in the fabric, actually wear masks as they test them in laboratories or on mannequins. As Petty noted, based on a new study of filter leakage in masks from 44 different materials, most of the seepage comes out through the sides because the molecules always move the path of least resistance.

“Measurements with defined leaks have shown that even a small fractional leakage area of ​​1-2% can greatly weaken the total FE,” the German study concluded in October in Aerosol Science and Technology. “This is especially the case for particles smaller than 5 mm in diameter, where FE has dropped by 50% or even two-thirds.”

The study further explained that ‘surgical masks as well as cloth masks never have a perfect fit on the face’, but this ‘is one of the main reasons why in studies examining the filter effectiveness of masks under surgical masks,’ the efficiency is “significantly lower” than what we see with N95s formed. This is probably also the reason why filter studies in a laboratory show some efficacy, but not a single randomized controlled trial (RCT) has shown the effectiveness of these masks against viruses, including 10 RCTs of flu and wearing of mask , as well as the Danish study of mask use for COVID. Humans are not laboratory dolls.

As Megan Mansell, a dangerous PPE expert, explained to me:

This is what everyone got wrong from day one, or maybe what Fauci and others originally got right. The COVID conversation should have started with a minimum viable particle size under pressure, which for COVID particles is 0.06 microns. 90% of the exhaled particles fall within the radically supported particles / air particles range.

What this means is that once particles are well below 1 micron (smaller than most bacteria), they easily get through and around the mask, hang long in the air, and move much longer than six feet indoors. After learning that this virus was in the air and so small, it is simply impossible for masking and six feet to make a difference inside.

Multiple virions can form a single particle group and still fall well below the threshold. So, even if everyone wore masks properly, enough virions would escape to actually wear nothing but theater, and therefore we find no real evidence that masking helps at all, as cases of masked conditions increase. Michigan and drops to the lowest levels in a year in Texas and Mississippi.

My friend Emily Burns demonstrates this in a real example by exhaling cigarette smoke under a beautiful shape mask. As she noted on Twitter, cigarette smoke is less than 1 micron, which is equal to or greater than 99% of the aerosols carrying virus.

In fact, brand new research has shown that 90% of the viruses of this virus are smaller than 0.3 microns. There are 100 times more aerosols under 1 micron (usually significantly smaller) than more than 1 micron. It is much smaller than the pores on surgical masks, much less cloth masks, not to mention the gaps around the masks.

What’s more, the same study shows that the number of particles below 0.3 microns increases tenfold with inflammation of the alveoli, during peak infection around seven days. This probably explains why asymptomatic individuals rarely spread and why masks are worthless when humans are most contagious.

We are sold on an illogical premise, dressed in science – that masks somehow do not protect you from inhaling someone else’s virus, but that they protect others from your exhalation. This is the excuse given to force people who do not like masks to wear it, even though the people who are worried about the virus can wear it freely if they think they are working. Although masks do not work against a small virus in both directions, it is even less likely that you will stop breathing the virus than inhaling it. As Emily Burns demonstrates in her video, with a KN95, which makes one feel suffocated during inhalation, exhalation seems to flow easily through the gaps.

This is also the reason why masking can possibly aerosolize the particles more than people being unmasked. This may explain why almost every analysis shows more distribution in places with mask mandates. As Megan Mansell explained:

Exhalation is the explosive release of respiratory gases and mucous secretions that surround the airways. Respiratory pressure varies according to the general health and level of physical exertion of the individual, as well as the oxygen saturation in the environment. More extreme changes in external pressure are accompanied by pleasurable power-generating events (sneezing, screaming, coughing, blowing, blowing of raspberries) which are each accompanied by changes in facial features, such as the openness of the mouth and the stiffness of the cheeks that affect external pressure. The more a device is fitted around the mouth and nose, the greater the pressure released during general breathing and explosive power-generating events. About 90% of respiratory emissions fall within the radical-bearing particle range, which also includes the COVID virion particle range. The more pressure the explosive activity has, the more force behind the plume.

Masking is therefore a catch-22. Either the virions come directly from the sides and center, or, in the case of tighter masks, explosive force causes greater pressure behind the escape of small particles, which are even more likely to travel longer distances and hang for hours. Therefore, N95s seem to perform well in mechanistic laboratory-based studies, but they do not seem to stop the transmission of someone who is contagious in the real world.

The obligation of medical degree masks certainly did not work for Germany or Chile:

Stephen Petty sent me a graph of his presentation on mask filtering which shows that the vast majority of virions are so large that they can suspend the days in the air.

Remember, the big drops that politicians and the media talk about tend to fall to the ground immediately and not travel far. There is no way they can account for this degree of widespread distribution around the world. It must be the microparticles that move far into unventilated indoor rooms and hang for days, causing the rapid spread. No mask has an effectiveness against the particles.

It is important to note that it is the small particles that end up most in the deep lungs, not the larger droplets, which are likely to be trapped in saliva or throat and ingested rather than inhaled. Mask wearing tends to force more people to breathe through their mouths instead of normal shallow nasal breathing, making them even more likely to inhale the particles that necessarily come through their masks.

The public is being told a lie about avoiding the virus by wearing a mask and staying six feet apart. The reality is that we had to focus on dilution and filtration systems for a fraction of the money we spent destroying the economy. We should also have focused on early and preventative treatment with cheap drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine mixed with vitamin and zinc supplements. It was never about science or saving lives. It was about taking control of our lives and making our puppies to the ruling elite. The mask is the ultimate symbol and reminder that we no longer control our own bodies.

Editor’s Note: In the original version of this article, the paragraph begins, “That’s what everyone’s been wrong about from day one … “was not attributed to Megan Mansell. This bug has been fixed.